V-Bar-V Heritage Site

Rank in Arizona: #384of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 39.7 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Historic Site

The V-Bar-V Heritage Site, also known as the Crane Petroglyph Heritage Site, is a rock art site in the Verde Valley of central Arizona. It is the largest known petroglyph site in the valley, and consists of 1,032 petroglyphs in 13 panels. The Coconino National Forest acquired the site in 1994, and the US Forest Service keeps it protected and open to the public; volunteers from the Verde Valley Archaeological Society and the Friends of the Forest provide interpretive tours and on-site management. A visitor centre with a bookshop, run by the Forest Service and the Arizona Natural History Association, stands on the site, and the fenced petroglyph area is a half-mile walk from the car park.

Where it is

V-Bar-V Heritage Site is a historic site near Camp Verde, in Yavapai County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for V-Bar-V Heritage Site, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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