6.2 miles away
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Sinagua cliff dwellings in the ledges of a canyon near Flagstaff, reached by a trail that drops 185 feet.
Winona Site
A Coconino County site where 1940s excavations found Hohokam pit houses, though later researchers link finds to the Sinagua instead.
- Rank in Arizona
- #379of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 39.8 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Historic Site
The Winona Site is a complex of archaeological sites in the Coconino National Forest, Coconino County, Arizona, near Sunset Crater, whose eruption in 1066 is reflected in cultural changes evidenced at the site. The archaeologist John McGregor of the Museum of Northern Arizona excavated six pit houses there in the 1940s, along with trash mounds, a ball court and pottery that he identified as characteristically Hohokam in construction and design; he theorised that Hohokam people, more typically found farther south, had migrated to the area because of the fertility the crater's eruptions had given the landscape. Subsequent researchers have questioned this interpretation, suggesting the site served primarily as a trading post rather than a permanent relocation, and have pointed to finds more typical of the Sinagua people who dominated the surrounding area, including Sinagua-style pottery, human remains buried in Sinagua fashion, and shell fragments left over from jewellery-making, sourced from the Gulf of California, to which the Hohokam had access. The Winona Site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
Where it is
Winona Site is a historic site near Flagstaff, in Coconino 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 Winona 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.
Nearby attractions
7.3 miles away
Twin Arrows
A ghost town on U.S. Route 66 in Coconino County, between the city of Flagstaff and the town of Winslow.
8.9 miles away
Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve
A 478-acre Flagstaff preserve of Sinagua petroglyphs, bought by the city in 2012 after decades of community campaigning.
10.0 miles away
Elden Pueblo Historic Site
A Sinagua archaeological site in Flagstaff with an interpretive trail, managed by the Coconino National Forest Service for education programs.
11 miles away
Mount Elden
A dormant lava dome rising to 9,301 feet above Flagstaff, crossed by Coconino National Forest trails including the Elden Lookout Trail.
13 miles away
Sunset Crater
The youngest volcano in the San Francisco volcanic field, erupted around 1085 CE north of Flagstaff.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Flagstaff
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Historic Landmark · National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 39.8 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 0.0
- Significance score
- 73.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 35.2000, -111.4000
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12