1Score 76.1 out of 100
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Meteor Crater
An impact crater 3,900 feet across in northern Arizona, and the first on Earth confirmed to have been formed by a meteorite.
Natural Landmarks in Arizona
Distinctive natural formations and viewpoints outside a park designation.
233 natural landmarks
- 2Score 72.0 out of 100
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Monument Valley
A cluster of sandstone buttes on the Navajo Nation, the largest rising 1,000 feet above the valley floor. - 3Score 72.0 out of 100
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Sonoran Desert
A subtropical hot desert of 260,000 square kilometres, home to the saguaro and the organ pipe cactus. - 4Score 68.3 out of 100
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Lake Powell
A Colorado River reservoir on the Utah–Arizona line, created by Glen Canyon Dam and visited by about two million people a year. - 5Score 64.9 out of 100
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The Wave
A banded sandstone formation in the Coyote Buttes, reached only by permit lottery and a difficult hike. - 6Score 64.2 out of 100
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San Pedro Valley
A valley running 140 miles north from Sonora into Arizona, carrying the San Pedro River to Winkelman. - 7Score 64.1 out of 100
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Horseshoe Bend
An incised meander of the Colorado River near Page, viewed from a clifftop overlook 1,000 feet above the water. - 8Score 63.6 out of 100
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Superstition Mountains
A range east of the Phoenix metropolitan area anchored by Superstition Mountain, and a well-used recreation area. - 9Score 61.7 out of 100
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Painted Desert
A badlands region running from the Grand Canyon to Petrified Forest, known for the colour of its rock. - 10Score 60.0 out of 100
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Mogollon Rim
A topographical feature running some 200 miles across northern Arizona, forming the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. - 11Score 59.4 out of 100
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San Francisco Peaks
A volcanic range north of Flagstaff, crowned by Humphreys Peak at 12,633 feet, the highest point in Arizona. - 12Score 58.7 out of 100
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Camelback Mountain
The highest peak in the Phoenix metropolitan area, named for its resemblance to the hump and head of a kneeling camel. - 13Score 58.6 out of 100
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Kaibab National Forest
A 1.6-million-acre national forest bordering both rims of the Grand Canyon, divided into three ranger districts. - 14Score 57.2 out of 100
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Lake Pleasant Regional Park
A large recreation area on the Maricopa–Yavapai county line north-west of Phoenix, operated by Maricopa County Parks and Recreation. - 15Score 57.2 out of 100
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Roden Crater
An extinct volcanic cinder cone with an interior crater, standing about 50 miles north-east of Flagstaff in northern Arizona. - 16Score 56.4 out of 100
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Mount Graham
A 10,720-foot peak north-east of Tucson, the highest in the Pinaleño Mountains and the southernmost land above 10,000 feet in the country. - 17Score 56.4 out of 100
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Piestewa Peak
A 2,610-foot summit in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, named for Army Specialist Lori Ann Piestewa and climbed by a strenuous trail. - 18Score 55.3 out of 100
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Tonto National Forest
At 2,873,200 acres the largest national forest in Arizona, running from Sonoran Desert up to the pine forests of the Mogollon Rim. - 19Score 55.3 out of 100
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White Mountains
A mountainous region of eastern Arizona rising to Mount Baldy at 11,400 feet, much of it within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. - 20Score 55.1 out of 100
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Coconino National Forest
A 1.856-million-acre national forest around Flagstaff and Sedona, rising from desert to Humphreys Peak at 12,633 feet. - 21Score 55.0 out of 100
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Cheops Pyramid
Cheops Pyramid is a summit of 5,401 feet elevation standing within the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona. - 22Score 54.7 out of 100
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Cathedral Rock
A sandstone butte near Sedona rising to 4,967 feet, reached by a short, steep trail from the Back O' Beyond trailhead. - 23Score 54.5 out of 100
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Montezuma Well
A limestone sinkhole near Lake Montezuma discharging 1.5 million gallons of spring water a day and holding five endemic species. - 24Score 53.8 out of 100
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Bright Angel Trail
The most popular trail in Grand Canyon National Park, descending from Bright Angel Lodge by switchbacks to Indian Gardens. - 25Score 53.8 out of 100
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Chuska Mountains
An elongate range on the Colorado Plateau within the Navajo Nation, rising to 9,823 feet at Roof Butte in northern Arizona. - 26Score 53.1 out of 100
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Coyote Buttes
A permit-only section of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness in Navajo Sandstone, containing the formation known as the Wave. - 27Score 53.1 out of 100
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Theodore Roosevelt Lake
The largest reservoir lying entirely within Arizona, formed on the Salt River by a dam Theodore Roosevelt dedicated in 1911. - 28Score 52.9 out of 100
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Chiricahua Mountains
A range in south-eastern Arizona rising to 9,759 feet at Chiricahua Peak, lying largely within the Coronado National Forest. - 29Score 52.6 out of 100
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West and East Mitten Buttes
Two buttes in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, rising above 6,100 feet and named for their resemblance to a pair of mittens. - 30Score 52.5 out of 100
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Lees Ferry
A Colorado River crossing in Coconino County, and the gauging point dividing the river's Upper and Lower Basins since the 1920s. - 31Score 52.3 out of 100
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Papago Park
A municipal park of Phoenix and Tempe, designated a Phoenix Point of Pride and containing Hunt's Tomb. - 32Score 52.3 out of 100
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Vishnu Temple
A summit within the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, standing at an elevation of 7,533 feet. - 33Score 51.8 out of 100
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Santa Rita Mountains
A Madrean sky island range south-east of Tucson, rising to 9,453 feet at Mount Wrightson and containing Madera Canyon. - 34Score 51.6 out of 100
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Dragoon Mountains
A 25-mile range in Cochise County named after the U.S. Cavalry Dragoons who fought the Chiricahua during the Apache Wars. - 35Score 51.5 out of 100
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Coronado National Forest
A national forest of about 1.78 million acres spread across mountain ranges in south-eastern Arizona and south-western New Mexico. - 36Score 51.5 out of 100
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Santa Catalina Mountains
The range north of Tucson, rising to 9,157 feet at Mount Lemmon and climbed by the 27-mile Catalina Highway. - 37Score 51.4 out of 100
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South Kaibab Trail
A Grand Canyon trail from Yaki Point following a ridgeline to the Colorado River, steeper and less shaded than the Bright Angel. - 38Score 51.3 out of 100
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Isis Temple
A Coconino Sandstone prominence in the Grand Canyon, five miles north of Grand Canyon Village and only slightly below its elevation. - 39Score 51.2 out of 100
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Superstition Mountain
A landmark mountain east of Apache Junction anchoring the Superstition Mountains and central to the Lost Dutchman legend. - 40Score 51.0 out of 100
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Fossil Creek
A perennial travertine-forming stream below the Mogollon Rim, one of only two Arizona streams in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. - 41Score 51.0 out of 100
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Willcox Playa
A 40-square-mile dry lake beside Willcox, remnant of Pleistocene Lake Cochise and a National Natural Landmark since 1966. - 42Score 50.7 out of 100
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Tempe Town Lake
An artificial reservoir on the Salt River in Tempe, fed largely by Colorado River water through the Central Arizona Project. - 43Score 50.5 out of 100
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Canyon Lake
The smallest of four Salt River reservoirs, formed by Mormon Flat Dam in 1925 and covering 950 acres in the Superstition Wilderness. - 44Score 50.5 out of 100
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Four Peaks
A four-summit massif in the Mazatzal Mountains east of Phoenix, rising to 7,659 feet at Brown's Peak, the highest point in Maricopa County. - 45Score 50.5 out of 100
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Mummy Mountain (Arizona)
A mountain in Paradise Valley, residential on its slopes and conservation land at its summit, with the Camelback Inn below since 1936. - 46Score 50.1 out of 100
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Lake Mohave
A Colorado River reservoir between Hoover and Davis dams on the Nevada–Arizona border, part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. - 47Score 49.8 out of 100
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Arizona Trail
An 800-mile National Scenic Trail crossing Arizona from Mexico to Utah, completed in 2011 and open to walkers, riders and cyclists. - 48Score 49.6 out of 100
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Saguaro Lake
The fourth reservoir on the Salt River, formed by Stewart Mountain Dam and managed within the Tonto National Forest. - 49Score 49.5 out of 100
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Black Mesa
An upland mesa in Navajo and Apache counties, named for the dark appearance of its pinyon-juniper and mixed conifer woodlands. - 50Score 49.4 out of 100
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Bell Rock
A butte of 4,919 feet south of Sedona, beside Courthouse Butte, with a moderate route to a plateau on its north-west face. - 51Score 49.4 out of 100
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Verde Valley
A central Arizona valley on the Verde River, overlooked by Mingus Mountain and one of the state's three viticultural regions. - 52Score 49.3 out of 100
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Devil's Kitchen Sinkhole
A sinkhole on the Soldier Pass Trail near Sedona, formed in the late 1880s and 840 feet deep including the cave below it. - 53Score 49.3 out of 100
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Sentinel Peak
A 2,897-foot peak south-west of downtown Tucson, carrying the University of Arizona's block letter A since the 1910s. - 54Score 49.2 out of 100
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Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
A 2.76-million-acre national forest along the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains, managed as one unit from Springerville. - 55Score 49.1 out of 100
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Kaibab Plateau
A high plateau almost entirely within Coconino County, also known as Buckskin Mountain, Buckskin Plateau and Kaibab Mountain. - 56Score 49.1 out of 100
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Patagonia Mountains
A mountain range 15 miles long in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, lying within the Coronado National Forest. - 57Score 49.1 out of 100
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Tempe Butte
A volcanic butte on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, known locally as A Mountain for the 60-foot letter near its summit. - 58Score 49.1 out of 100
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Vermilion Cliffs
The second step of the Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau, extending west from near Page across northern Arizona and southern Utah. - 59Score 49.0 out of 100
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Hole-in-the-Rock (Papago Park)
A natural geological formation in Papago Park, the municipal park shared by the cities of Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona. - 60Score 48.9 out of 100
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Mount Baldy
An extinct stratovolcano of 11,409 feet in eastern Arizona, the highest point in Apache County and among the most sacred to the Apache. - 61Score 48.8 out of 100
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Yuma Desert
A low-lying section of the Sonoran Desert receiving under 8 inches of rain a year, among the harshest deserts in North America. - 62Score 48.7 out of 100
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Shiva Temple
A 7,646-foot butte in the Grand Canyon, named by Clarence Dutton and searched in 1937 for species isolated from the plateau. - 63Score 48.4 out of 100
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Weaver's Needle
A 1,000-foot rock spire in the Superstition Mountains, tied to the legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine and visible for many miles. - 64Score 48.3 out of 100
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Tucson Mountains
A range immediately west of Tucson, one of four surrounding the Tucson Basin, with Wasson Peak as its high point. - 65Score 48.0 out of 100
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Huachuca Mountains
A range in south-eastern Arizona rising to 9,466 feet at Miller Peak, divided between the Coronado National Forest and Fort Huachuca. - 66Score 47.9 out of 100
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Bartlett Lake
A reservoir on the Verde River north-east of Phoenix, built between 1936 and 1939 and the first constructed on that river. - 67Score 47.9 out of 100
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Mount Elden
A dormant lava dome rising to 9,301 feet above Flagstaff, crossed by Coconino National Forest trails including the Elden Lookout Trail. - 68Score 47.6 out of 100
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Owl Rock
A 6,547-foot sandstone summit on Navajo Nation land north of Kayenta, held sacred as a spindle left by the Holy People. - 69Score 47.6 out of 100
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S P Crater
A cinder cone 25 miles north of Flagstaff with a lava flow running 4.3 miles north, used by astronauts to train for moonwalking. - 70Score 47.4 out of 100
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El Camino Del Diablo
A 250-mile historic road across the Sonoran Desert in Pima and Yuma counties, listed on the National Register in 1978. - 71Score 47.3 out of 100
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Grand Canyon Caverns
A dry cave system 210 feet below ground near Peach Springs, among the largest of its kind in the United States. - 72Score 47.2 out of 100
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Kendrick Peak
A 10,425-foot lava dome in the San Francisco volcanic field north of Flagstaff, carrying a fire lookout staffed since the early 1900s. - 73Score 47.0 out of 100
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Agathla Peak
An eroded volcanic plug rising more than 1,500 feet south of Monument Valley, held sacred by the Navajo and visible from U.S. Route 163. - 74Score 47.0 out of 100
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Totem Pole
A slender rock spire in Monument Valley, the eroded remnant of a butte, standing beside the spires the Navajo call Yei Bi Chei. - 75Score 46.9 out of 100
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Hunts Mesa
A 6,370-foot mesa at the south-eastern edge of Monument Valley, reached only with a Navajo guide by way of the dunes near Kayenta. - 76Score 46.7 out of 100
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Baboquivari Peak Wilderness
The smallest designated wilderness in Arizona, 2,065 acres around Baboquivari Peak, a technical summit sacred to the Tohono O'odham. - 77Score 46.7 out of 100
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Iron Springs (Cochise County, Arizona)
A spring in the Whetstone Mountains where Wyatt Earp killed William "Curly Bill" Brocius in March 1882, later mapped as Mescal Springs. - 78Score 46.6 out of 100
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Apache Pass
A 5,110-foot pass between the Dos Cabezas and Chiricahua Mountains east of Willcox, known in Spanish as Puerto del Dado. - 79Score 46.6 out of 100
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Big Lake
A trout reservoir in the White Mountains of Apache County, managed by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and frozen over each winter. - 80Score 46.6 out of 100
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Mount Wrightson
A 9,456-foot peak in the Santa Rita Mountains within the Coronado National Forest, named for the miner William Wrightson. - 81Score 46.6 out of 100
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South Mountain Park
A 16,000-acre municipal park in Phoenix, the largest in the United States, with 51 miles of trails and a road up to Dobbins Lookout. - 82Score 46.4 out of 100
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Wotans Throne
A 7,721-foot Grand Canyon summit near Cape Royal on the North Rim, rising 5,200 feet above the Colorado and named for the god Wotan. - 83Score 46.3 out of 100
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Watson Lake
A reservoir among the Granite Dells at Prescott, dammed in the early 1900s and bought by the city in 1997 as recreational land. - 84Score 46.1 out of 100
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Bradshaw Mountains
A mountain range in central Arizona, formerly the Silver Mountain Range, renamed after the brothers Isaac and William D. Bradshaw. - 85Score 45.9 out of 100
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Hawley Lake
A 300-acre lake at 8,200 feet on the White Mountain Apache Reservation, extended as a reservoir and fished for trout under tribal licence. - 86Score 45.8 out of 100
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Bat Cave mine
A former bat guano mine in a natural cave in the western Grand Canyon, 800 feet above Lake Mead at river mile 266. - 87Score 45.8 out of 100
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Hualapai Mountains
A range east of Kingman rising to 8,417 feet, whose upper slopes carry Madrean sky island habitats above the Mojave Desert. - 88Score 45.7 out of 100
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South Mountains
A mountain range in south Phoenix, most of it managed by the city as South Mountain Park, with part in the Gila River Indian Community. - 89Score 45.6 out of 100
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Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
A 112,500-acre wilderness of broad plateaus, tall escarpments and deep canyons on the Colorado Plateau, designated in 1984. - 90Score 45.5 out of 100
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Mormon Lake
A shallow intermittent lake in Pleasant Valley, Arizona's largest natural lake when full and a remnant marsh when it is not. - 91Score 45.5 out of 100
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Oak Flat
A mesa in the Tonto National Forest east of Phoenix, sacred to the San Carlos Apache and listed on the National Register. - 92Score 45.5 out of 100
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Woods Canyon Lake
A 55-acre reservoir on the Mogollon Rim east of Payson, the most developed of the Rim Lakes and stocked with trout. - 93Score 45.3 out of 100
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Mingus Mountain
A mountain in the Prescott National Forest between Cottonwood and Prescott, giving views over the Verde Valley. - 94Score 45.3 out of 100
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Sierra Estrella
A mountain range south-west of Phoenix, largely within the Gila River Indian Reservation, with 14,400 acres held as wilderness. - 95Score 45.1 out of 100
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Salt River Valley
The valley on the Salt River that holds the Phoenix metropolitan area, better known since the 1930s as the Valley of the Sun. - 96Score 45.0 out of 100
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Rincon Mountains
A Madrean sky island range east of Tucson, rising to Mica Mountain at 8,664 feet and named for its cornered shape. - 97Score 44.8 out of 100
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Merrick Butte
A butte in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, south of the Mitten Buttes and named for the miner Jack Merrick. - 98Score 44.7 out of 100
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Gila Valley
The multi-sectioned valley of the Gila River, running west across Arizona from New Mexico to the Colorado River. - 99Score 44.6 out of 100
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Rim Trail
A paved 13-mile trail along the Grand Canyon's South Rim, from the South Kaibab Trailhead west to Hermit's Rest. - 100Score 44.6 out of 100
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Whetstone Mountains
A range in south-eastern Arizona named in 1859 for its novaculite, a fine-grained rock used to sharpen tools. - 101Score 44.6 out of 100
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White Tank Mountains
A rugged range on the western edge of the Phoenix area, rising to Barry Goldwater Peak at 4,083 feet and named for its granite tanks. - 102Score 44.5 out of 100
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Colossal Cave Mountain Park
A dry karst cave near Vail with 3.9 miles of mapped passages, used by Hohokam, Sobaipuri and Apache people. - 103Score 44.4 out of 100
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Mazatzal Mountains
A range north-east of Phoenix rising to Mazatzal Peak at 7,903 feet, with 252,500 acres protected as wilderness. - 104Score 44.3 out of 100
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McDowell Mountains
A range twenty miles north-east of downtown Phoenix, rising to East End at 4,069 feet and preserved by Scottsdale. - 105Score 44.3 out of 100
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North Kaibab Trail
The Grand Canyon's North Rim trail, descending steeply to Roaring Springs and on to the Colorado River. - 106Score 44.0 out of 100
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Chiricahua Peak
The highest point of the Chiricahua Mountains and of Cochise County, at 9,773 feet, with southernmost Engelmann spruce. - 107Score 43.8 out of 100
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Tonto Basin
The drainage basin of Tonto Creek in central Arizona, running south-west of the Mogollon Rim to Theodore Roosevelt Lake. - 108Score 43.7 out of 100
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Parker Canyon Lake
A reservoir in the Canelo Hills of Cochise County, 28 miles south-west of Sierra Vista and 5 miles from Mexico. - 109Score 43.5 out of 100
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Lynx Lake
A 55-acre reservoir in the Bradshaw Mountains east of Prescott, formed by a dam on Lynx Creek in 1963 and stocked for fishing. - 110Score 43.0 out of 100
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Cienega of San Simon
A former cienega, or area of springs, 13 miles up the San Simon River from San Simon Station in Cochise County. - 111Score 43.0 out of 100
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Willow Springs Lake
A canyon-bound cold-water lake on the Mogollon Rim, 23 miles east of Payson, and one of the Rim Lakes in the Apache-Sitgreaves forests. - 112Score 42.9 out of 100
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Black Mountains
A 75-mile range in north-western Arizona along the Colorado River below Hoover Dam, holding three wilderness areas and the mining site of Oatman. - 113Score 42.6 out of 100
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Granite Dells
Exposed granite bedrock and boulders north of Prescott, eroded into a rippled form and holding Watson and Willow lakes. - 114Score 42.6 out of 100
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Lava River Cave
A 0.75-mile lava tube west of Flagstaff, the longest known in Arizona, formed by an eruption 650,000 to 700,000 years ago. - 115Score 42.6 out of 100
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Toroweap Overlook
The only viewpoint in Grand Canyon National Park with the Colorado River vertically below, 3,000 feet down on the remote North Rim. - 116Score 42.4 out of 100
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Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
A refuge of over 665,400 acres north-east of Yuma, established in 1939 for desert bighorn sheep and holding the Kofa Wilderness. - 117Score 42.4 out of 100
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Pinnacle Peak
A 3,169-foot granite summit in Scottsdale, inside a 150-acre city park crossed by a 1.75-mile trail; the summit requires climbing. - 118Score 42.1 out of 100
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Agassiz Peak
Arizona's second-highest mountain at 12,360 feet, north of Flagstaff, open to climbers only in winter when it is under snow. - 119Score 42.0 out of 100
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Havasupai Trail
The main trail to Supai and Havasu Falls; the alternative routes are unmaintained and require special permission to use. - 120Score 42.0 out of 100
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The Needles
A group of rock pinnacles beside Topock Gorge and the Colorado River, rising from 1,207 to over 1,600 feet in the Mojave Mountains. - 121Score 41.9 out of 100
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Beaver Dam Wash
A seasonal stream running from Nevada to the Virgin River in Arizona, holding Utah's lowest point at 2,179 feet and desert tortoise habitat. - 122Score 41.9 out of 100
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Sulphur Springs Valley
A valley in the eastern half of Cochise County, the large flatland west of the Chiricahua and Dos Cabezas mountains. - 123Score 41.8 out of 100
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Escudilla Mountain
The third-highest mountain peak in Arizona, in the White Mountains, where the state's last grizzly bear was killed in 1936. - 124Score 41.7 out of 100
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Skeleton Cave
A cave in the Salt River Canyon Wilderness, site of the 1872 massacre of Yavapai people and listed on the National Register in 1991. - 125Score 41.6 out of 100
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Seven Sacred Pools
Sandstone tinajas on the Soldier Pass Trail near Sedona, fed by a seasonal stream and named by local Jeep tour guides. - 126Score 41.4 out of 100
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Granite Mountain
A 7,628-foot mountain in the Prescott National Forest, with a sheer 500-foot granite cliff on its south-west face used for rock climbing. - 127Score 41.3 out of 100
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Gates Pass
A 3,172-foot mountain pass on the crest of the Tucson Mountains, west of Tucson, with overlooks lining the road through it. - 128Score 41.2 out of 100
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Goldwater Lake
A reservoir on Banning Creek south of Prescott, maintained by the city and named after its longtime mayor Morris Goldwater. - 129Score 41.1 out of 100
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Miller Peak
A 9,470-foot summit in the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista, the southernmost land above 9,000 feet in the continental United States. - 130Score 41.1 out of 100
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Schnebly Hill Formation
A dark red sandstone unit 800 to 1,000 feet thick near Sedona, lying between the Coconino Sandstone and the Hermit Formation. - 131Score 41.0 out of 100
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Mica Mountain
An 8,668-foot peak east of Tucson, the highest point in the Rincon Mountains and in Saguaro National Park. - 132Score 41.0 out of 100
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Prescott National Forest
A 1.25 million-acre national forest around Prescott, divided into the Chino Valley, Bradshaw and Verde ranger districts. - 133Score 41.0 out of 100
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Tumamoc Hill
An 860-acre ecological reserve and National Historic Landmark west of downtown Tucson, established by the Carnegie Institution in 1903. - 134Score 40.8 out of 100
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Mount McDowell
A 2,832-foot mountain north of Mesa, commonly called Red Mountain, closed to visitors since the early 1980s after vandalism. - 135Score 40.8 out of 100
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Tonto Trail
A hiking trail on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in Grand Canyon National Park, northern Arizona. - 136Score 40.6 out of 100
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Tortolita Mountains
A mountain range north-west of Tucson rising to 4,696 feet, largely protected within Tortolita Mountain Park since 1986. - 137Score 40.4 out of 100
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Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
An 860,010-acre refuge along the Mexican border, established in 1939 for desert bighorn sheep and the third largest in the lower 48 states. - 138Score 40.4 out of 100
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Peppersauce Cave
A limestone cave with about a mile of mapped passages in the Santa Catalina Mountains south of Oracle, visited by some 23,000 people a year. - 139Score 40.4 out of 100
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Rainbow Lake
A 116-acre man-made lake near Pinetop-Lakeside, created in 1903 when settlers dammed Walnut Creek for irrigation. - 140Score 40.3 out of 100
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Mount Bigelow
A peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, home to Catalina Station and the University of Arizona's 61-inch Kuiper Telescope. - 141Score 40.3 out of 100
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Uinkaret volcanic field
A field of monogenetic volcanoes on the Grand Canyon's north rim, whose lava flows repeatedly dammed the Colorado River. - 142Score 40.2 out of 100
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Granite Basin Lake
A reservoir near Prescott, within the Prescott National Forest and adjacent to the Granite Mountain Wilderness area. - 143Score 40.1 out of 100
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Verde Hot Springs
A group of thermal mineral springs on the western bank of the Verde River near Camp Verde, beside the ruins of a former resort. - 144Score 40.0 out of 100
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Mather Point
A South Rim viewpoint at 7,119 feet, named after Stephen Tyng Mather and looking north across Granite Gorge up Bright Angel Canyon. - 145Score 40.0 out of 100
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Sierra Prieta
A mountain range 14 miles long west of Prescott, with the 6,514-foot volcanic plug of Thumb Butte on the city's western edge. - 146Score 39.9 out of 100
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Bill Williams Mountain
A lava dome volcano in the Kaibab National Forest south of Williams, forming part of the San Francisco volcanic field. - 147Score 39.9 out of 100
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Galiuro Mountains
A rugged sky island range in south-eastern Arizona, taking in the Galiuro and Aravaipa Canyon wilderness areas. - 148Score 39.9 out of 100
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Peloncillo Mountains
A range in north-eastern Cochise County, part of the Madrean Sky Islands, lying east of the Willcox Playa and San Simon Valley. - 149Score 39.9 out of 100
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White Tank Mountain Regional Park
A park of 29,271 acres in west-central Maricopa County, the largest regional park in the county, established in the 1960s. - 150Score 39.8 out of 100
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Harquahala Mountains
The highest range in south-western Arizona, rising to 5,681 feet at Harquahala Peak, whose summit held a Smithsonian observatory from 1920. - 151Score 39.8 out of 100
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Indian Mesa
A cliff-sided mesa in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, topped by the ruins of a prehistoric Hohokam village. - 152Score 39.7 out of 100
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Gila Mountains
A fault-blocked range 26 miles long east of Yuma, in the Sonoran Desert, rising to 3,156 feet at Sheep Peak. - 153Score 39.6 out of 100
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Black Mountain
A mountain between Carefree and Cave Creek in Maricopa County, with a hiking trail running to the peak. - 154Score 39.6 out of 100
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Phallic Rock
A Precambrian granite formation at the eastern foot of Black Mountain in Carefree, shaped by spheroidal weathering. - 155Score 38.5 out of 100
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Hermit Trail
A steep, marginally maintained trail in Grand Canyon National Park, descending from the South Rim to the Colorado River past fossilised reptile tracks. - 156Score 37.4 out of 100
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Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
A 117,107-acre US Fish and Wildlife Service refuge in Pima County, created for the reintroduction of masked bobwhite quail and pronghorn. - 157Score 37.1 out of 100
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San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
A 57,000-acre BLM conservation area in Cochise County protecting 40 miles of the upper San Pedro River, designated by Congress in 1988. - 158Score 36.0 out of 100
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Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve
A 260-acre Sonoita-area wetland reserve protecting the rare Canelo ladies' tresses orchid, a National Natural Landmark since 1974. - 159Score 36.0 out of 100
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Onyx Cave
A half-mile solutional cave in Permian limestone in the Santa Rita Mountains, designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974. - 160Score 33.5 out of 100
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Mitchell Mesa
A 6,586-foot summit in Navajo County, named after a miner who died working the area alongside a partner named Merrick. - 161Score 32.4 out of 100
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Grandview Trail
An 1893 miners' trail on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, descending from Grandview Point to Horseshoe Mesa past surviving mining relics. - 162Score 31.6 out of 100
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Camel Butte
A 5,847-foot Monument Valley summit near John Ford's Point, with dirt roads passing it on three sides. - 163Score 31.6 out of 100
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Cly Butte
Cly Butte is a summit in Navajo County, Arizona, within Monument Valley, at an elevation of 5,820 feet. - 164Score 31.6 out of 100
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Elephant Butte
A 5,981-foot Monument Valley butte, appearing as the largest formation visible north-east of John Ford's Point. - 165Score 31.6 out of 100
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Pusch Ridge Wilderness Area
A 56,430-acre Coronado National Forest wilderness north of Tucson, created to protect Pusch Ridge's declining desert bighorn sheep. - 166Score 31.6 out of 100
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Rooster Rock Spire
A 5,985-foot spire in a remote corner of Monument Valley that lies beyond the reach of all-day valley tours. - 167Score 31.6 out of 100
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Skyline Regional Park
An 8,700-acre Sonoran Desert preserve on the White Tank Mountains' southern edge, managed by Buckeye under a BLM lease. - 168Score 25.5 out of 100
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Agate Bridge
A petrified log spanning a gap between bluffs in Petrified Forest National Park, propped up by stone supports the park service added. - 169Score 25.5 out of 100
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Artist's Point
A Monument Valley viewpoint looking north across the valley toward the Mitten Buttes and other rock formations. - 170Score 25.5 out of 100
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Big Hogan Arch
A Monument Valley rock arch named for its hogan-like shape, once a Navajo gathering place valued for its musical echo. - 171Score 25.5 out of 100
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Black Hills Rockhound Area
A BLM-managed rockhounding site near Safford where fire agate is the most common and most valuable gemstone found. - 172Score 25.5 out of 100
- 173Score 25.5 out of 100
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Broken Arrow Trail
A 2-mile, cairn-marked Sedona trail to Chicken Point, passing Submarine Rock and shared with Pink Jeep tours and mountain bikers. - 174Score 25.5 out of 100
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Cathedral Wash Trail
Cathedral Wash Trail, in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. - 175Score 25.5 out of 100
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Crescent Moon Ranch
A Coconino National Forest day-use area on Oak Creek at Red Rock Crossing, where the water reflects Cathedral Rock — a view the Forest Service describes as one of the most photographed scenes in the Southwest. Paved paths run through picnic grounds to shallow water people wade and fish in, and a day-use fee applies. The site was a working cattle ranch; its buildings and waterwheel remain, and the ranch house is rented out by the Forest Service. - 176Score 25.5 out of 100
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Cube Rock
A small, square-shaped rock formation in eastern Monument Valley, visible north-east of Yei Bi Chei Point near the Sand Springs overlook. - 177Score 25.5 out of 100
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Devil's Bridge Trail
A Sedona-area hiking trail leading to Devil's Bridge, described as the largest natural sandstone arch in the area. - 178Score 25.5 out of 100
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Ear of the Wind
Ear of the Wind is a rock arch in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, standing directly beside a sand dune. - 179Score 25.5 out of 100
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El Capitan Pass
A Gila County mountain pass marked by a historical marker noting a U.S. Army march through it to California in 1846. - 180Score 25.5 out of 100
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Estrella Mountain Regional Park
A 20,000-acre Maricopa County park near Goodyear with hiking trails, ball fields, a golf course, and a rodeo arena. - 181Score 25.5 out of 100
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Flying Eagle Butte
A Monument Valley butte north of Sleeping Dragon Butte and west of Yei Bi Chei, with a canyon cutting into its south-western side. - 182Score 25.5 out of 100
- 183Score 25.5 out of 100
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Grasshopper Point
A cliffside swimming hole on Oak Creek about two miles north of Sedona, shaded and cool enough that the Forest Service recommends it as a respite from the summer heat. Picnic tables and vault toilets, no drinking water, and no camping — it is day-use only, and a fee applies. Allen's Bend trail leaves the car park, running north towards Casner Canyon and south towards Huckaby. - 184Score 25.5 out of 100
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Guindani Trail (#398)
A steep Cochise County trail to San Pedro Valley views of the Huachuca and Dragoon Mountains, starting within Kartchner Caverns State Park. - 185Score 25.5 out of 100
- 186Score 25.5 out of 100
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Hidden Bridge Arch
Hidden Bridge Arch is a rock formation in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, south of the formations known as Big Hogan and Sun's Eye. - 187Score 25.5 out of 100
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Hualapai Mountain Park
A Mohave County park near Kingman with ten miles of trails, rental cabins, and group event areas, the largest holding 500 people. - 188Score 25.5 out of 100
- 189Score 25.5 out of 100
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Jasper Forest
A Petrified Forest National Park overlook above badlands where erosion has exposed hundreds of petrified logs. - 190Score 25.5 out of 100
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John Ford Point
A Monument Valley overlook featured in several Western films, more developed than most of the park despite its rough dirt-road access. - 191Score 25.5 out of 100
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John Wayne's Point
John Wayne's Point, a Monument Valley overlook named for the actor, lies near Lookout Point but faces east-southeast rather than its direction. - 192Score 25.5 out of 100
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Kelly Point Overlook
Kelly Point Overlook, in Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, Arizona. - 193Score 25.5 out of 100
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Little Painted Desert County Park
A Navajo County park near Winslow with Painted Desert views considered best in early morning and late afternoon light. - 194Score 25.5 out of 100
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Loma Verde Loop
A Saguaro National Park loop trail past mesquite woodland, a seasonal wash, and the remains of the Loma Verde Mine. - 195Score 25.5 out of 100
- 196Score 25.5 out of 100
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Mares Bluff
A steep Greenlee County trail to a view of Clifton, built as a veterans memorial and lined with plaques. - 197Score 25.5 out of 100
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McHood Park / Clear Creek Reservoir
A Winslow-area reservoir park, in Navajo County, Arizona, with a petroglyph-lined canyon that is reachable only by canoe. - 198Score 25.5 out of 100
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Monolith Garden Trail
A seven-mile multi-use trail near Kingman through volcanic rock formations, with little shade and no water available. - 199Score 25.5 out of 100
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Newspaper Rock
A Petrified Forest National Park roadside overlook above a rock face etched with hundreds of petroglyphs. - 200Score 25.5 out of 100
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North Mountain
A Phoenix park preserving a stretch of desert within the city limits, with picnic areas, hiking trails, and city views. - 201Score 25.5 out of 100
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North Window Overlook
North Window Overlook, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, looks onto the North Window rock formation and the desert beyond it. - 202Score 25.5 out of 100
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Pakoon Springs
Pakoon Springs, in Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, Mohave County, Arizona, is one of the two largest springs of the Pakoon Basin. - 203Score 25.5 out of 100
- 204Score 25.5 out of 100
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Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, near Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, is a Nature Conservancy-managed wetland used for birdwatching. - 205Score 25.5 out of 100
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Reservoir Hill Overlook
Reservoir Hill Overlook, in Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, gives views over the fort and the neighbouring Whetstone Mountains. - 206Score 25.5 out of 100
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Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, in Gilbert, Arizona, has ponds visited by several hundred bird species yearly, plus an observatory and fishing lake. - 207Score 25.5 out of 100
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Sand Springs
Sand Springs is a natural spring in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, situated close to a nearby sand dune within the valley. - 208Score 25.5 out of 100
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Sears Point
Sears Point, near Dateland, Arizona, has hundreds of petroglyphs on basalt outcrops above the Gila River, managed by the Bureau of Land Management. - 209Score 25.5 out of 100
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Sleeping Dragon Butte
Sleeping Dragon Butte, in Monument Valley, Arizona, resembles a dragon from the north and lies near traditional Navajo hogans and Flying Eagle. - 210Score 25.5 out of 100
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Snoopy rock
Snoopy Rock, near Sedona, Arizona, is a rock formation that from one side resembles the Snoopy dog character lying on his back. - 211Score 25.5 out of 100
- 212Score 25.5 out of 100
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Spearhead Mesa
Spearhead Mesa, in Monument Valley, Arizona, rises to 5,998 feet and marks the north-eastern boundary of the Eastern Monument Valley formations. - 213Score 25.5 out of 100
- 214Score 25.5 out of 100
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Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area
Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, near Cave Creek, Arizona, has Sonoran Desert trails alongside Hohokam ruins and petroglyphs. - 215Score 25.5 out of 100
- 216Score 25.5 out of 100
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Sun's Eye
Sun's Eye, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, is a rock arch visible from a rock formation beneath it. - 217Score 25.5 out of 100
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Superstition Wilderness
Superstition Wilderness, in Pinal County, Arizona, is a Tonto National Forest area covering the Superstition Mountains, with trails and dispersed camping. - 218Score 25.5 out of 100
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Tanque Verde Ridge Trail
Tanque Verde Ridge Trail, in Saguaro National Park, Arizona. - 219Score 25.5 out of 100
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Tawa Point
Tawa Point, in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, is a Painted Desert overlook and the starting point of the Rim Trail. - 220Score 25.5 out of 100
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Telegraph Pass Trail
Telegraph Pass Trail, in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, is a 4.3-mile hiking route with views from the top of the pass. - 221Score 25.5 out of 100
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The Crack at Wet Beaver Creek
A perennial pool on Wet Beaver Creek where the Bell Trail crosses it, three miles into the Wet Beaver Wilderness. - 222Score 25.5 out of 100
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The Hub
The Hub, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, is a two-step butte with a narrower butte set atop a larger one. - 223Score 25.5 out of 100
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Three Sisters Spires
Three Sisters Spires, in Monument Valley, Arizona, is a group of three spires best seen from John Ford Point, one topped by a resting rock. - 224Score 25.5 out of 100
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Thumb Spire
Thumb Spire, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, stands next to Camel Butte with several large rocks beside it. - 225Score 25.5 out of 100
- 226Score 25.5 out of 100
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Tucson Mountain Park
Tucson Mountain Park, south-west of Tucson, Arizona, covers a mountain range with trails through saguaro stands popular for sunset photography. - 227Score 25.5 out of 100
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Twin Point Overlook
Twin Point Overlook, on the Grand Canyon–Parashant/Grand Canyon National Park border in Mohave County, Arizona, overlooks the Grand Canyon. - 228Score 25.5 out of 100
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Valley View Overlook Trail
Valley View Overlook Trail, in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, is a short trail ending with views of Avra Valley and Picacho Peak. - 229Score 25.5 out of 100
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Vermilion Cliffs Trail
Vermilion Cliffs Trail, in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. - 230Score 25.5 out of 100
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White Pocket
White Pocket, in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, is a sandstone formation whose thin grey cover layer resembles an iced marble cake. - 231Score 25.5 out of 100
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Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area
Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, near Douglas, Arizona, hosts about 20,000 wintering sandhill cranes each year, most visible from December to February. - 232Score 25.5 out of 100
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Yei Bi Chei Point
Yei Bi Chei Point, in Monument Valley, Arizona, overlooks the Sand Springs region and, ringed by rock formations, looks upward rather than down. - 233Score 25.5 out of 100
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Yei Bi Chei Spires
Yei Bi Chei Spires, in Monument Valley, Arizona, form a crescent beside Totem Pole Spire and, from the south, resemble dancers of their Navajo namesake.
How this category is scored
Every attraction in this category starts from a significance baseline of 58 out of 100, before any designations it holds are added. The full table is on the methodology page.
None of these publish an official visitor count, so they are ranked on public interest and tourism significance, and none can reach the top score band.