1Score 55.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
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.
Globe Attractions
The 9 attractions in this database associated with Globe, ranked by the site's overall score.
9 attractions
- 2Score 45.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Oak Flat
A mesa in the Tonto National Forest east of Phoenix, sacred to the San Carlos Apache and listed on the National Register. - 3Score 44.7 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Gila Valley
The multi-sectioned valley of the Gila River, running west across Arizona from New Mexico to the Colorado River. - 4Score 42.8 out of 100
Historic Site
Ray
A Pinal County ghost town beside a large copper mine, emptied from 1958 when Kennecott moved its residents to the new town of Kearny. - 5Score 40.4 out of 100
Historic Site
Christmas
An uninhabited Gila County mining community named for the claim staked on Christmas Day 1902, once a magnet for holiday mail. - 6Score 40.3 out of 100
Historic Site
Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeological Park
A 200-room Salado masonry pueblo above Pinal Creek near Globe, occupied AD 1225-1400 and now a city archaeological park and museum. - 7Score 25.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Copper Hill ghost town
A Gila County ghost town founded in 1908 with 500 residents working nearby mines, abandoned in 1933 during the Depression. - 8Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
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. - 9Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Gila County Historical Society
A small Globe, Arizona museum on local and regional history, run by the Gila County Historical Society, with an onsite bookshop.
About this list
Attractions are associated with the nearest recognisable destination rather than by municipal boundary, so a place just outside Globe still appears here if that is how visitors reach it. None of these publish an official visitor count, so they are ranked on public interest and tourism significance. Each page says so.
Near Globe
The closest attractions outside Globe, measured from the places listed above rather than from a town centre nothing occupies.
- Pinal City — 5.7 miles away, Apache Junction
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum — 6.8 miles away, Apache Junction
- Camp Grant — 15 miles away, Oracle
- Salt River Canyon Wilderness — 16 miles away, Mogollon Rim
- Superstition Mountains — 16 miles away, Apache Junction
- Weaver's Needle — 21 miles away, Apache Junction
Browse more nearby: Gila County, Pinal County, Graham County · Statewide ranking