1Score 46.0 out of 100
Historic Site
Empire Ranch
A working cattle ranch in south-eastern Pima County, listed in 1976, whose range once spanned more than 180 square miles.
Sonoita Attractions
The 5 attractions in this database associated with Sonoita, ranked by the site's overall score.
5 attractions
- 2Score 42.2 out of 100
Historic Site
Fort Buchanan
An 1856 US Army post south-west of Sonoita, burned by Apaches in 1865 and abandoned; its ruins were rediscovered in 1929. - 3Score 39.7 out of 100
Historic Site
Helvetia
A ghost town in Pima County settled in 1891 and abandoned in the early 1920s, most of it now fenced off by active mining. - 4Score 39.1 out of 100
Historic Site
Kentucky Camp
A ghost town and former mining camp near Sonoita, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1995 and maintained by the US Forest Service. - 5Score 36.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Onyx Cave
A half-mile solutional cave in Permian limestone in the Santa Rita Mountains, designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974.
About this list
Attractions are associated with the nearest recognisable destination rather than by municipal boundary, so a place just outside Sonoita 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 Sonoita
The closest attractions outside Sonoita, measured from the places listed above rather than from a town centre nothing occupies.
- Mount Wrightson — 4.9 miles away, Madera Canyon
- Santa Rita Mountains — 6.6 miles away, Madera Canyon
- Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve — 9.8 miles away, Patagonia
- Madera Canyon — 10 miles away, Madera Canyon
- VERITAS — 11 miles away, Madera Canyon
- Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory — 11 miles away, Madera Canyon
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