Maricopa County, Arizona
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- Agua Caliente — Historic · Maricopa County, AZ
Historic hot-springs settlement on the Maricopa–Yuma county line north of the Gila River near Hyder. Jesuit Jacobo Sedelmayr recorded Santa Maria del Agua Ca…
- Allenville — Ghost Town · Maricopa County, AZ
Flood-abandoned mid-20th-century all-Black farming community east of Buckeye on the Gila River floodplain—founded 1944 when John Allen subdivided a square mi…
- Arlington Wildlife Area — Wildlife · Maricopa County, AZ
AZGFD wildlife area of roughly 1,500 acres along the Gila River southwest of Buckeye, with two small ponds (~10 acres total), salt-cedar bosque, and river-ch…
- Base and Meridian Wildlife Area — Wildlife · Maricopa County, AZ
AZGFD-managed ~198-acre riparian and wetland tract on the north bank of the Gila River at its confluence with the Salt River west of Phoenix. Cottonwood–will…
- Canyon Lake — Natural · Maricopa County, AZ
First and most accessible of the Salt River chain lakes on the Apache Trail (SR-88) in Tonto National Forest. Steep desert canyon reservoir with marina, boat…
- Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve — Petroglyph · Maricopa County, AZ
ASU-managed public preserve and museum protecting one of the densest concentrations of petroglyphs in the Phoenix area — roughly 1,500 images on basalt bould…
- Fish Creek Vista — Natural · Maricopa County, AZ
Classic Apache Trail (SR-88) overlook into Fish Creek Canyon on the edge of the Superstition Wilderness / Tonto National Forest. A short paved path from the …
- Forepaugh — Ghost Town · Maricopa County, AZ
Abandoned railroad siding and short-lived early-20th-century settlement west of Wickenburg on the desert flats near US 60—post office 1910–1916 with minor or…
- Hassayampa River Preserve — Wildlife · Maricopa County, AZ
770-acre Sonoran Desert riparian oasis on a rare perennial reach of the Hassayampa River near Wickenburg. Cottonwood–willow gallery forest, Palm Lake, and me…
- Lake Pleasant Thunderegg Beds — Geology · Maricopa County, AZ
Public-land volcanic washes west of Lake Pleasant known among rockhounds for thundereggs, gas-bubble geodes, and agate nodules weathered from Tertiary volcan…
- Margies Cove East Trailhead — Natural · Maricopa County, AZ
Primary trailhead into the North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness inside Sonoran Desert National Monument—saguaro-studded bajadas and quiet desert mountain walk…
- Painted Rock Petroglyph Site — Petroglyph · Maricopa County, AZ
BLM-managed basalt outcrop west of Gila Bend holding roughly 800 Hohokam and Patayan pecked figures plus historic traveler inscriptions. A short developed lo…
- Robbins Butte Wildlife Area — Wildlife · Maricopa County, AZ
Arizona Game and Fish–managed 1,681-acre wildlife area on the Gila River corridor SW of Buckeye (SR 85). River bottom marshes, mesquite bosque, restored fiel…
- Saddle Mountain Fire Agate Area — Geology · Maricopa County, AZ
Public BLM Sonoran Desert slopes west of Phoenix near Tonopah where rockhounds hunt fire agate, chalcedony roses, and quartz among volcanic float. A long-sta…
- Sears-Kay Ruin — Historic · Maricopa County, AZ
Free Tonto National Forest interpretive site north of Carefree: a hilltop Hohokam fortification (~1050–1200 CE) with masonry room blocks and panoramic desert…
- Seven Springs Jasper Area — Geology · Maricopa County, AZ
Classic Tonto National Forest collecting ground north of Cave Creek along the Seven Springs / Bloody Basin Road corridor. Surface float and wash material yie…
- Sundad — Ghost Town · Maricopa County, AZ
Abandoned desert settlement in western Maricopa County south of the Gila River country, tied to the 1920s Maricopa Chief / Sundad copper prospects and later …
- Tortilla Flat — Historic · Maricopa County, AZ
Last surviving stagecoach stop on the historic Apache Trail (SR-88) deep in the Superstition Mountains. Grew from a prospector camp into a Roosevelt Dam frei…
- Vulture City Ghost Town — Ghost Town · Maricopa County, AZ
Preserved company town of the Vulture Mine (discovered 1863), one of Arizona’s richest historic gold producers southwest of Wickenburg. More than a dozen ori…
- Wickenburg Opal Area — Rockhound · Maricopa County, AZ
Common opal and chalcedony turn up in volcanic and alluvial ground in the hills around Wickenburg, Maricopa County. Sites are scattered, often claim-checked,…
- Windsor Square Historic District — Historic · Maricopa County, AZ
Windsor Square Historic District is a historic district in Maricopa County, AZ, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, recognized for si…