Yavapai County, Arizona
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- Badger Springs Trailhead (Agua Fria National Monument) — Petroglyph · Yavapai County, AZ
Primary public trailhead into BLM Agua Fria National Monument northeast of Black Canyon City. Short non-motorized walk down Badger Springs Wash reaches the A…
- Bumble Bee — Ghost Town · Yavapai County, AZ
Bradshaw Mountains stage and cavalry stop and mining camp established in 1863 on Bumble Bee Creek. Later faux-Old-West tourist rebuilds were largely removed;…
- Cherry — Ghost Town · Yavapai County, AZ
Black Hills (Yavapai) gold-mining camp between Dewey and Camp Verde with a post office from 1884 to 1943 and peak population near four hundred around several…
- Cleator — Ghost Town · Yavapai County, AZ
Tiny Bradshaw Mountains mining hamlet on the dirt Senator Highway between I-17 and Crown King, with weathered false-front buildings and the still-operating C…
- Congress — Historic · Yavapai County, AZ
Gold-mining center for the Congress Mine (discovered 1884; major production into the 1930s) west of Wickenburg. The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway se…
- Constellation — Ghost Town · Yavapai County, AZ
Short-lived Black Rock district camp northeast of Wickenburg, intended as a local service center for surrounding gold mines. Townsite fabric is thin; field i…
- Crane Petroglyph Heritage Site (V-Bar-V) — Petroglyph · Yavapai County, AZ
USFS-managed, publicly interpreted rock-art site on the former V Bar V Ranch in the Verde Valley—largest documented petroglyph concentration in the valley (~…
- Fort Verde State Historic Park — Historic · Yavapai County, AZ
Best-preserved Indian Wars–era U.S. Army fort in Arizona, in Camp Verde. Original 1870s–1880s officers’ quarters and administration building house furnished …
- Granite Basin Lake — Natural · Yavapai County, AZ
Small ponderosa-rimmed reservoir in the Granite Basin Recreation Area of Prescott National Forest, northwest of Prescott. Five-acre lake with boat ramp, picn…
- Honanki Heritage Site — Petroglyph · Yavapai County, AZ
Sister site to Palatki on Loy Butte country: one of the largest Sinagua cliff-dwelling complexes in the Sedona red rocks (c. 1150–1350 CE) with extensive pet…
- Horsethief Basin Lake — Natural · Yavapai County, AZ
Small pine-rimmed reservoir in the Bradshaw Mountains south of Crown King inside Prescott National Forest’s Horsethief Basin Recreation Area—high-country day…
- Jerome — Ghost Town · Yavapai County, AZ
Jerome clings to Cleopatra Hill above the Verde Valley, once a roaring copper camp that briefly ranked among Arizona’s largest towns. After the mines closed …
- Lynx Lake — Natural · Yavapai County, AZ
Cool-pine Prescott National Forest reservoir just east of Prescott—year-round day-use and camping hub with shoreline trails, trout stocking, small-boat recre…
- Montezuma Castle National Monument — Historic · Yavapai County, AZ
Iconic five-story Southern Sinagua cliff dwelling (~20 rooms) set ~90 ft up a limestone alcove above Beaver Creek in the Verde Valley—one of the best-preserv…
- Montezuma Well — Geology · Yavapai County, AZ
Detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument: a limestone sinkhole ~370–386 ft across continuously fed by ~1.5 million gallons of spring water per day…
- Page Springs Fish Hatchery — Wildlife · Yavapai County, AZ
Arizona Game and Fish Department’s largest trout hatchery on lower Oak Creek near Cornville. Visitor center, self-guided path past raceways, and excellent ri…
- Palatki Heritage Site — Petroglyph · Yavapai County, AZ
Coconino National Forest–managed Sinagua cliff dwelling and rock-art alcove northwest of Sedona (Hopi name “Red House”). Guided tours visit both the dwelling…
- Red Rock State Park — Natural · Yavapai County, AZ
Arizona State Parks nature preserve and environmental-education center on Oak Creek SW of Sedona. Loop trails through juniper–manzanita to creek-side riparia…
- Rockin' River Ranch State Park — Wildlife · Yavapai County, AZ
Day-use former ranch at the confluence of West Clear Creek and the Verde River near Camp Verde, with mesquite bosque and cottonwood-sycamore gallery forest. …
- Stanton — Ghost Town · Yavapai County, AZ
1870s Weaver mining-district gold camp east of Congress / north of Wickenburg. Stage-stop and ranching town associated with the Rich Hill placers; a handful …
- Thumb Butte — Natural · Yavapai County, AZ
Prescott National Forest day-use recreation area under ponderosa pine at the base of Prescott’s signature 6,514-ft butte—picnic ramadas, potable water, and t…
- Tip Top — Ghost Town · Yavapai County, AZ
1870s–80s silver camp in the Tip Top district of the southern Bradshaw foothills, once a busy mill-and-mine cluster with multiple claims and a short boom rep…
- Tuzigoot National Monument — Historic · Yavapai County, AZ
National Park Service monument protecting a Sinagua pueblo crowning a Verde Valley limestone ridge above the river and Tavasci Marsh. Self-guided paths climb…
- Verde Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Yavapai County, AZ
Riverbank geothermal pools and ruined 1920s resort foundations on the west bank of the Verde River in Coconino National Forest country south of Camp Verde. W…
- Walker — Ghost Town · Yavapai County, AZ
Bradshaw Mountains mining camp southeast of Prescott, tied to early gold activity and later forest-road access. A thin mountain ghost for district roads, kil…
- Watson Lake — Geology · Yavapai County, AZ
City of Prescott reservoir set in the Granite Dells — a classic jointed granite boulder landscape of rounded outcrops, narrow waterways, and cliffed coves. D…