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The record for Arizona opens with Hotel Monte Vista, Copper Queen Hotel and Jerome Grand Hotel — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (83 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (46) and Reported Anomalies (12). Of its 113 sites, 101 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Vulture Mine, established 1863.

Localities:Tombstone8 Tucson7 Flagstaff6 Bisbee5 Jerome5 Phoenix3 Yuma3 Apache Junction3 Douglas3 Sierra Vista3 Prescott2 Bowie2

By filing type:Sites39 Ghost towns16 Hotels14 Towns8 Naturals7 Forts5 Theaters5

By phenomenon:apparitions83 named ghost legends46 reported anomalies12 legends8 historical legends4

High confidence

Hotel Monte Vista

Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff hotel with room-service ghost folklore.

6 claims · 5 legends→

High confidence

Copper Queen Hotel

Bisbee, Arizona

Mining-town hotel with several reported apparitions.

4 claims · 3 legends→

High confidence

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome, Arizona

Former hospital associated with apparition reports.

3 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Hassayampa Inn

Prescott, Arizona

Inn associated with honeymoon ghost folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Hotel San Carlos

Phoenix, Arizona

1928 hotel haunted by Leone Jensen, who leapt from the roof in 1928.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Bowie

The Apache Pass fort—ruins at the center of the Apache Wars.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Hotel Congress

Tucson, Arizona

Historic hotel with apparition folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Gleeson

Gleeson, Arizona

Former mining town with restored jail.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Swansea

Parker, Arizona

The copper town the smelter killed—the ruins in the desert.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Phantom Ranch

Grand Canyon, Arizona

The bottom of the Canyon—the 1922 ranch reachable only by trail.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Yuma Crossing

The Colorado’s ford—where the emigrants and the prisoners crossed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Castle Dome

The mine museum in the desert—where the silver camp survives.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Jerome State Historic Park

Jerome, Arizona

The mansion on the hill—the Douglas family’s view of the mine.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Jerome sliding jail

Jerome, Arizona

The jail that slid downhill—still where it landed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Tubac Presidio

Arizona’s first European settlement—1752, the presidio remains.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Tumacácori

Tumacacori, Arizona

The mission the Apaches emptied—the church still stands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Pearce

Pearce, Arizona

The 1894 gold camp—the store and the church survive.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat, Arizona

The stage stop on the Apache Trail—population 6.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Florence

Florence, Arizona

The prison town—the territorial prison and the 1891 courthouse.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Empire Ranch

Sonoita, Arizona

The 1871 ranch—the adobe headquarters in the grasslands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kentucky Camp

Sonoita, Arizona

The 1904 gold camp—the adobe buildings in the Santa Ritas.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Bird Cage Theatre

Tombstone, Arizona

"Wildest, wickedest night spot" of the boomtown era—140 bullet holes in the walls.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Weatherford Hotel

Flagstaff, Arizona

The town’s first hotel—Zylpha’s honeymoon suite and the ballroom ghosts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Two Guns

Two Guns, Arizona

The Route 66 ruin with the Apache Death Cave.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Yuma Territorial Prison

The desert prison where inmates built their own cells—and the "dark cell."

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hopi Mesas

Kykotsmovi, Arizona

The three mesas—Old Oraibi, the oldest continuously inhabited place in the U.S.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Monument Valley

Kayenta, Arizona

The mittens—the Navajo’s valley and the cinema’s West.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Canyon de Chelly

Chinle, Arizona

The canyon the Navajo never left—Spider Rock and the Long Walk.

2 claims · 1 legend→

El Tovar

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

The 1905 lodge on the rim—where Fred Harvey’s guests stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hubbell Trading Post

Ganado, Arizona

The 1878 trading post—still operating on the reservation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

La Posada

Winslow, Arizona

The last great Harvey House—1930, restored from near-demolition.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Oatman

Oatman, Arizona

The gold camp where the burros own the street.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Oatman Hotel

Oatman, Arizona

The 1902 hotel—where Lombard and Gable honeymooned.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lost Dutchman Mine

Apache Junction, Arizona

The Superstitions’ lost gold—where the Dutchman’s ghost guards the shaft.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Superstition Mountains

Apache Junction, Arizona

The range that killed the searchers—where the dead stay lost.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hi Jolly tomb

Quartzsite, Arizona

The camel driver’s pyramid—1856, the Army’s camel experiment.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bisbee massacre site

Bisbee, Arizona

December 8, 1883—the five innocents hanged for the robbery.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bisbee deportation site

Bisbee, Arizona

July 12, 1917—the 1,300 miners deported into the desert.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Apache Pass

The pass where the Bascom Affair lit the wars.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cochise Stronghold

Pearce, Arizona

The Dragoon refuge—where Cochise is buried somewhere.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Skeleton Canyon

Douglas, Arizona

September 4, 1886—Geronimo’s last surrender, in the canyon of bones.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gadsden Hotel

Douglas, Arizona

The 1907 marble lobby—where Pancho Villa reportedly rode his horse.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Charleston

Sierra Vista, Arizona

The mill town on the San Pedro—where the outlaws drank.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Slaughter Ranch

Douglas, Arizona

The "last of the gunfighters" ranch—on the border.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Casa Grande Ruins

Coolidge, Arizona

The "Great House"—the Hohokam’s four-story mystery.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Goldfield Ghost Town

Apache Junction, Arizona

The Superstition camp—rebuilt for the tourists, still haunted.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pleasant Valley War site

1882-92—the Grahams and the Tewksburys killed each other off.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tom Mix memorial

Florence, Arizona

October 12, 1940—the cowboy star’s last ride.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gila River internment site

Sacaton, Arizona

The desert camp where 13,000 Japanese Americans were held.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Painted Rock petroglyphs

Gila Bend, Arizona

The boulder field where the Hohokam carved the rocks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fox Tucson Theatre

Tucson, Arizona

Historic theater with investigator-reported apparitions and recordings.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hotel Vendome

Prescott, Arizona

Prescott’s 1917 hotel—Abby and her cat Noble.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Orpheum Theatre (Phoenix)

Phoenix, Arizona

The 1929 vaudeville palace—Mattie’s balcony seat.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Travis Walton abduction site

The 1975 Sitgreaves forest abduction—five days missing, six witnesses.

Former Meatpacking Plant

The Slaughterhouse

Tucson, Arizona

Former meatpacking plant with ghost stories and staged horror events.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum

Tucson, Arizona

Reconstructed presidio museum associated with soldier-apparition reports.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Connor Hotel

Jerome, Arizona

Historic hotel associated with an alleged female apparition.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Bisbee Inn

Bisbee, Arizona

Hotel promoting spectral-cat and woman-in-white legends.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Gila County Jail and Sheriff’s Office

Former jail associated with a fatal shooting and ghost tours.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Former Mine Site

Vulture Mine

Wickenburg, Arizona

1863 gold mine whose hanging tree fed a camp of 5,000.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Big Nose Kate’s Saloon

Tombstone, Arizona

Saloon built over the Grand Hotel’s foundations—still haunted, per lore, by its swamper.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mogollon Rim (Mogollon Monster)

Payson, Arizona

Arizona’s Bigfoot of the Mogollon Rim—reported since 1903.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ruby

Arizona’s best-preserved mining ghost town—and its double murder.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Schieffelin Hall

Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone’s 1881 theater—the West’s largest adobe building and its ghosts.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Crystal Palace Saloon

Tombstone, Arizona

The 1879 saloon that outlasted the gunfight—and kept its ghosts.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mission San Xavier del Bac

Tucson, Arizona

The "White Dove of the Desert"—the 1797 mission still serving the Tohono O'odham.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Verde

Camp Verde, Arizona

The 1865 fort that anchored the Verde Valley campaigns.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Apache

Fort Apache, Arizona

The 1870 post at the heart of the White Mountain Apache wars.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Lowell

Tucson, Arizona

The 1873 fort whose ruins dot a Tucson neighborhood.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Huachuca

Sierra Vista, Arizona

The 1877 fort still active—the Buffalo Soldiers’ Arizona post.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Orpheum Theater

Flagstaff, Arizona

Theatre associated with balcony folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

El Tiradito

Tucson, Arizona

Wishing shrine with a restless-spirit tradition.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Third Street — George Daves Legend Site

Tombstone, Arizona

Street associated with an alleged frontier-era apparition.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ufo Observation Site

Phoenix Lights

Phoenix, Arizona

March 13, 1997—thousands watched a mile-wide V formation cross Arizona.

Boothill Graveyard

Tombstone, Arizona

1878 cemetery of the boomtown’s gunfighters, outlaws and quick deaths.

O.K. Corral

Tombstone, Arizona

The 1881 gunfight site—30 seconds that made Tombstone.

Historic District

Tombstone Historic District

Tombstone, Arizona

"The Town Too Tough to Die"—the whole district is the attraction.

Wupatki

Flagstaff, Arizona

The pueblos the volcano fed—Sunset Crater’s survivors.

Sunset Crater

Flagstaff, Arizona

The ~1085 eruption—the cinder cone that changed the region.

Walnut Canyon

Flagstaff, Arizona

The cliff dwellings in the canyon—the Island Trail.

Montezuma Castle

Camp Verde, Arizona

The five-story cliff palace—misnamed for the emperor.

Tuzigoot

Clarkdale, Arizona

The hilltop pueblo over the Verde—110 rooms.

Hopi House

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

The 1905 pueblo-style building—Colter’s first canyon work.

Winslow

Winslow, Arizona

The corner where the Eagles put the town on the map.

Seligman

Seligman, Arizona

The town that saved Route 66—the Historic 66 birthplace.

Kingman

Kingman, Arizona

The route’s heart—the powerhouse, the depot, the desert.

Peach Springs

Peach Springs, Arizona

The Hualapai capital—where the canyon road begins.

Hackberry General Store

Hackberry, Arizona

The 1934 store—the Route 66 roadside shrine.

Truxton

Truxton, Arizona

The bypassed town—the Frontier Motel still stands.

Valentine

Valentine, Arizona

The "Heart of Route 66"—the schoolhouse and the station.

Ehrenberg

Ehrenberg, Arizona

The river port that died—where the ferry once ran.

Ajo

The copper town—the plaza and the open pit.

Organ Pipe

Lukeville, Arizona

The cactus monument—where the ranger’s memorial stands.

Supai / Havasu

The village at the canyon’s bottom—mail by mule.

Lavender Pit

Bisbee, Arizona

The open pit that ate the town—1974, the lavender hole.

Chiricahua National Monument

Willcox, Arizona

The standing rocks—the "Wonderland of Rocks."

Guevavi

Nogales, Arizona

The 1691 mission—Kino’s first, now ruins.

Calabasas

Rio Rico, Arizona

The mission and the fort—the site that moved south.

Courtland

Gleeson, Arizona

The copper camp that died in the Depression.

San Pedro Riparian

Sierra Vista, Arizona

The last desert river—where the mills and the murders happened.

Besh-Ba-Gowah

The Salado pueblo in downtown Globe—700 rooms.

Tonto National Monument

Roosevelt, Arizona

The Salado cliff dwellings above the lake.

Rivers ostrich ranch site

Maricopa, Arizona

The ostrich farms that fed the hat trade—1915-1929.

Biosphere 2

Oracle, Arizona

The sealed world that failed—1991, still running.

Mount Lemmon

Summerhaven, Arizona

The sky island—where the fire and the trees are both real.

Mowry

Patagonia, Arizona

The lead camp that supplied the Civil War—the adobe ruins.

Helvetia

Green Valley, Arizona

The copper camp in the Santa Ritas—the cemetery remains.

Poston

Poston, Arizona

The Colorado River camp—18,000 on the reservation.

Incarceration Site

Poston Relocation Center — Unit I

Parker, Arizona

Surviving school complex and memorial of Poston incarceration camp.

Incarceration Site

Gila River Relocation Center

Sacaton, Arizona

Restricted remains of a wartime camp on Gila River tribal land.

Ghost Town Museum

Gold King Mine and Ghost Town

Jerome, Arizona

Mining-camp museum at former Haynes.

Chloride

Chloride, Arizona

Inhabited historic mining town.

Fairbank

Fairbank, Arizona

Preserved San Pedro River railroad townsite.