Lake Montezuma

Lake Montezuma is a locality in Yavapai County, Arizona and has an elevation of 3,635 feet. Lake Montezuma is situated nearby to the quarter Rimrock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include V Bar V Heritage Site and Montezuma Well.

V Bar V Heritage Site

Archaeological site

Photo: Coconino National Forest, Public domain.

The Crane Petroglyph Heritage Site is the largest known petroglyph site in the Verde Valley of central Arizona, and one of the best-preserved. The rock art site consists of 1,032 petroglyphs in 13 panels.

Montezuma Well

Photo: John Menard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Montezuma Well, a detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument, is a natural limestone sinkhole near the town of Lake Montezuma, Arizona, through which some 1,500,000 US gallons of water emerge each day from an underground spring.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lake Montezuma and Rimrock.

Lake Montezuma

Village

Lake Montezuma is a census-designated place in Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 5,111 at the 2020 census. The CDP includes the communities of Rimrock and McGuireville. Lake Montezuma is situated 3 miles southwest of Lake Montezuma.

Rimrock

Quarter

Lake Montezuma is a census-designated place in Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 5,111 at the 2020 census. The CDP includes the communities of Rimrock and McGuireville. Rimrock is situated 3 miles west of Lake Montezuma.

Lake Montezuma

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Lawrence Crossing”
Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.65316° or 34° 39′ 11″ north

Longitude

-111.73368° or 111° 44′ 1″ west

Elevation

3,635 feet (1,108 metres)

Open location code

856CM738+7G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7642006432

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

5301648

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Lake Montezuma” goes by many names.

French: “Lake Montezuma”
German: “Lake Montezuma”
Portuguese: “Lake Montezuma”
Spanish: “Lake Montezuma”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Soda Spring and V Bar V Visitor Center.

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