Tuzigoot National Monument

Tuzigoot National Monument preserves a 2- to 3-story pueblo ruin on the summit of a limestone and sandstone ridge just east of , 120 feet above the floodplain.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: national monument in Yavapai County, Arizona
  • Also known as: “TUZI”, “Tuzigoot”, and “Tuzigoot Monument”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pecks Lake.

is a small reservoir, fed by water from the adjacent , near in the U.S. state of . The name of the nearby Tuzigoot National Monument comes from an Apache word, Tuzigoot, meaning crooked water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clarkdale and Cottonwood.

Village
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is a town in , United States. The flows through the town as does Bitter Creek, an intermittent tributary of the river. is situated 1½ miles west of Tuzigoot National Monument.

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is a city in , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 12,029. It is located on the .

Locality
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is a neighborhood of the city of in , , United States. It was built as a company town in 1917 to serve the new smelter for James Douglas, Jr.'s in . is situated 3 miles south of Tuzigoot National Monument.

Tuzigoot National Monument

Latitude
34.77296° or 34° 46′ 23″ north
Longitude
-112.02791° or 112° 1′ 41″ west
Elevation
3,396 feet (1,035 metres)
Open location code
8569QXFC+5R
Geo­Names ID
5318636
Wiki­data ID
Q1476823
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Tuzigoot National Monument” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tuzigoot National Monument”
  • Chinese: “曲水國家名勝”
  • French: “Tuzigoot National Monument”
  • German: “Tuzigoot National Monument”
  • Hebrew: “מונומנט הלאומי טוזיגוט”
  • Russian: “Тузигут”
  • Swedish: “Tuzigoot nationalmonument”
  • Vietnamese: “Di tích Quốc gia Tuzigoot”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tapco and Centerville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shea Spring and Deception Gulch.

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