Western Arizona
West Arizona is a region in Arizona mostly with desert and mountains. It is west of Phoenix and Tucson, north of the border with Sonora, Mexico, and east California and the Colorado River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Yuma and Lake Havasu City.
Yuma
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Yuma is the largest city and county seat of Yuma County, Arizona. It is in the southwest corner of the state, across the Colorado River from California and near two Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora.
Lake Havasu City
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Lake Havasu City is a city in Mohave County in western Arizona. It is known best for being the home of the 1831 London Bridge, which Robert McCulloch, the founder of the city, bought from the British government in 1967.
San Luis
San Luis is a town in Western Arizona. It is across the US-Mexico border from San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Quartzsite and Oatman.
Quartzsite
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Quartzsite is a former mining town in La Paz County, Arizona. In 2020, it hosted a permanent population of 2,400 people, but during the balmy winters from December to February the population explodes to well over 100,000 as RV campers descend in droves in recreational vehicles to camp on the BLM Lands surrounding the town.
Oatman
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Oatman is a former mining town on Route 66 in Western Arizona. For visitors it offers equal parts touristy kitsch and real, honest-to-goodness Wild West atmosphere, complete with wood slat sidewalks.
Dateland
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Dateland is a tiny settlement in Yuma County, Arizona, most notable for farming Medjool and other types of dates. The town was once a World War II training outpost and the site of a Japanese internment camp.
Wikieup
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Wikieup is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on U.S. Route 93 in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is located approximately 139 miles northwest of Phoenix and 162 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
Topock
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Topock is a town in Arizona near the western border with California. The Colorado River is about 5 miles away and Topock has access through a marsh. Topock is on historic Route 66.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a national monument and a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Western region of Arizona, bordering Mexico.
Western Arizona
- Description: Region of the US state of Arizona
- Location: Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
33.23° or 33° 13′ 48″ northLongitude of center
-113.5° or 113° 30′ westWikidata ID
Q14202467
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Western Arizona” goes by many names.
- German: “Arizona/Westen”
- Japanese: “アリゾナ州西部”
- Slovenian: “Western Arizona”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Arizona”
- Spanish: “Oeste de Arizona”
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