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Wickenburg, Arizona

  • Robson's Mining World

    Robson's Arizona Mining World takes you back in time to the Nella-Meda gold mining camp, a real mine said to still contain much gold. Set in the Sonoran Desert's saguaro covered hills, it features the...
    Robson's Mining World

  • Vulture Mine

    Discovered in 1863 by the Austrian Henry Wickenburg, Vulture Mine was the largest producing gold mine in the history of Arizona. Today you can visit the ghost town and explore this witness of the past...
    Vulture Mine

  • Jail Tree

    Jail TreeThis 200 year-old mesquite tree once served as Wickenburg's Jail. From 1863 to 1890 outlaws were chained to this tree for all the townspeople to see. Whether any escaped remains unknown. ...
    Jail Tree

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Old Post Office

The Old Brick Post Office was built in 1930 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Before the time of the boardwalks, a single window served the people arriving on horseback to get their mail. This may have been the forerunner of the "drive - up window!"

Wickenburg, AZ Historic Buildings

Garcia School

This red brick schoolhouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1905, replacing the wooden school on this land. "Little remains of the old one-room schoolhouses built of logs, adobe, frame, or brick which proliferated across Arizona in the late 1800s.

Wickenburg, AZ Historic Schoolhouses

Vulture Peak

Vulture Peak Trail is a short but steep trail that takes hikers from the base of Vulture Peak (2,480 feet) to a saddle (3,420 feet) just below the summit in only two miles. From this point, experienced hikers can "scramble" up an extremely steep and narrow "chute"

Wickenburg, AZ Hiking Trails

Historical Walking Tour

The Chamber of Commerce has developed a self-guided brochure of historic town buildings with a map of their locations. Numbered copper plates on the outside of buildings correspond to numbers in the brochure with ten buildings awarded listings on the National Historic Register.

Wickenburg, AZ Tours

ATSF Engine No. 761

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Engine No. 761, an 1890 vintage, is one of the steam locomotive workhorses of the main line between Chicago and the west. Included in the display located adjacent to the historic depot and Visitors Center, is the Tender and the 1900

Wickenburg, AZ Railroad History

Things to do near Wickenburg, AZ

CrackerJax Family Fun & Sports Park

Arizona Cowboy College

Green Park Gallery

Glendale's first and finest art gallery, Green Park Gallery, features traditional and contemporary fine art, furniture and co...

Rio Salado Golf Club

Regulation nine-hole course, driving range, fully equipped pro shop, golf instruction, golf leagues and restaurant. ...

Longbow Golf Club

Longbow Golf Club was named after the Apache Longbow, a military attack helicopter that Boeing develops across the street fro...