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Elevation:  2,700 feet

Population:   400 residents

Winter low temperature:  40 F degrees

Summer high temperature:  105 F degrees

Oatman is in western Arizona, located in the Black Mountains along Historic Route 66.  It is a true Old West mining town with Elephant’s Tooth, a quartz formation, reaching high above the town.

In 1904, the town of Oatman had enough residents to establish a Post Office.  The name proposed was Fremont, but its official name became Vivian because of the town’s proximity to the Vivian Mining Company.  Between 1904 and 1907, the mine yielded over $3 million. ... Read more >>

• Old Historic Route 66
• Jail House Museum
• Ghostrider Gunfighters
• Historic Oatman Hotel
• Oatman’s “Wild Burros”