Groom Creek, Arizona

Groom Creek is an unincorporated community in Yavapai County, in the U.S. state of Arizona.^[1]

History

A post office called Groom Creek was in operation between 1901 and 1942.^[2] The community was named for Robert W. Groom, a prospector.^[3]

Education

It is in the Prescott Unified School District,^[4] which operates Prescott High School.

Summer Camps

The thickly forested, high-elevation terrain of Groom Creek is cooler in the summer than most places in Arizona, with a maximum high temperature averaging 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius) in July.^[5] Because of this, there have been children's summer camps located in the area for many decades. As of 2025 these include:

Camp Maripai (Girl Scouts, Arizona Cactus-Pine Council)^[6]^{[citation needed]}
Camp Wamatochick (Teen Round-up Ministries)^[7]
Camp Sky-Y (Valley of the Sun YMCA)^[8]
Friendly Pines Camp (Private)^[9]
Kamp Kipa (Phoenix Laestadian Lutheran Church)^[10]
Pine Summit Bible Camp (Non-profit/non-denominational Christian)^[11]
Whispering Pines Camp (Community of Christ)

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Groom Creek, Arizona
^ "Yavapai County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
^ "Hall of fame". The Daily Courier. July 29, 2001. p. 9A. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
^ "School District Map" (PDF). Yavapai County. Retrieved December 28, 2024. - Indicates locations of unincorporated areas.
^ https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?azgroo ^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.girlscoutsaz.org/en/members/for-girl-scouts/camp-and-outdoors/summer-camp.html ^{[bare URL]}
^ http://www.teenroundup.org/index.html ^{[bare URL]}
^ https://azycamps.org ^{[bare URL]}
^ http://www.friendlypines.com ^{[bare URL]}
^ http://www.pllchurch.org/download/kamp-kipa-run-flyer.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ http://pinesummit.camp/home ^{[bare URL]}

34°28′32″N 112°25′53″W / 34.47556°N 112.43139°W / 34.47556; -112.43139

[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Groom Creek, Arizona

[2] "Yavapai County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

[3] "Hall of fame". The Daily Courier. July 29, 2001. p. 9A. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

[4] "School District Map" (PDF). Yavapai County. Retrieved December 28, 2024. - Indicates locations of unincorporated areas.

[5] ttps://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?azgroo ^{[bare URL]}

[6] ttps://www.girlscoutsaz.org/en/members/for-girl-scouts/camp-and-outdoors/summer-camp.html ^{[bare URL]}

[7] ttp://www.teenroundup.org/index.html ^{[bare URL]}

[8] ttps://azycamps.org ^{[bare URL]}

[9] ttp://www.friendlypines.com ^{[bare URL]}

[10] ttp://www.pllchurch.org/download/kamp-kipa-run-flyer.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[11] ttp://pinesummit.camp/home ^{[bare URL]}

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States
County seat: Prescott
Cities	Cottonwood Peoria‡ Prescott Sedona‡
Towns	Camp Verde Chino Valley Clarkdale Dewey-Humboldt Jerome Prescott Valley Wickenburg‡
CDPs	Ash Fork Bagdad Black Canyon City Congress Cordes Lakes Cornville Lake Montezuma Mayer Paulden Peeples Valley Seligman Spring Valley Verde Village Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) Wilhoit Williamson Yarnell
Populated places	Arcosanti Aultman Breezy Pines Briggs Copperopolis Crookton Crown King Drake Dugas Forbing Park Goodwin Groom Creek Hecla Highland Park Hillside Hooper Humbug Iron Springs Kirkland Kirkland Junction Lapham Minnehaha Mint Nelson Oak Creek Perkinsville Potato Patch Red Rock Skull Valley Walnut Grove Yava
Indian reservations	Hualapai Indian Reservation Yavapai Reservation Yavapai-Apache Nation Indian Reservation
Ghost towns	Alexandra Big Bug Bradshaw City Bumble Bee Catoctin Cherry Cleator Columbia Constellation Cordes Curtis Fort Misery Gillett Glen Oaks Jerome Junction Octave Stanton Tip Top Venezia Wagoner Walker Weaver
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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