Big Springs is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Coconino County Coconino County is a County (United States), county in the North Central Arizona, North-Central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. Its population was 145,101 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The county seat is Flagstaff, Arizon ...

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

, United States. Big Springs is located in

Kaibab National Forest Kaibab National Forest (, ) borders both the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon, in north-central Arizona. Its 1.6 million acres (650,000 ha) is divided into three sections: the ''North Kaibab Ranger District'' (offices in Fredonia), the ...

, southwest of Jacob Lake. The Big Springs Lookout Tower and Big Springs Ranger Station, which are both listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

, are located near Big Springs. The Big Springs location is used at times by the Forest Service as summer crew station for surveys and firefighting. Buildings include crew cabins, shower and bath house, cafeteria, barn, and house for staff.

Gallery

Big springs crew cabins 1970 p.JPG, Crew cabins in 1970.

References

Unincorporated communities in Coconino County, Arizona Kaibab National Forest Unincorporated communities in Arizona {{CoconinoCountyAZ-geo-stub