Rocky Point, Arizona (Empires of Liberty)

Rocky Point is a city located in Rocky Point County, about 213 miles from Phoenix, and 214 miles from Tucson. The city has a population 57,342 as of 2015.

Coordinates: 31°19′00″N 113°32′13″W

Rocky Point is part of the Altar Desert, one of the driest and hottest of the larger Sonora Desert. Because of the lack of water, this area had no real permanent settlements till the 1910s. In the 1920s and 1930s, the construction of a rail line from Phoenix down to the shore brought the first real substantial settlements in the town, to aid in Arizonan sea shipments out to international destinations.

Since the 1990s, there has been a push to develop the area for tourism, as it was already visited by people from Arizona, Southern California, and Sonora heavily for years. The little town had been nicknamed "Arizona's Beach," as it is the largest coastal settlement on the Arizonan coast.