- Portal is a very scenic, unincorporated community on the far east side of Cochise County
- Located at the mouth of Cave Creek Canyon
- Portal is about 150 miles east of Tucson, 50 miles north of Douglas, and 35 miles south of San Simon
- Portal, Arizona, is pronounced simply as "POR-tuhl" or "POR-tal" (the same as the word for a doorway or entrance) ... the name is pronounced normally in English rather than in Spanish (por-TAHL)