The summit of the pass is at an elevation of 6,232 feet, at 34°56′12″N 112°58′12″W / 34.93667°N 112.97000°W / 34.93667; -112.97000 the divide between Muddy Wash on the west and Walnut Creek on the east.

The western entrance to the pass is at the top of the valley of Muddy Wash at the foot of the Juniper Mountains, located at 34°58′30″N 113°02′03″W / 34.97500°N 113.03417°W / 34.97500; -113.03417.

[1] Aztec Pass was the route of the wagon toll road, known as the Hardyville - Prescott Road, built by William Harrison Hardy in 1864, from his steamboat landing at Hardyville to new Arizona territorial capital of Prescott, through the Juniper and Santa Maria Mountains.

The eastern entrance of the road into the pass was the location of the Old Toll Gate 6 miles east of the summit.

Camp Hualpai at 34°55′49″N 112°50′27″W / 34.93028°N 112.84083°W / 34.93028; -112.84083 was built near that second tollgate along Walnut Creek where the road entered the pass from the south from Williamson Valley.