Apache County, Arizona
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- Big Lake Recreation Area — Wildlife · Apache County, AZ
High-elevation (~9,000 ft) 450-acre trout lake and campground complex on Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests—one of Arizona’s premier White Mountains fishing …
- Blue Mesa Trail — Geology · Apache County, AZ
One-mile loop among blue-gray bentonite badlands and petrified-wood logs in the heart of Petrified Forest National Park. The trail drops from a mesa-top sun …
- Casa Malpais Archaeological Park — Historic · Apache County, AZ
National Historic Landmark Mogollon pueblo (~AD 1260–1400) built on basalt cliffs of the Springerville volcanic field. Features a volcanic-rock Great Kiva, m…
- Crystal Forest Trail — Geology · Apache County, AZ
Short paved National Park Service loop through one of Petrified Forest National Park’s richest Triassic log fields, named for quartz and other crystals that …
- Escudilla Mountain Trailhead — Natural · Apache County, AZ
Trailhead for the Escudilla National Recreation Trail (#308) on Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests near Alpine—a ~3-mile one-way hike through aspen, spruce, …
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site — Historic · Apache County, AZ
Oldest continuously operated trading post on the Navajo Nation (est. 1878 by John Lorenzo Hubbell) at Ganado, preserved as an NPS national historic site and …
- Lacey Point — Geology · Apache County, AZ
Painted Desert rim pullout on the Petrified Forest National Park main road south of Painted Desert Inn, looking over banded Chinle Formation badlands in reds…
- Luna Lake — Wildlife · Apache County, AZ
High-elevation reservoir and Arizona Game and Fish wildlife area just southeast of Alpine on the Coronado Trail fringe. Family-friendly trout fishing (rainbo…
- Lyman Lake State Park — Natural · Apache County, AZ
High-desert reservoir on the Little Colorado River south of St. Johns (~6,000 ft). Wind-blown open water, camping, trails, and petroglyph/interpretive walks …
- Nelson Reservoir — Natural · Apache County, AZ
Long, narrow high-country reservoir on Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests between Springerville and Alpine (US-180/191 corridor). Developed north boat site w…
- Painted Desert Inn — Historic · Apache County, AZ
National Historic Landmark pueblo-revival lodge on the Painted Desert rim inside Petrified Forest National Park. Originally a 1920s tourist inn later redesig…
- Spider Rock Overlook — Natural · Apache County, AZ
South Rim overlook in Canyon de Chelly National Monument where twin sandstone spires rise ~800 ft from the canyon floor. A short paved path from the parking …