Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests

Rank in Arizona: #135of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 49.2 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Natural Landmark

The Apache–Sitgreaves National Forests are a 2.76-million-acre United States national forest running along the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains in east-central Arizona and into New Mexico. Formerly two separate forests, they are managed as one unit by the USDA Forest Service from the Forest Supervisor's Office in Springerville. The forest is divided into five ranger districts — Clifton, Alpine, Springerville, Lakeside and Black Mesa — spanning almost 300 miles from Clifton in east-central Arizona to the eastern boundary of the Coconino National Forest. The Sitgreaves portion, 818,651 acres, lies to the north of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation and entirely within Arizona, in Navajo, Apache and Coconino counties. The larger Apache portion, 1,813,601 acres, lies east of the Fort Apache and San Carlos reservations and extends across the New Mexico state line into Catron County. Over 400 species of wildlife have been recorded in the forests.

Where it is

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is a natural landmark near St. Johns, in Greenlee County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Official site: http://www.fs.usda.gov/asnf(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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