13 miles away
Mount Baldy
An extinct stratovolcano of 11,409 feet in eastern Arizona, the highest point in Apache County and among the most sacred to the Apache.
Hawley Lake
A 300-acre lake at 8,200 feet on the White Mountain Apache Reservation, extended as a reservoir and fished for trout under tribal licence.
- Rank in Arizona
- #200of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 45.9 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Julyby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Hawley Lake is a 300-acre lake in east-central Arizona, within the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, at an elevation of 8,200 feet. It is a remnant of Pliocene volcanism on the Mogollon Rim, extended artificially as a reservoir supplying downstream irrigation and supporting trout fishing and ice fishing; a tribal licence is required to fish on the reservation. A ski resort stands nearby.
Where it is
Hawley Lake is a natural landmark near Show Low, in Apache 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 Hawley Lake, 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
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
13 miles away
White Mountains
A mountainous region of eastern Arizona rising to Mount Baldy at 11,400 feet, much of it within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
13 miles away
Sunrise Park Resort
The largest ski resort in Arizona, its runs spread over 1,200 acres and three peaks in the White Mountains near Greer.17 miles away
Rainbow Lake
A 116-acre man-made lake near Pinetop-Lakeside, created in 1903 when settlers dammed Walnut Creek for irrigation.
19 miles away
Fort Apache Historic Park
A 288-acre White Mountain Apache tribal park at the former Fort Apache, later a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school.
21 miles away
Kinishba Ruins
A 600-room Mogollon great house on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, a National Historic Landmark administered by the White Mountain Apache Tribe.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Show Low
- County
- Apache County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 45.9 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 31.3
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 33.9933, -109.7590
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12