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Lyman Lake State Park
A reservoir on the Little Colorado River with no size limit on boats, unusual among Arizona state parks. Petroglyph panels sit along the shoreline trails. It recorded 42,840 visits in 2024.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- State Park
- Destination
- St. Johns
- County
- Apache County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 42,840 (2024)
- What is counted
- visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 28.6 / 100
- Visitation score
- 22.2
- Popularity score
- 0.0
- Significance score
- 62.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- azstateparks.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 34.3631, -109.3747
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Lyman Lake State Park is a state park near St. Johns, in Apache County. It is one of the state parks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
This place scores 28.6 out of 100, at high confidence. The score combines its published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
Sources
- Visitation: Arizona Office of Tourism Monthly State Parks Visitation Report (December 2025); source Arizona State Parks, compiled by AHRRC(opens in a new tab)
- 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: https://azstateparks.com/lyman-lake/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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