9.6 miles away
Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area
A 150-acre lake at Show Low run by Arizona State Parks, averaging 23 feet deep and holding several fish species.
Rainbow Lake
A 116-acre man-made lake near Pinetop-Lakeside, created in 1903 when settlers dammed Walnut Creek for irrigation.
- Rank in Arizona
- #346of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 40.4 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Julyby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Rainbow Lake is a 116-acre man-made lake in southern Navajo County, Arizona, near the town of Pinetop-Lakeside and the community of Lake of the Woods. It was created in 1903, when Mormon settlers dammed Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Little Colorado River, to impound water for irrigation.
Where it is
Rainbow Lake is a natural landmark near Show Low, in Navajo 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 Rainbow 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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25 miles away
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Show Low
- County
- Navajo County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 40.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 19.2
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 34.1499, -109.9840
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12