16 miles away
Copper Hill ghost town
A Gila County ghost town founded in 1908 with 500 residents working nearby mines, abandoned in 1933 during the Depression.
Salt River Canyon Wilderness
A wilderness area of 32,115 acres in the Tonto National Forest, taking in a deep river canyon with 27 sets of rapids.
- Rank in Arizona
- #378of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 39.8 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Canyon
The Salt River Canyon Wilderness is a wilderness area of 32,115 acres (12,996 ha) within the Tonto National Forest, in Arizona. It takes in a deep river canyon with 27 sets of rapids and many side creeks. There are no maintained trails, and the river is run by white-water rafters and kayakers in spring.
Where it is
Salt River Canyon Wilderness is a canyon near Mogollon Rim, in Gila County. It is one of the canyons in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Salt River Canyon Wilderness, 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: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tonto/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5163405(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
16 miles away
Tonto National Monument
A national monument in the Superstition Mountains of Gila County, at the edge of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion.17 miles away
Gila County Historical Society
A small Globe, Arizona museum on local and regional history, run by the Gila County Historical Society, with an onsite bookshop.
19 miles away
Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeological Park
A 200-room Salado masonry pueblo above Pinal Creek near Globe, occupied AD 1225-1400 and now a city archaeological park and museum.
19 miles away
Tonto National Forest
At 2,873,200 acres the largest national forest in Arizona, running from Sonoran Desert up to the pine forests of the Mogollon Rim.
19 miles away
Theodore Roosevelt Lake
The largest reservoir lying entirely within Arizona, formed on the Salt River by a dam Theodore Roosevelt dedicated in 1911.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Canyon
- Destination
- Mogollon Rim
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 39.8 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 15.5
- Significance score
- 60.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- fs.usda.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.6544, -110.8150
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12