3.4 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.
Tonto National Monument
A national monument in the Superstition Mountains of Gila County, at the edge of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion.
- Rank in Arizona
- #392of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 39.3 out of 100high confidence
- Annual visits
- 30,840counted in 2024
- Category
- National Monument
Tonto National Monument is a national monument in the Superstition Mountains, in Gila County, central Arizona. It lies on the north-eastern edge of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion, an arid habitat with annual rainfall of about 16 inches. The Salt River runs through the area and is a rare year-round source of water. It recorded 30,840 recreation visits in 2024.
Where it is
Tonto National Monument is a national monument near Roosevelt, in Gila County. It is one of the national monuments in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
The score combines the published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance, which is what earns it high confidence. 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: The 2025 series reports zero recreation visits for month 10, a reporting gap rather than a measured figure, so 2024 is used as the reference year.
Mentioned in
- Arizona protects its night sky in one set of places and uses it in another — Eight Arizona attractions hold International Dark Sky Park status and all eight publish visitor counts; twelve working observatories publish none.
Sources
- Visitation: National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics(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: http://www.nps.gov/tont/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
13 miles away
Four Peaks
A four-summit massif in the Mazatzal Mountains east of Phoenix, rising to 7,659 feet at Brown's Peak, the highest point in Maricopa County.
15 miles away
Superstition Mountains
A range east of the Phoenix metropolitan area anchored by Superstition Mountain, and a well-used recreation area.
16 miles away
Mazatzal Mountains
A range north-east of Phoenix rising to Mazatzal Peak at 7,903 feet, with 252,500 acres protected as wilderness.
16 miles away
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.
17 miles away
Skeleton Cave
A cave in the Salt River Canyon Wilderness, site of the 1872 massacre of Yavapai people and listed on the National Register in 1991.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- National Monument
- Destination
- Roosevelt
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- International Dark Sky Park
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 30,840 (2024)
- What is counted
- recreation visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 39.3 / 100
- Visitation score
- 17.2
- Popularity score
- 29.1
- Significance score
- 81.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- nps.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.6569, -111.0940
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12