4.7 miles away
Pine-Strawberry Museum
Prehistoric and pioneer artifacts, period antiques and room displays.
Tonto Natural Bridge
Believed to be the largest natural travertine bridge in the world, 183 feet high over a 400-foot tunnel, formed by mineral deposits from spring water. It recorded 125,968 visits in 2024.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- State Park
- Destination
- Payson
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 125,968 (2024)
- What is counted
- visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 44.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- 38.7
- Popularity score
- 32.0
- Significance score
- 62.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- azstateparks.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 34.3197, -111.4570
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Tonto Natural Bridge is a state park near Payson, in Gila 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 44.0 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/tonto/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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