White Mountains

The White Mountains of Arizona are a mountain range and mountainous region in the eastern part of the state, near the border with New Mexico. They continue from the west the Arizona transition zone and Mogollon Rim, the Rim itself ending in western New Mexico, and form part of the Colorado Plateau high country of north-eastern Arizona. Much of the range lies within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, and the part outside the reservation is in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Nearby communities include Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside, Greer, St Johns, Springerville, Eagar and McNary. The highest summit is Mount Baldy, at 11,400 feet. The mountains are drained to the south by several tributaries of the Salt River and to the north by the Little Colorado River, and hold several small lakes. They are the setting of the 1993 film Fire in the Sky, which recounts the reported disappearance of the logger Travis Walton in 1975.

Where it is

White Mountains is a natural landmark near St. Johns, in Apache 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 White Mountains, 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.