Attractions in Apache County, Arizona

28 attractions

1Score 75.8 out of 100
National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
A national park of petrified wood and eroded badlands in north-eastern Arizona, crossed by historic Route 66.
559,254 recreation visits in 2024.
2Score 66.2 out of 100
National Monument
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Three canyons on Navajo Nation land, continuously inhabited for nearly 5,000 years and still farmed today.
387,433 recreation visits in 2024.
3Score 58.1 out of 100
Landmark
Four Corners Monument
The only point in the United States shared by four states, maintained by the Navajo Nation as a visitor site.
4Score 55.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
White Mountains
A mountainous region of eastern Arizona rising to Mount Baldy at 11,400 feet, much of it within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
5Score 54.4 out of 100
Historic Site
Navajo Nation Council Chamber
The seat of government of the Navajo Nation at Window Rock, a red sandstone building declared a National Historic Landmark in 2004.
6Score 53.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Chuska Mountains
An elongate range on the Colorado Plateau within the Navajo Nation, rising to 9,823 feet at Roof Butte in northern Arizona.
7Score 49.7 out of 100
Historic Site
Painted Desert Inn
A historic complex in Petrified Forest National Park overlooking the Painted Desert, near the original alignment of U.S. Route 66.
8Score 48.9 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Mount Baldy
An extinct stratovolcano of 11,409 feet in eastern Arizona, the highest point in Apache County and among the most sacred to the Apache.
9Score 46.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Big Lake
A trout reservoir in the White Mountains of Apache County, managed by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and frozen over each winter.
10Score 45.9 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Hawley Lake
A 300-acre lake at 8,200 feet on the White Mountain Apache Reservation, extended as a reservoir and fished for trout under tribal licence.
11Score 43.7 out of 100
National Historic Site
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
The oldest continuously operated trading post on the Navajo Nation, preserved as a National Historic Site.
46,419 recreation visits in 2024.
12Score 42.2 out of 100
Museum
Casa Malpaís Archeological Site and Museum
An Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site near Springerville with an astronomical calendar, great kiva and petroglyphs, an NHL since 1964.
13Score 41.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Escudilla Mountain
The third-highest mountain peak in Arizona, in the White Mountains, where the state's last grizzly bear was killed in 1936.
14Score 40.8 out of 100
Landmark
Sunrise Park Resort
The largest ski resort in Arizona, its runs spread over 1,200 acres and three peaks in the White Mountains near Greer.
15Score 39.8 out of 100
Historic Site
Klagetoh Chapter House
A 1963 Navajo Nation chapter house in Klagetoh tied to leader Annie Dodge Wauneka, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021.
16Score 39.8 out of 100
Historic Site
Painted Desert Community Complex Historic District
Petrified Forest National Park's 1961-65 administrative complex, designed by Richard Neutra and Robert Alexander, became a landmark in 2016.
17Score 39.8 out of 100
Historic Site
Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Ganado Mission's nursing school, the first accredited programme for Native American women in the US, became a landmark in 2009.
18Score 38.4 out of 100
Zoo or Aquarium
Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park
The only tribally owned zoological park in the United States, in Window Rock, with its exhibits labelled in the Navajo language.
19Score 36.4 out of 100
Landmark
Round Valley Ensphere
A wooden-domed stadium at Eagar owned by Round Valley High School, opened in 1991–92 and seating 5,500 for football.
20Score 31.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Rooster Rock Spire
A 5,985-foot spire in a remote corner of Monument Valley that lies beyond the reach of all-day valley tours.
21Score 28.6 out of 100
State Park
Lyman Lake State Park
An Arizona state park on the largest lake in the region, 17 miles north of Springerville on the Little Colorado.
42,840 visits in 2024.
22Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Agate Bridge
A petrified log spanning a gap between bluffs in Petrified Forest National Park, propped up by stone supports the park service added.
23Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa, in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
24Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Jasper Forest
A Petrified Forest National Park overlook above badlands where erosion has exposed hundreds of petrified logs.
25Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Newspaper Rock
A Petrified Forest National Park roadside overlook above a rock face etched with hundreds of petroglyphs.
26Score 25.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Puerco Pueblo
Puerco Pueblo, in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, is an 800-year-old pueblo that once held 100 rooms and up to 1,200 people.
27Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Tawa Point
Tawa Point, in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, is a Painted Desert overlook and the starting point of the Rim Trail.
28Score 25.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Window Rock Tribal Park and Veteran's Memorial
Window Rock Tribal Park and Veteran's Memorial, in Window Rock, Arizona, features the namesake sandstone arch and a memorial to Navajo US military veterans.

Destinations in this county

Chinle · Ganado · Holbrook · Mogollon Rim · Monument Valley · Petrified Forest National Park · Show Low · St. Johns · Window Rock

County is resolved from each attraction's coordinates against U.S. Census geography rather than entered by hand, so a place near a county line is filed where it actually sits.