Attractions in Gila County, Arizona

16 attractions

1Score 55.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
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.
2Score 53.1 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Theodore Roosevelt Lake
The largest reservoir lying entirely within Arizona, formed on the Salt River by a dam Theodore Roosevelt dedicated in 1911.
3Score 51.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Fossil Creek
A perennial travertine-forming stream below the Mogollon Rim, one of only two Arizona streams in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
4Score 50.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Kinishba Ruins
A 600-room Mogollon great house on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, a National Historic Landmark administered by the White Mountain Apache Tribe.
5Score 44.0 out of 100
State Park
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
Believed to be the largest natural travertine bridge in the world, standing 183 feet over a 400-foot tunnel.
125,968 visits in 2024.
6Score 43.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Tonto Basin
The drainage basin of Tonto Creek in central Arizona, running south-west of the Mogollon Rim to Theodore Roosevelt Lake.
7Score 40.4 out of 100
Historic Site
Christmas
An uninhabited Gila County mining community named for the claim staked on Christmas Day 1902, once a magnet for holiday mail.
8Score 40.3 out of 100
Historic Site
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.
9Score 39.8 out of 100
Canyon
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.
10Score 39.3 out of 100
National Monument
Tonto National Monument
A national monument in the Superstition Mountains of Gila County, at the edge of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion.
30,840 recreation visits in 2024.
11Score 33.3 out of 100
Museum
Strawberry Schoolhouse
An 1885 log schoolhouse in Strawberry, often called Arizona's oldest, though the 1879 Arivaca Schoolhouse predates it.
12Score 25.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Copper Hill ghost town
A Gila County ghost town founded in 1908 with 500 residents working nearby mines, abandoned in 1933 during the Depression.
13Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
El Capitan Pass
A Gila County mountain pass marked by a historical marker noting a U.S. Army march through it to California in 1846.
14Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
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.
15Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Pine-Strawberry Museum
Pine-Strawberry Museum, in Gila County, Arizona, displays prehistoric and pioneer artefacts, period antiques, and room displays.
16Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Rim Country Museum and Zane Grey Cabin
Rim Country Museum and Zane Grey Cabin, in Payson, Arizona, covers the history of northern Gila County and the Mogollon Rim.

Destinations in this county

Globe · Mogollon Rim · Payson · Pine-Strawberry · Roosevelt

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.