#1 · Natural Landmark
Tonto National Forest
The surrounding Tonto National Forest offers a range of opportunities for hiking, mountain biking, and rock climbing. Maps, books, and trail information are available from the Globe Ranger Station.
Attractions in Gila County
The 16 attractions in this database located in Gila County, Arizona.
16 attractions
#2 · Natural Landmark
Theodore Roosevelt Lake
Theodore Roosevelt Lake (usually called Roosevelt Lake, sometimes Lake Roosevelt) is a large reservoir formed by Theodore Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River in Arizona as part of the Salt River Project (SRP). Located roughly 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Phoenix in the Salt River Valley, Theodore Roosevelt is the largest lake or reservoir located entirely within the state of Arizona (Lake Mead and Lake Powell are larger but are both located partially within the bordering states of Nevada and Utah respectively).
#3 · Natural Landmark
Fossil Creek
Fossil Creek (Yavapai: Hakhavsuwa or Vialnyucha) is a perennial stream accessed by a forest road near the community of Camp Verde in the U.S. state of Arizona. Access is from Forest Road 708 off Arizona State Route 260 east of Camp Verde.
#4 · Historic Site
Kinishba Ruins
Kinishba Ruins is a 600-room Mogollon great house archaeological site in eastern Arizona and is administered by the White Mountain Apache Tribe. It is located on the present-day Fort Apache Indian Reservation, near the Apache community of Canyon Day. As it demonstrates a combination of both Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloan cultural traits, archaeologists consider it part of the historical lineage of both the Hopi and Zuni cultures.
#6 · Natural Landmark
Tonto Basin
The Tonto Basin, also known as Pleasant Valley, covers the main drainage basin of Tonto Creek and its tributaries in central Arizona, at the southwest of the Mogollon Rim, the higher elevation transition zone across central and eastern Arizona. Although the word tonto means silly or foolish in Spanish, this place name is derived from the Apache word, Koun’nde, which means wild, rough people and refers to the indigenous Dilzhe’e Tonto Apache. Tonto Basin is mostly north-south trending and outflows into the Salt River at the extensive canyon reservoir called Theodore Roosevelt Lake.#7 · Historic Site
Christmas
Christmas is an uninhabited mining community in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The mine which led to creation of the town was staked on Christmas Day 1902, prompting the name. During the three decades in which the town's post office operated it was a popular destination for holiday mail seeking a "Christmas" postmark.
#9 · Canyon
Salt River Canyon Wilderness
A deep river canyon, managed by the Tonto National Forest. There are no maintained trails, although the wilderness can be visited anytime. There are 27 sets of rapids and many side creeks, and white-water rafting and kayaking is popular during the spring. From March 1 - May 15 river-running permits are required; group size is limited to 15 people.#10 · Historic Site
Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeological Park
A reconstructed 14th century Salado pueblo, with a small museum onsite.#11 · Historic Site
Copper Hill ghost town
Established in 1908, Copper Hill once had 500 residents working in nearby mines, but was abandoned during the Depression in 1933. There are many foundations remaining.#12 · Natural Landmark
El Capitan Pass
A historical marker commemorates this spectacular pass, through which in 1846 Kearney's army marched to California to fight in the Mexican War. Shaded picnic tables are nearby.#13 · Museum
Gila County Historical Society
A small museum devoted to the history of Globe and the surrounding region. A small bookshop is also onsite.#14 · Museum
Pine-Strawberry Museum
Prehistoric and pioneer artifacts, period antiques and room displays.#15 · Museum
Rim Country Museum and Zane Grey Cabin
History of Northern Gila County and the Mogollon Rim.#16 · Museum
Strawberry Schoolhouse
One-room log schoolhouse, the second oldest still standing in Arizona. It functions as a fully restored local history museum, complete with a late-19thzcentury classroom exhibit.
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.