For more information on Forest area closures, open areas, and available recreation opportunities a Community Call Center is now open from 7 am to 7 pm through Monday, May 28th.
Please dial 311 from a cell phone or 928-333-3412 to reach the Call Center
The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, administered as one national forest, encompasses over two million acres of magnificent mountain country in east-central Arizona. The Sitgreaves National Forest was named for Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves, a government topographical engineer who conducted the first scientific expedition across Arizona in the early 1850’s Read more»
On the Sitgreaves, the major attractions for the visitors from the desert are the Mogollon Rim and eight cold-water lakes. From the Mogollon (pronounced: muggy-own) Rim’s 7,600- foot elevation, vista points provide inspiring views of the low lands to the south. The Rim extends two hundred miles from Flagstaff into western New Mexico.
The Apache National Forest ranges in elevation from 3,500 feet to nearly 11,500 feet and is named for the tribes that settled in this area. The area from Mount Baldy east to Escudilla Mountain is often referred to as the White Mountains of Arizona. From the edge of the Mogollon Rim south of Hannagan Meadow, the land drops precipitously into the high desert around Clifton.
The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests wants all 4th graders to experience the great outdoors by participating in the Every Kid In A Park program to earn FREE passes at federal lands and waters locations. A world of learning, discovery, and fun awaits every kid! Get started and download the FREE pass now. Please share this great program with your friends and family!
Target shooting can be a fun and rewarding activity for the whole family and a great way to enjoy our public lands. As fire season progresses and the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest moves into Stage II fire restrictions, opportunities for dispersed target shooting become limited. Fortunately there is a great facility for target shooting located on the National Forest that remains open despite the restrictions. Located about six miles east of Show Low, AZ on FR 206, the Second Knoll Shooting Range is operated by White Mountain Shooters Association and funded by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and their grant program.
In 1986, a region-wide effort was made to evaluate and nominate fire lookouts for the National Register of Historic Places. Bear Mountain Lookout and associated features were officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a result of the undertaking. The Alpine Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is home to the highest number of fire lookouts in the USFS Southwest Region.
Across the nation, women hold more than 6,500 career firefighting positions. We have several of those special women and one works on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests,
More than 6,500 women now hold career firefighting and fire officer positions in the United States. Of those special women, we have several that work on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
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