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The Fort Apache Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in Arizona, United States, encompassing parts of Navajo, Gila, and Apache counties. It is home to the federally recognized White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation (Western Apache language: Dził Łigai Si'án N'dee), a Western Apache tribe.
Here on the White Mountain Apache Reservation we experience all four seasons. Come visit us at the historical Fort Apache, where the famous Apache Scouts were once posted. Also stop by our Culture Center & Museum , and take a look at Apache life.
Here on the White Mountain Apache Reservation we enjoy all four seasons. Want to learn more? Come visit us at the historical Fort Apache, where the famous Apache Scouts were once posted.
Fort Apache Historic Park. Tour well-preserved ruins and a historic military outpost at this Apache Wars-era settlement. The forests and rivers near present-day Pinetop-Lakeside sustained the Apache people and their ancestors for thousands of years.
The Reservation covers 1.67 million acres, with elevations ranging from 2,600 feet in the Salt River Canyon to 11,400 feet at the peak of Mount Baldy (a sacred peak to the White Mountain Apache Tribe). The Tribe operates Hon-Dah Casino, Sunrise Park Ski Resort, and Fort Apache Timber Company.
Visitors can explore Fort Apache Historic Park’s trails and set off on a 1.4-mile canyon hike that leads past an ancestral pueblo village and remnants of an Apache scout camp. Four miles west of the fort, Kinishba Ruins preserves an ancestral pueblo structure once inhabited by Hopi and Zuni people.
Admission to the Park after-hours and on holidays is $5.00 per vehicle per day. Apache tour guides are available with advance reservation, and special accommodations and activities can be arranged for tour groups. 24 Hour information line: (928) 338-4525. Museum: (928) 338-4625.
