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Attractions near Lower Frisco

Leave Lower Frisco for Gila National Forest, 20 mi away

The best-known day out from Lower Frisco is Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, 41 mi away. All of it lies outside: 2 places within 40 miles, none inside Lower Frisco. Within reach are a national park unit and a ski area.

Attractions nearby
5
within 60 miles
The big one
20 mi
Gila National Forest
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Sunrise Park Resort
National forest · 20 mi southeast

Gila National Forest

US National forest in New Mexico first established in 1899 as Gila River Forest Reserve.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The layout

At the edge of the map sits Apache–Sitgreaves National Forests, 29 mi out.

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Orange: Lower Frisco. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Best known first

Look within 60 miles for all 5.

Gila Wilderness

Park & preserve · 42 mi southeast · read 12K times a year on Wikipedia

US wilderness area in New Mexico within the Gila National Forest, first protected in 1924 by act of Congress.

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Lower Frisco →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument: not specified, Public domain · Gila Wilderness: Gila National Forest, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gila National Forest: Zereshk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Apache–Sitgreaves National Forests: Zereshk, CC BY-SA 3.0

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