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# Tonto National Monument

Gila · National Park Service

BEFORE YOUR VISIT

Visitor advisoryWeather

### Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued October 21 at 1:36PM MST until October 21 at 9:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

Regional information

- Regional notice: Gila

- Regional notice: Maricopa

- Regional notice: Pinal

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 689 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARIZONA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA GILA IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA MARICOPA IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA PINAL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF APACHE JUNCTION, CACTUS FOREST, CASA GRANDE, ELOY, FLORENCE, JAKES CORNER, KOHLS RANCH, MESA, PAYSON, PHOENIX, PUNKIN CENTER, RYE, STAR VALLEY, AND TONTO VILLAGE.

Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026

[Read the official notice: National Weather Service Arizona alerts ↗](https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?area=AZ)Source checked Oct 21, 2026

Visitor informationAccess & reservations

### Tonto National Monument: Lower Cliff Dwelling Trail water requirement

Park-specific information

- [Lower Cliff Dwelling Trail water requirement](https://arizonaparks.org/parks/tonto-national-monument)

Every visitor hiking the steep Lower Cliff Dwelling Trail must bring a water bottle. This standing requirement does not establish that the trail is open during temporary heat closures.

[Read the official notice: National Park Service Arizona destinations ↗](https://www.nps.gov/tont/park-alerts-tont.json)Source checked Oct 21, 2026

PLAN YOUR VISIT

## The practical details.

**Managing agency**: National Park Service

[Official park information](https://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm)

We have not yet verified hours, entry fees, accessibility details. Confirm these with the managing agency before traveling.

Check notice timestamps and official updates. Conditions can change between source checks.

## Weather & forecast

National Weather Service · [Official forecast ↗](https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33.648445&lon=-111.113575)

## About Tonto National Monument

Tonto National Monument preserves two cliff dwellings overlooking the Tonto Basin. The buildings reflect a community of local and immigrant groups that lived here in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; tour access differs between the dwellings.

## Find your way.

Map points represent park land, not verified visitor entrances. Follow the managing agency’s entrance directions. Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

This point represents park land, and may not be a public entrance. Follow official entrance directions.

[Official visitor information & directions ↗](https://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm)

## Read before you roam.

[THE FIELD GUIDE

### Plan reservations, entry and the right local time

Check cave-tour check-in, vehicle-only entrances, group reservations and Navajo Nation time before your trip.

Read the guide](https://arizonaparks.org/guides/reservations-gates-and-local-time)

## Sources & verification

Park facts and notices are checked separately. Missing facility information does not mean a facility is absent. Official visitor page checked Oct 21, 2026.

- [National Park Service Arizona destinations](https://www.nps.gov/state/az/list.htm) · Oct 21, 2026

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[![Superstition Mountain cliffs and saguaros at Lost Dutchman State Park](https://arizonaparks.org/images/lost-dutchman.webp)

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[Photo: dconvertini · CC BY-SA 2.0; resized/cropped; derivative under same license ↗](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lost_Dutchman_State_Park,_Arizona,_USA_5-2024_1.jpg)

[Maricopa

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