Mesa Ranger District
Mesa, Arizona

Rugged and Spectaculary Beautiful Country

The Mesa Ranger Office is in northeast Mesa. Drive east on US Highway 60 (Superstition Freeway) to the Higley Road Exit. Drive north for approximately 4 miles to Ingram Street on the left. The Mesa Ranger Station is approximately 0.1 mile on the north side of Ingram Street.  The office is located at 5140 E Ingram St., Mesa, AZ 85205-3462; Phone 480-610-3300, Fax 480-610-3346.  Here is a MAP that shows the station location.

The Mesa Ranger District is one of six Forest Service Districts in the Tonto National Forest. The District is located in the central southern portion of the Tonto National Forest, has over 444,000 acres, and is in proximity to the  Phoenix  metro area, with a population of over three million residents.

The Tonto National Forest includes desert, semi-desert grassland, Chaparral, Pinyon-Juniper types of vegetation, as well as a small area of Ponderosa Pine. The very popular Lower Salt River, Saguaro Lake and Canyon Lake are located in this district.

The forest embraces almost 3 million acres of rugged and spectacularly beautiful country, ranging from Saguaro cactus-studded desert to pine-forested mountains beneath the Mogollon Rim. This variety in vegetation and range in altitude (from 1,300 to 7,900 feet) offers outstanding recreational opportunities throughout the year, whether it's lake beaches or cool pine forest.

As the fifth largest forest in the United States, the Tonto National Forest is one of the most visited “urban” forests in the U.S. (approximately 5.8 million visitors annually). Its boundaries are Phoenix to the south, the Mogollon Rim to the north, and the San Carlos and Fort Apache Indian reservations to the east.

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