 The Tonto Creek Hatchery
produces and stocks approximately 165,000 catchable
size rainbow trout each year, along with around
400,000 brook and cutthroat trout. Tonto also
hatches and raises native Apache trout to fingerling
size before they are transferred to the Silver
Creek Hatchery for grow out to catchable size.
This hatchery near the headwaters of Tonto Creek
beneath the Mogollon Rim is located approximately
21 miles east of Payson off of Highway 260. Turn
north off SR 260 at the signed road near Kohls
Ranch Resort and travel four miles to end of
road. The road is paved all the way to the facility.
The last five miles are along a narrow double-lane
road with a minimum 7-percent grade in some sections
that can be snow covered at times during the
winter. Under normal conditions, the roads are
clear within 48 hours of a storm.
Visitation Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 7 days a
week except for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Please Note: We frequently have closures do to local conditions. Please contact us at 928-478-4200 and make sure to verify with one of our employees on closures do to local conditions.
Special Features: There
is a visitation center, public restrooms. This
facility
is the most visited of the hatcheries. It is
not uncommon to have 400 people daily during
the summer.
Species Cultured: Rainbow, brook, cutthroat,
and Apache trout.
Areas Stocked: Mogollon
Rim lakes and streams.
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