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=Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery= Tonto National Forest Payson, Arizona 85541 Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery webpage

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Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery
Coordinates: 34.386, -111.095 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery
This hatchery near the headwaters of Tonto Creek beneath the Mogollon Rim in the Tonto National Forest is located approximately 21 miles east of Payson off of AZ-260. Turn north off AZ-260 at the signed road near Kohl’s Ranch Resort and travel four miles to the end of the 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.

Tonto Creek Hatchery is located on lands owned by the U.S. Forest Service and has been in operation since 1937. The hatchery was renovated in 1993 to modernize operations and produces and stocks approximately 140,000 catchable size rainbow trout each year, along with a smaller number of brook trout. Tonto Creek also hatches and annually raises approximately 100,000 native Apache trout to fingerling size before they are transferred to the Silver Creek Hatchery for grow out to catchable size. Apache trout eggs are provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Williams Creek National Fish Hatchery).

This facility is the most visited of the hatcheries and it is not uncommon to have 400-500 visitors daily during the summer months. There are public restrooms available for use. Please tread lightly and remove your trash when you depart the hatchery. From Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery webpage



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