Tonto National Monument

The most striking feature is Roosevelt Lake, an artificial lake created by the construction of Roosevelt Dam across the Salt River. The National Monument is surrounded by the Tonto National Forest, which includes low plains, desert scrubland, and alpine pine forests.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Tonto National Monument.

NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility.

Published September 4, 2005

Source:: Landsat 7

Collection:: U.S. National Parks