Rock Tank
- Mar–May, Sep–Oct
- best months
Is Rock Tank open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Petrified Forest National Park. It doesn't name Rock Tank, so check the source for the area it covers.
Painted Desert Visitor Center Closed for Construction
Park closure covering Petrified Forest National Park · NPS · Petrified Forest National Park
As of · Source: NPS · Petrified Forest National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Rock Tank is a lake near Holbrook, Arizona, at about 5,636 feet.
- Keystone BridgeNatural arch9.4 mi
Blue Mesa TrailHikingPhoto: dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)9.4 mi
Historic Blue Forest TrailHikingPhoto: Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)9.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Blue TankLake fishing · ~10 min drive
- Red Lake TankLake fishing · ~13 min drive
- Cedar TankLake fishing · ~14 min drive
- Triangle TankLake fishing · ~14 min drive
- Corral TanksLake fishing · ~16 min drive
- East TankLake fishing · ~26 min drive
- Delaney TankLake fishing · ~30 min drive
- Francisco LakeLake fishing · ~33 min drive
- Wild Cow LakeLake fishing · ~43 min drive
- Pit TankLake fishing · ~44 min drive
Also worth it near here
Blue Mesa TrailHiking · ~16 min drivePhoto: dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
Agate BridgeNatural arch · ~22 min drivePhoto: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Puerco RiverCanoeing · ~27 min drivePhoto: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Pilot RockSummit · ~34 min drivePhoto: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Rock Tank
Best months: March–May and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
48° / 22°
4 wet
Feb
52° / 25°
4 wet
Mar
61° / 30°
4 wet
Apr
68° / 35°
3 wet
May
78° / 44°
3 wet
Jun
89° / 53°
3 wet
Jul
92° / 60°
7 wet
Aug
88° / 58°
9 wet
Sep
82° / 51°
6 wet
Oct
70° / 40°
5 wet
Nov
58° / 28°
4 wet
Dec
46° / 22°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Painted Desert Np, AZ, 11.7 mi away at 5,760 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
