Pinetop-Lakeside Parks, Museum and Library

Part of Pinetop-Lakeside, our guide to the town’s lakes, trails, parks and the Nature Center.

Beyond Woodland Lake Park, Pinetop-Lakeside has the Mountain Meadow Recreation Complex for ball games and disc golf, Jack Barker Memorial Park on State Route 260, a Historical Society museum open summer mornings, and a public library whose story goes back to 1930.

Checked Oct 22, 2026 · Edited by Sam Ridley · Sources · How we check

The Library’s Story

The town says a Lakeside Public Library opened with 3,000 books in 1930; fire destroyed the collection in 1931 and the building in 1957. It reopened on school grounds in 1971, became a town department in 1985, and moved into today’s 5,760-square-foot building, built around the 1971 one, in 2000.

Pinetop-Lakeside in Numbers

Mormon pioneers founded the two settlements in the early 1880s; they incorporated as one town in 1984. The 2020 Census counted 4,030 people on 11.2 square miles. USGS puts the Lakeside end at about 6,740 ft and the Pinetop end at about 6,960 ft. The town calls itself part of the world’s largest stand of ponderosa pines.

What We Could Not Verify

• Library Saturday hours (the town lists weekdays only).
• Museum hours for 2026 (the town page still shows 2025).

More in Pinetop-Lakeside

Nearby Places and Events

Places nearby

1. 1Pinetop-Lakeside Trailstrails, pin estimated by eyeunder 1 mi
2. 2Rainbow Lakelakeunder 1 mi
3. 3White Mountain Nature Centernature centerunder 1 mi
4. 4Woodland Lake Parkpark2 mi

Events coming up

1. 5Dragon Celebration (library)Lakeside, on nowunder 1 mi
2. 6Geek Out: TCG HangoutShow Low, on now8 mi
3. 7High Elevation HorrorSunrise Park Resort, on now26 mi
4. 8Paint RouletteShow Low, on now8 mi
5. 9Artisan Market at The DepotLakeside, Oct 24under 1 mi
6. 10Murder Mystery Masquerade PartyLakeside, Oct 24under 1 mi

Every pin here is an estimate, not a surveyed point. A place pin marked "estimated by eye" is our own guess at the spot (a lake, park or town middle); the others use a point from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) for the named spot, which can still be off by a few blocks. Event pins sit at the center of the event's town, because we do not have each venue's exact spot. Distances are straight-line, rounded, and will not match driving miles. Dots sit in their compass direction; distance is stretched near the middle so close neighbors stay readable. Events are the next dates from our events calendar, as of October 23, 2026, and each date is the organizer's, not confirmed by us. The same places are listed beside the map.

Questions People Ask

What are the Pinetop-Lakeside library hours?

Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 1595 Johnson Dr. in Lakeside, per the town directory.

When did Pinetop and Lakeside become one town?

In 1984, when the two communities incorporated as the Town of Pinetop-Lakeside.

Sources

1. Town of Pinetop-Lakeside: Mountain Meadow Recreation Complex
2. Town of Pinetop-Lakeside: Jack Barker Memorial Park
3. Town of Pinetop-Lakeside: Historical Society Museum
4. Town of Pinetop-Lakeside: Library hours and location
5. Town of Pinetop-Lakeside: Library history
6. USDA Forest Service: Lakeside Ranger District office
7. Town of Pinetop-Lakeside: Community profile
8. U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb: 2020 Census places
9. USGS Elevation Point Query Service

Checked October 22, 2026 by It’s Show Low. Cite this page: It’s Show Low (itsshowlow.com), checked October 22, 2026. Free to quote with a link; tables are licensed CC BY 4.0.