Using Holbrook as your base, enjoy a variety of attractions surrounding Holbrook. To the north is the rugged plateau country with striking canyons containing prehistoric cliff-dwellings such as those found in Canyon de Chelly. Much of the plateau country is Navajo and Hopi Reservation land. These reservations offer unique attractions including ceremonial dances, tribal events, and Indian art and crafts. Arizona's scenic Mogollon Rim country with its tall pines and quiet mountain lakes is a short distance south of Holbrook.
Visitors can hunt, fish and enjoy spectacular panoramas.
The Petrified Forest National Park with petrified logs displaying an array of colors, and the Painted Desert with formations of soft rock in many colors, offer unique experiences to area visitors. There is also a Museum and Visitors' Center in Holbrook. The City has a public pool for adults and youth, three community parks with six softball fields, eight tennis courts, playground equipment, eight racquetball courts and a shooting range, a bowling alley, a nine-hole golf course, a community center, public library, and the county fairgrounds in downtown Holbrook featuring the county fair. One hour south of Holbrook the White Mountains provide hunting, fishing, boating, camping, skiing and backpacking. In addition to communication resources from the rest of the state, Holbrook has a bi-weekly newspaper, The Holbrook Tribune , two radio stations, and numerous television channels from Phoenix, Flagstaff, Chicago and Atlanta, including HBO, Disney, and the Movie Channels.