Our hours & location

We’re open from 9 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday and closed Saturday through Sunday. We’re located at 1595 Johnson Drive in Pinetop-Lakeside, at the intersection of Highway 260 and Woodland Rd. (across from WME Village 8 Theatre).

Our library

First founded in 1930 as Lakeside Public Library, Pinetop-Lakeside Public Library is now a department of the Town of Pinetop-Lakeside and has a staff of seven full- and part-time employees. The library is housed in the beautiful 5,760 sq. ft. Larson Memorial Building. You can read about our rich history here.

Our community

The communities of Lakeside and Pinetop incorporated as Pinetop-Lakeside in 1984. At an elevation of 6,900 feet, Pinetop-Lakeside is known for its tourism and recreational activities, as well as its clean air and proximity to the world’s largest stand of Ponderosa pine trees.

Our budget

As a department of the Town of Pinetop-Lakeside, we’re funded through the Town’s General Fund, which is generated through a local sales tax. The FY20 library budget is $251,700 (down from $268,810 in FY19).

Our membership

We’re a member of Navajo County Library District (NCLD), which is comprised of 12 public, community, and tribal libraries in Navajo County. Among other benefits, membership in NCLD allows each library to leverage the other libraries’ collections for the benefit of everyone. NCLD also provides rotating collections of materials to member libraries, which allows us access to even more items.

NCLD’s mission is to aid and improve the services, materials, and technology provided by the member public libraries in the County to make people’s lives better. NCLD is funded as a special taxing district and has a property tax rate of .1000 per hundred. The County Librarian is Geneva Durkee (928-524-4745).

Our impact

The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records’ Library Development Division compiles statistical data each year for all public libraries in the state; you can find it on their website here.