Apache Trail scenic drive

We did a six-hour drive from Phoenix, including along the scenic Apache Trail Historic Road, a narrow dirt road that started as a stagecoach trail through the Superstition Mountains.

An interactive map of our route, heading counter-clockwise:

Superstition Mountains:

Canyon Lake:

One lane bridge:

Another one lane bridge:

Approaching Tortilla Flat:

Tortilla Flat:

Pavement ends:

No vehicles over 40 feet:

Salt River:

Roosevelt Dam:

AZ-188 bridge:

Boondockers along Theodore Roosevelt Lake: