Apache Trail Historic Road Apache Trail Historic Road
Apache Trail Historic Road is a State Scenic Byway in Arizona. Within Arizona it covers roughly 40 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Apache Trail Historic Road with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
State Route 88 east of Phoenix follows a route blasted through the Superstition Mountains in the early 1900s to build Roosevelt Dam. It winds past Canyon Lake and Apache Lake beneath jagged volcanic peaks, with a famously steep and rough unpaved section through Fish Creek Hill. Storm damage has closed parts of the dirt road in recent years, so the eastern segment may be impassable — check conditions before setting out.
- Superstition Mountains
- Canyon & Apache Lakes
- Roosevelt Dam
- Fish Creek Hill
- SR-88 (partly unpaved)
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.