Copper Corridor Scenic Road (SR 177) Copper Corridor Scenic Road
Copper Corridor Scenic Road (SR 177) is a State Scenic Byway in Arizona. Within Arizona it covers roughly 15 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Copper Corridor Scenic Road (SR 177) with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Copper Corridor Scenic Road on State Route 177 is a 20-mile designated stretch running northwest of Kearny into a corner of the Tonto National Forest. It's one of two highway segments making up Arizona's larger Copper Corridor Scenic Road. The full byway links Ray, just south of Phoenix, to Saddlebrooke, north of Tucson, combining 35 miles of State Route 77 with this 20-mile stretch of SR 177. Along the way it threads through the small copper-mining towns of Kelvin, Riverside, Kearny, and Hayden, with the southern portion running alongside both the Gila River and the historic Copper Basin Railroad. Active and former copper mines in eastern Pinal County are visible from several points along the drive, a reminder that this corridor has been Arizona mining country for well over a century. Rather than towering scenery, the appeal here is industrial-heritage backroads: small desert towns built entirely around the copper industry, river bottomland, and rail infrastructure that still moves ore through the valley today.
- 20-mile segment (SR-177)
- part of Ray-to-Saddlebrooke Copper Corridor
- Kelvin, Riverside, Kearny, Hayden
- Gila River
- Copper Basin Railroad
- Pinal County copper mines
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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.
Where to Stay along Copper Corridor Scenic Road (SR 177)
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