Mingus Mountain Scenic Road Mingus Mountain Scenic Road
Mingus Mountain Scenic Road is a State Scenic Byway in Arizona. Within Arizona it covers roughly 11 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Mingus Mountain Scenic Road with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
State Route 89A climbs over Mingus Mountain in the Black Hills between the Verde Valley and Prescott, switchbacking up to nearly 7,000 feet. Clinging to the mountainside on the way up is Jerome, a former copper boomtown that nearly became a ghost town and is now an artists' colony famous for its precipitous streets. The summit offers a wide view across the Verde Valley to the red rocks of Sedona and the San Francisco Peaks.
- Jerome ghost town
- Mingus Mountain switchbacks
- Verde Valley views
- Black Hills
- SR-89A
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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.