Apachee Trail - Tortilla Flat Arizona
N 33° 31.574 W 111° 23.416
12S E 463761 N 3709695
This trail was used by the Yavapai tribe to navigate through the Superstition mountains. The name came when settlers came they mistook the Yavapai to be Apache.
Waymark Code: WMCV78
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2011
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Per the Apache Trail History site:
...The Superstitions have drawn people for thousands of years, and its innermost canyons harbor springs and thousand-year-old Indian ruins. Steep-sided canyons, rock outcroppings and magnificent geologic formations are all along the road."
Per the sign:
Prior to 1906, this location was a welcome stop on the Yavapai Trail which connected Tonto Basin with the Salt River Valley. In 1906 the trail, now know as the Apache Trail, was completed as a freight road for the construction of the Roosevelt Dam. Tortilla Flat became an important water and supply stop on this road. The Apache Trail is now Arizona State Route 88, but Tortilla Flat remains a welcome stop.
Feature Discription: Stagecoach stop converted to tourist town
Web address for the route: [Web Link]
Secondary Web Address: [Web Link]
Beginning of the road: Superstition Mountains
End of the road: Sedona Arizona area
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Visit Instructions:
We ask that if you visit the site, please include a unique picture with your impressions of the location. If possible, and if you are not too shy, please include yourself and your group in the photo. Extra points will be given for your best buffalo imitation or if you are licking something salty.