2021 Spring Gateway Magazine
Visitors Guide for Safford, Clifton, San Carlos, Globe, Miami, Superior, Kearny, Tonto Basin, Young and Apache Junction
Visitors Guide for Safford, Clifton, San Carlos, Globe, Miami, Superior, Kearny, Tonto Basin, Young and Apache Junction
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Hiking at the lake<br />
Stephanie Irish<br />
Roosevelt Lake: In addition to all the water activities<br />
on Roosevelt Lake, a few hiking trails feature<br />
local history and desert scenery.<br />
By David Sowders<br />
Across Highway<br />
188 from the<br />
Roosevelt Lake<br />
Marina a paved trail<br />
winds uphill to the Historic<br />
Roosevelt Cemetery,<br />
where men who<br />
lost their lives building<br />
the nearby dam are buried.<br />
Most of the markers<br />
are wooden crosses, but<br />
there are a handful of<br />
stone memorials.<br />
Just past the cemetery,<br />
climbing into the hills south<br />
of the lake, is the Thompson<br />
Trail, one of the links<br />
in the Arizona National<br />
Scenic Trail. A right turn<br />
on this trail leads back to<br />
the highway near Roosevelt<br />
Lake Bridge. Other trails<br />
near the lake include the<br />
Tule, Frazier and Cottonwood<br />
Trails. Signs along<br />
the highway mark the head<br />
of the Frazier Trail, which<br />
leads to Cottonwood Trail<br />
and Cottonwood Canyon –<br />
another link in the Arizona<br />
National Scenic Trail.<br />
For more information on<br />
trails in the Roosevelt Lake<br />
area, contact the Tonto Basin<br />
Ranger District at (602)<br />
225-5395.<br />
David Sowders<br />
The way to Thompson Trail, near Roosevelt Lake<br />
38 <strong>Gateway</strong> to the Copper Corridor <strong>2021</strong>
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