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 in the<br />
Gila Valley<br />
Safford: Mt. Graham and the rest of the Pinaleno<br />
Mountains, south of Safford, are a popular<br />
Gila Valley hiking spot.<br />
By David Sowders<br />
Mt. Graham and the rest of the Pinaleno<br />
Mountains, south of Safford, are a popular<br />
Gila Valley hiking spot with their pine<br />
and aspen forests, large meadows, wildflowers and<br />
cool temperatures; some of the Pinaleno peaks, including<br />
Mt. Graham, climb to over 10,000 feet.<br />
Though several mountain trails remain closed and<br />
some are damaged after the 2017 Frye Fire, which<br />
burned over 40,000 acres in the Pinalenos, others are<br />
still open.<br />
For more casual hikers, there are shorter – and more<br />
level – walks through the riparian areas of Roper Lake<br />
and Dankworth Ponds State Parks, also south of town.<br />
Heading up a mountain trail near Safford<br />
David Sowders<br />
For more information on Pinaleno Mountains trails,<br />
contact the Safford Ranger District at (928) 428-4150.<br />
For more on the area’s state parks, call Roper Lake State<br />
Park at (928) 428-6760.<br />
David Sowders<br />
Jacobson Creek and Johns Dam, near Safford.<br />
David Sowders<br />
A waterfall along Noon Creek Trail, near Safford<br />
4 <strong>Gateway</strong> to the Copper Corridor <strong>2021</strong>
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