View from Fossil Creek Road

This was our campsite
LATITUDE: N 34°23.826
LONGITUDE: W 111°37.612
At the Boundary of Tonto and Coconino National Forests

Fossil Creek

Historic Irving Power Plant
Closed to Public
LATITUDE: N 34°24.186
LONGITUDE: W 111°37.048

DIRECTIONS:
From Payson, AZ
Take Hwy 87 North to Strawberry
Turn on Fossil Creek Road
(Towards the Historic School House)
Campsites about 10 1/2 miles
Narrow Mountain Road
Steep Downhill Grade with 1000' Drops
Not Recommended for RVs
Avoid in Bad Weather Conditions
This road is haunted and should be traveled
with caution. You will never forget this road.

From Camp Verde, AZ
I-17 / Exit #287
Take Hwy.260 East for 10 miles
(Hwy.260 between milepost 228-229)
Turn on Fossil Creek Road
Tonto NF Boundary about 15.5 miles
The road is more accessible from this direction
Rough areas need good shock absorbers.

ROAD CONDITIONS:
See above description...
Not Recommended for RVs or trailers

Flash Flooding Possible
Avoid Low Areas and Drainage

Must be part of the old flume system for the
Power Plants. There are also some tunnels...

Information Sign about the Restoration
of Fossil Creek...

Strawberry Historic School
Oldest Standing School in Arizona
LATITUDE: N 34°xx.xxx
LONGITUDE: W 111°xx.xxx
Fossil Creek Road about 1.5 miles
west from Strawberry, AZ

PHOTO HERE
Verde River

PHOTO HERE
Verde Hot Springs
The road is rough this direction.
You will need good shock absorbers.

PHOTO HERE
Fossil Creek Trailhead
LATITUDE: N 34°24.409
LONGITUDE: W 111°34.111
Fossil Springs are 4 miles
4 Quarts of Water Recommended
About 5 miles west from Strawberry, AZ

COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST
Fossil Creek Road
If you continue west on Fossil Creek Road
it becomes Coconino National Forest.

Also see: COCHISE STRONGHOLD
Also see: COCHISE STRONGHOLD(WEST)
Also see: HWY 288 / SALT RIVER
Also see: HWY 288 / SIERRA ANCHA
Also see: MESCAL
Also see: MOGOLLON / HWY 260
Also see: MOGOLLON / HWY 87
Also see: MOGOLLON / HWY 99
Also see: ORGAN PIPE CACTUS
Also see: PAINTED ROCK PETROGLYPH

CLEAR CREEK CAMPGROUND
Coconino National Forest
Hwy.260 east from Camp Verde, AZ
$15 Per Vehicle / 7 Day Limit
LATITUDE: N 34°30.956
LONGITUDE: W 111°46.048

PHOTO HERE
Tonto Natural Bridge

Montezuma Castle NM
LATITUDE: N 34°36.690
LONGITUDE: W 111°50.349
(GPS from the Visitor Parking Area)
There were vehicles from all over the country

Hwy 260 west of Camp Verde

PHOTO HERE
Fort Verde SHP

PHOTO HERE
Cottonwood, AZ
Cottonwood is built on the mountain side
The road is narrow with steep mountain grades.
Historic town is a tourist destination.
No vehicles over 50' recommended.

Bell Rock from Hwy 179

Lost Dutchman SP

Hwy.88, North of Tortilla Flat

Superstition Mountains

Tonto National Monument

TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT
Tonto National Monument is on Hwy.188

Theodore Roosevelt Dam
Junction of Hwy.188 and Hwy.88

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Camped here March 9, 2009
Temperatures were moderate in this area.
About 20 miles north there was still snow
on the ground and higher elevations were
much lower temperatures.

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