Apache Trail Archives

August 10, 2020November 7, 2020

Arizona Spring Wildflowers along the Apache Trail

A colorful stand of Desert Lupine, Mexican Gold Poppies and Chia flowers along the Apache Trail in Arizona. Arizona spring wildflowers.

Spring is a time of renewal in the Sonoran Desert. Evidence of this renewal is the profusion of Arizona spring wildflowers, along the Apache Trail, that create carpets of color beneath the tall Saguaro cacti.

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020

Apache Trail in Arizona

Ridges in Tonto National Forest and Superstition National Wilderness Area along the Apache Trail, east of Phoenix combined with ocotillo and saguaro.

The Apache Trail in Arizona is a scenic, mostly unpaved, road that goes from Theodore Roosevelt Lake to Apache Junction. It is officially known as AZ 88. And, it meanders through parts of the Superstition Mountains and Tonto National Forest.