The Apache Trail is one of the most popular day trips from the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. Visitors can follow the footsteps that Native Americans and hopeful prospectors took over 100 years ago. The trail features miles of spectacular desert wilderness and scenic beauty. The well-paved road winds through the Superstition Mountains, home of the Lost Dutchman State Park Gold Mine, and continues past mountain lakes and ends at the Old West trading post of Tortilla Flat. The Apache Trail, or AZ 88 as it is officially known, links Apache Junction at the edge of the Greater Phoenix area with Globe. Past the lakes, the trail continues in more traditional fashion to the former copper mining town of Globe, but it is the western half that is the most scenic and well known. However, caution is required when driving and it is not recommended for large RVs or caravans.
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Apache Junction Arizona
(Scottsdale) Ancala Country Club
(Cave Creek) Animal Hospital at Tatum Ranch
(Apache Junction) Apache Trail
(Phoenix) Arizona Exposition & State Fair
(Tempe) Big Surf
(Mesa) Buckhorn Wildlife Museum and Bathhouse
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01/10 Coming to The Apache Junction area
National Festival of the West Scottsdale AZ March21-24 Nation Festival of the West is the country's largest celebration of the Old West and the American Cowboy.
Arizona Renaissance Festival Apache Junction AZ March30-31 In addition to village street and pathway events, the Festival has twelve stages of ongoing shows performing every half-hour. From the daily opening ceremony to the closing cannon shot, every Festival minute and every Festival acre is filled with mirth, merriment and marketplace exhibitions.
Marana Main Street Festival Marana AZ April6 Located downtown at Marana Main Street and Civic Center Drive, between the Marana Municipal Complex and the Marana Health Center. There will be:
Kids activities,
Entertainment,
Food,
Vendors,
Bed races,
Concert (Saturday night),
Pancake breakfast (Sunday), and
RV boondocking (Friday-Sunday).
10th Annual Polish Festival Phoenix AZ April13-14 Authentic Polish food, beef, raffle, live entertainment, fun activities for kids.
Prickly Pear Festival Superior AZ August24 The historic copper mining town of Superior hosts a new prickly pear festival featuring a morning “how to pick and juice ‘em” class by Jean Groen.
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