Salt River Canyon Scenic Drive

Great scenery

This is a fun drive with great scenery. You can stop along the way at the pullouts, and then walk across the old bridge at the bottom by the rest stop. Totally worth it.

Stunning drive through spectacular scenery.

We took a different route than usual on our travel between Albuquerque and Tucson and were sure glad we did. We had no idea this was here and it is so worth the few extra minutes. The Salt River Cany...

Horrible restroom. But a beautiful drive.

We just finished the drive from ShowLow to Phoenix. It was beautiful, and the road was in great shape. The restrooms, however, at the rest stop by the salt River bridge or absolutely horrible. They we...

Zig-Zag to Spectacular Scenery

A mini Grand Canyon with getting close to the river possible. Massive cliffs on either side with a great view upriver from the old road bridge open to pedestrians. There is also an informative set o...

Stunning

What a beautiful drive. The switchbacks are not bad at all, you can only go 35 mph on the road. The biggest thing is the potholes coming down the road. Some of them are deep. so be careful. We st...