Montana Mountain 4x4 Road, Arizona

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Difficulty: Moderate
Length: 34 miles / 55 km
Duration: Half day

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Overview: Climbs to over 5,000 feet with panoramic desert and mountain views. Crosses many hiking trails into the bordering Superstition Wilderness. Popular area for ATVs and dirt bikes. Stay on existing roads at all times. Located in Tonto National Forest. For current conditions call Mesa Ranger District (480) 610-3300

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Moderate. Easy until F.S. 650 where it becomes narrow, steep and rutted. Stock vehicles with high ground clearance and good articulation can make it, although some 4x4 driving skill is necessary. Slippery at the top when wet.

This trail is one of 75 trails from the book, Guide to Arizona Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails, by Charles Wells, and is available at www.funtreks.com. This trail is also in FunTreks ATV Trails Guide Arizona Phoenix Region.

Tips: We've described trail in a clockwise direction. If you'd prefer to drive it in a counterclockwise direction, continue east on Highway 60 to Happy Camp Road on left. Large parking area is Point #7 on map.

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Points of Interest

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Starting Point

Head north of Queen Valley Road from Highway 60.

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ATV Staging Area

Good place to unload ATVs, UTVs and unlicensed dirt bikes.

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Start of Loop

Stay left here. Unlicensed vehicles will return to this point via the road on the right.

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Stay right

Stay right here to continue up Montana Mountain. Left goes to hiking trailhead into Superstition Wilderness.

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Important Intersection

Bear right here up a steep narrow road marked Forest Road 650. Left goes to another hiking trailhead into the Superstition Wilderness.

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Scenic Switchbacks

Get your camera ready here.

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Early Exit

Licensed vehicles can end the trip here where Happy Camp Road meets Highway 60. Unlicensed vehicles should continue west on Hewitt Station Road to return to staging area where they started. Note: If you'd like to drive the trail in the opposite direction, use this staging area.

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This was a fun and challenging trip. The drive up on Montana Mountain was rutted, rocky, narrow in places, especially on the switchbacks. Easy at the beginning and end and moderate in the middle on the mountain. Highly recommended.
Visited on Feb 02, 2013

by mellomike on Feb 04, 2013

This was a great scenic day drive! We drove through high desert mountain landscapes and high mountain pines and washes filled with rain water. This road should only be driven with a 4x4, high-clearance vehicle! (We drove our Jeep Wrangler with no lift and did fine.) The last half of the trail (POIs 4-6) was moderate to difficult. This part of the trail had lots of switchbacks, large exposed rocks and part of the trail had been turned into a river wash from the rains the previous week. The guides POIs were extremely helpful! Without them we would have taken the wrong trail/road. I would definitely recommend this drive! We had a lot of fun! Plan on spending about 4 1/2 hours to drive the short 34 miles.
Visited on Feb 02, 2013

by tj4me on Feb 02, 2013