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Apache Trail

President Theodore Roosevelt called this 150-mile drive "the most awe-inspiring and most sublimely beautiful panorama nature ever created." A stretch of winding highway, the AZ 88 portion of the Apache Trail closely follows the route forged through wilderness in 1906 to move construction supplies for building the Roosevelt Dam, which lies at the northernmost part of the loop.

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Globe

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Peralta Trail

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Superstition Mountains

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Theodore Roosevelt Lake Reservoir and Dam

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Tonto National Monument

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