The region surrounding Superior Arizona is lush with mining history, many large mines are still operating today. This particular trail has long been used to access Bomboy Mine that opened in 1916. It was productive in copper, gold and silver up until it closed in 1971. Most recently the trail has had a rebirth of sorts with the partial closure of Hewitt Station Road, FR 357. The local residents and ranchers closed a 1/2 mile stretch of road to all traffic. This trail connects the two regions of the Montana Mountain area while offering a scenic and historic drive through the Arizona desert. The trail is not accessible by cars.
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Highway 60 from either Phoenix or Superior, exit across from the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, marked with a small brown sign, FR 357. Waypoint 11 for Montana Mountain is the exit to take. Immediately turn left, west at the stop sign on the gravel road. To the right is a large ohv staging area, Travel west along FR 357 Hewitt Station Road for 2 miles. Turn right, east onto the beginning on FR 252. Marked with a small OHV sign on the left side of the road and large RR track signs.
Arizona National Forests and State Lands are back open for travel. There are still some very important fire restrictions in place. These restrictions can often change by specific areas.
Tonto National Forest officials will close the state’s largest national forest due to ongoing extreme fire danger beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday, June 25. The forest is implementing this forest closure as a precaution to protect the health and safety of the public, employees and firefighters by reducing the risk of human-caused fires.
No one is allowed in the closure area, including Forest Service personnel, unless they are responding to a wildfire or other emergency or patrolling to ensure enforcement of the closure. The order shall remain in effect until July 31, 2021 or until rescinded, whichever occurs first. Residents or businesses using roads in the restricted area to the extent necessary to access their private property are exempt.
The Sawtooth Fire has resulted in a temporary closure to this trail. I have attached a link to the Incident Site where you can find out more details about the current conditions.
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6730/
The trail has some new signage at waypoint 4. They posted a steel map of the Hewitt Station OHV region. It has an easy to read map of all the legal trails in the area. We saw a huge bull and the super bloom was in full affect. The trail was in good condition and easy enough in 2wd.
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