173A Group in AZ -- Camping Rules & Access
173A Group in AZ
Road corridorTonto NF
16 mi from Tonto Basin
Maps 2,226 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonNONE
AT&TSTRONG
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Difficult
- 0.7 of this road’s 0.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Tonto National Monument, Lower Ruin.
- Estimated climb: 190 ft over 0.9 miles, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 26%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- A cattle guard 0.7 miles along the road.
- A gate 0.7 miles along the road.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- The Theodore Roosevelt Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
- Deer Hill stands 1,595 ft above the map pin, 2.2 miles southwest.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
Climate averages
October normals 57–85°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.