---
id: "11289"
name: Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
distance: "26"
duration: Allow 2-3 hours to fully enjoy this road.
description: This route travels through the Pinal and Superstition Mountains, the Ponderosa Pine Forest, Pickett Post Mountain and Apache Leap.
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websites:
  - url: https://www.thearmchairexplorer.com/arizona/gila_pinal_scenic_road.php
    name: The Armchair Explorer
attractions:
  - url: https://www.jqjacobs.net/southwest/besh_ba_gowah.html
    name: Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/tonto/
    name: Tonto National Forest
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm
    name: Tonto National Monument
designations:
  - Arizona State Scenic Byway
states:
  - AZ
ll:
  - -110.869102
  - 33.39933000000008
bounds:
  - - -111.33824900000002
    - 33.255371000000025
  - - -110.869102
    - 33.39933000000008

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The Gila-Pinal Scenic Road was designated a scenic road on June 20, 1986, by the Arizona Department of Transportation. The route travels throughout the Sonoran Desert life zone at the desert floor and moves upward through four biotic communities. Evident in the higher elevated areas of the Pinal and Superstition Mountains is the Ponderosa Pine Forest. Riparian woodlands are found along the many features such as Queen Creek, Arnett Creek and Pinto Creek.