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id: "68912"
name: Black Hills Back Country Byway
distance: "21"
duration: 45 minutes
description: Black Hills Back Country Byway is the perfect place for experienced mountain bikers and four-wheel-drive enthusiasts to test their skills. For some quiet time, take a hike along the numerous nature trails and end up at a natural hot springs.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.blm.gov/visit/black-hills-back-country-byway
    name: Bureau of Land Management
websites:
  - url: https://www.thearmchairexplorer.com/arizona/black_hills_back_country_byway.php
    name: The Armchair Explorer
designations:
  - BLM Back Country Byway
states:
  - AZ
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The Black Hills Back Country Byway is the perfect place to go for a thrilling drive in your off-road vehicles. The byway also offers a challenge for experienced mountain bikers or hikers. Other hobbies you could try your hand at are horseback riding, birding, photographing wildlife, fishing and hunting, or even rock collecting. Rockhound is open for digging unique stones. One of the most popular stones to collect is Fire Agate.

The Black Hills area includes parts of the Gila River. Take a picnic to the old Safford Bridge, or join the rafters floating down the river. About a quarter of a mile hike up an old abandoned road along the river leads to the hottest natural hot springs in Arizona. The waters are only accessible during low river flow but they stay a constant 180 degrees Fahrenheit.