The Apache Trail. Its a fantastic day trip (lets face it more like 2/3 day) if you are lurking about in Phoenix or Scottsdale. Named after the Apache Tribe who used the trail to travel through the Superstition Mountains, it was also a Stagecoach route back in the day. In the present the Byway (aka Route 88) runs from The Roosevelt Dam and Roosevelt Lake (Think Teddy not Franklin) in the East, to Apache Junction. The vast majority of the Byway is unpaved and quite windey. The Superstition Mountains is the rumored location of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, so you may get lucky. However, its pretty well graded and not too bumpy. Our Audi A4 rental had no issue with it and it was comfortable but slow. Its easier than the old Hana Road on Maui used to be. Its a good idea to have extra water etc. just in case however. We also started our trip at the Eastern entrance our logic (which I admit can be fuzzy at times) was than if the trip took longer to complete or it got dark, we would be heading back towards Phoenix. Better to do the long part of the trip getting there in the daytime than late in the evening / day. If you are really hardcore you can go there and back ont he same path, but it seems like that would get tedious. That's another point. TAKE YOUR TIME. You are not Rallying here. Slow down, its safer for both YOU and me. I saw way too many fools, acting as if they were in a race and it makes it dangerous for everybody. Plus there are tons of places to pull over, take pictures etc. There are no services along the way. People have mentioned a marina and campground about halfway along the trail but we did not visit it. read more