Canyon Lake Reservoir, Arizona

On a trip to Phoenix, AZ we took a day trip and headed about 51 miles east to visit Canyon Lake. It is approximately 15 miles up the Apache Trail from Apache Junction, and is in the Superstition Wilderness of Tonto National Forest.

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It has a surface are of 950 acres, an average death of 130 feet, and a surface elevation of 1,660 feet. We didn’t get to spend a whole lot of time at the lake, but it was a nice drive, and we had a pleasant afternoon.

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