Bloody Basin Road
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On my way home from Flagstaff to Scottsdale on May 24, I decided to take an alternate route through Bloody Basin. From Interstate 17, I turned east on Bloody Basin Road through the Agua Fria National Monument. Where the road enters the Tonto National Forest it becomes Forest Route 269. The weather was remarkably cool for late May. It is a 26 mile drive to Bloody Basin and Cave Creek Road. It is 38 miles south from the junction to Carefree.
A powerline crosses the road four miles from I-17.
Powerline
The view to the north across Silver Creek.
The Bradshaw Mountains are visible in the distance.
Seventeen miles from I-17, watch for falling trees.
The Bradshaw Mountains
18 1/2 miles from I-17, the view into Bloody Basin..
Forest Route 269 winds its way down into Bloody Basin.
East Cedar Mountain and West Cedar Mountain are prominent on the horizon.
The view into Bloody Basin.
Panoramic view of Bloody Basin.
Bloody Basin.
Hutch Gulch
Prickly Pear cacti are in bloom.
Prickly Pear Flower
Prickly Pear Flower
Mud Spring Creek.
Prickly Pear Flowers
Cave Creek Road Junction.
Nine miles south of the junction, looking back along Cave Creek Road. The peak at right is West Cedar Mountain.
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