Rug Road Trail Az

Primary campsite off rug road at upper virgus cyn area.

Rug road trail az. Rug road is not a designated scenic byway although the bureau of land management does class the road as a back country byway and it s about as scenic as it gets. The road is one of the roughest roads in the southeastern arizona it is not for the faint of heart. Travel on the rug road requires a good high clearance four wheel drive vehicle and experience driving in these conditions. The road transverses table mountain between turkey creek on the east end and mammoth on the west end.

Start of the rug road. However the road is definitely only for the 4wd types or those who travel by mountain bike dirt bike or on foot or horseback. The road is one of the roughest roads in the safford field office it is not for the faint of heart. Trip high point at table mtn saddle galiuro divide.

Rug road got its name from the remnants of carpet that people have used to fill holes and ledges along the road to make it more passable. Th start at mammoth az hwy 77 copper creek rd n32 43 215. Start of carpet hill going downhill n32 47 060. The road transverses table mountain between turkey creek on the east end and mammoth on the west end.

It then drops down into the aravaipa watershed passes through klondyke and then either east to fort thomas on us 70 this track or south to willcox on i 10. The road is one of the roughest roads in the safford field office it is not for the faint of heart. Travel on the rug road requires a good high clearance four wheel drive vehicle and experience driving in these conditions. Most people say its impossible to make the trek in anything but a jeep but we we made it through with 3 full size.