FR ?? to Mormon Flat Dam

[joebartels]

In the photo below ( photo is long gone ) you'll notice security here is tigher than the Mexico border.
Dang, FBI for a forest road!

I like how the gate was... open

[Daryl]

But did you go through???

[joebartels]

no, I draw the line at "State Police"
I mean the FBI is one thing, but... State Police

I'm really curious as to what's considered trespassing
Is it just the road?
It doesn't say no-vehicles so I assume that includes walking and biking?
but where's this boundary, can I walk beside the road
Seriously though, would the hills to the east be off limits

are we really concerned about terrorist blowing up the Mormon Flat Dam and creating a flash trickle through Tempe Town Lake

guess I should just call

[Nighthiker]

They closed the road prior to 9-11. At the time the were using an area near Coronado Mesa as a construction yard for repairs at the dam and they have not reopened the road. Coronado Mesa was a neat place to be at night, you could lay down and whitetail deer would browse around you.

[arizona_water]

Is it possible to drive this portion of the road to Mormon Flat Dam? ( https://goo.gl/maps/6qbGRXvBiTR2 )
I want to backcountry camp out here this weekend, but I'm not sure if that's possible.

[chumley]

@azwater
I haven't driven it in years but the only gate I see is pretty far down. There may be signs prohibiting travel before the gate though.

Switch to satellite view to see the gate
http://hikearizona.com/map.php?QX=4631

[arizona_water]

Thanks, Chumley!

[Nighthiker]

I miss driving down this road to the end, sometimes parking on the bridge late at night. Something I had been doing since driving a Jeep and learning from driving an old Chevy pickup to not push in the clutch all the way and pausing before shifting. I drove down there before the improvements to the dam and the road. At one location the road was carved into the side of a cliff and during a monsoon rain I parked and the rain was like being behind a waterfall.