Map of the Ironwood Forest National Monument

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Map of the Ironwood Forest National Monument

Driving Mileage Paved Road: I-10 Avra Valley exit to dirt road (22mi) I-10 Marana Road exit to Silverbell dirt road (10mi) Picacho Peak State Park Dirt Road: Sasco Rd. to Silverbell Rd. (10.1mi) Sa nt Sunland Gin Road a Silverbell Rd. to Cemetery (12mi) C ru Silverbell Rd. to Ragged Top turnoff (3.5mi) z R ive SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS Silverbell Rd. to Group Campsite (5mi) r Warning: Sasco Road Most of the monument is accessible by dirt roads whose conditions change rapidly. Low clearance vehicles not recommended. XXX Often impassable Ironwood Forest without 4WD National Monument Please do not summit peaks in the Silver Bells (including Ragged Top) or Watermans from ad o L o R o sc s Sa R Tohono O'odham January 1-April 30 during bighorn sheep lambing season. o b le Nation Land The Monument is closed to target shooting. s W as Other Protected Areas h Pinal Airpark Exit 232 Highway SAMANIEGO HILLS Suggested Route (paved) Paved Route Silverbell Road Group Site Dirt Road Ironwood Forest National Monument < B W Marana Road l a n Cattle Guard c N Trico Road Exit 236 Ragged Top Mountain o WEST SILVER BELL MOUNTAINS W Silverb ad W 3832 ft ell Ro a Santa Cruz River s Cemetery h SILVER BELL MOUNTAINS W Wash Sil W El Tiro Road ver Tangerine be ll Road d R o N Road Sanders a ad o Marana R Regional Airport This map is dedicated to n o i t W Avra Valley Road Royce Ballinger, a true friend of a SILVER BELLS iMINE t l S v e Exit 242 Ironwood Forest. r p be Tohono O'odham ll Silver Bell m R u oad W Tailings Pond P Twin PeaksR Nation oad W Avra Valley Road 0 2.5 5 Titan II f Johnstone Interpretive Mine Road 80 Armed Site Saguaro Miles Waterman Silver Bell Restoration Site Tailings Pond ash House W WATERMAN MOUNTAINS PAN QUEMADO W P icture Rock s Road N Anway Road ARIZONA Titan II d To 80 W Manville Road Interpretive a I f N Sandario Road o R Armed Saguaro e Site in M e on Saguaro National Park st Phoenix n N h Road Jo K ROSKRUGE MOUNTAINS in n Ironwood N N Reservation R e Waterman o y a Forest Restoration Site d W Mile National Wide Road Tucson Mountain Park Monument Tucson Map produced for Friends of Ironwood Forest by Conservation Lands Foundation and Cocoraque Butte GreenInfo Network I February 2021 2736 ft ironwoodforest.org.

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Index 1 INDEX
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