Links

A red star represents companies or groups with whom I have had a good experience. The non-starred links are organizations that I'm aware of but haven't dealt with them.

Emergency Assistance

Superstition Search & Rescue (SSAR) Emergency Number: 480-898-4265
They survive on donations so it's a good idea to give them a little each year so they have rescue equipment when you need them.
Pinal County Sheriff: 520-866-6800
Maricopa County Sheriff: 602-256-1011

Hiking and trail information

Maps

Miscellaneous

Bent's Original Hard Tack (great for backpacking)
Globalstar Satellite Phones (Take the search out of "Search and Rescue". Used phones cost about $300 on eBay)
New West vs Old West (A thoughtful opinion piece)
Reevis Mountain School
Recent treasure hunting in the Superstitions
Leave No Trace
Pepsi Can alcohol stove (Weighs 0.4 ounces, 1.75" tall, and the diameter of an aluminum can. Boils 2 cups of water in 5 minutes on less than 1 ounce of fuel )

4WD Clubs
(Many of the Superstition Wilderness trail heads--especially in the Central and Eastern Superstitions require 4WD and/or high clearance with driver skill being an important factor.)

Horses and Pack Animals

Apache Lake Ranch 520-467-2822
Don Donnelly 480-982-7822
D-Spur Ranch
OK Corrals
Queen Valley Mule Ranch

Botanical Gardens

Museums etc.

Superstition Mountain Museum
World's Smallest Museum (in Superior)
History of the Superstitions (By Tom Kollenborn--hosted by the Apache Junction Public Library)

Plant and Animal identification

A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona by Anne and Lewis Epple
If you want more information about any of the plants pictured on this Web site, this book is the place to look. It was used to identify most of these photos.
Amphibians of Arizona
Cougar track identification at Cooper's Rock Mountain Lion Sanctuary
Wild Flowers of Tucson
Arizona Game and Fish Wildlife Photos

National Forest Service

Tonto National Forest: Superstition Wilderness

Software used to create this site

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe GoLive
iView MediaPro (great support for Adobe's XMP metadata format)
TopoFusion (GPS Mapping software. It downloads maps (Topo, Aerial Photo and Satellite) automatically from Microsoft's TerraServer and NASA's OnEarth server.)

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