AZ-Salt+River--Coon+Bluff+Recreation+Area

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Maricopa County
=Salt River= =Coon Bluff Recreation Area= Tonto National Forest Mesa, Arizona 85215 Coon Bluff Recreation Area webpage Salt River map

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Salt River--Coon Bluff Recreation Area
Coordinates: 33.5471399, -111.6454576 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Coon Bluff Recreation Area
This lush area is outstanding for bird watching. Adjacent to the lower portion of the Salt River, a stand of mesquite provides welcome shade. Coon Bluff is a popular river access point (RAP) for tubers floating the Lower Salt River.

This site is 17 miles northeast of Mesa. From Mesa, travel 7 miles east on Superstition Freeway (US-60), to Power Road/Bush Highway/Forest Road (FR) 204 and turn north. Follow Bush Highway for 12 miles and turn north (left) on FR 204E and follow it one mile to the site. The entire route is paved. From Coon Bluff Recreation Area webpage

Tips for birding Salt River
Located just northeast of Mesa lies the Lower Salt River Recreation Area of the Tonto National Forest, which provides birders with overall one of the better areas to bird in the county. This recreation area is accessed by taking the Bush Highway as the central point to access many different recreation sites along the river. Every site here is productive in it's own way. The Salt River is in the middle of the lower sonoran desert habitats that make up this part of Arizona, and all along the river lies stands and forests of cottonwoods, willows, and mesquites. With this excellent source of riparian habitat, the Lower Salt River is valuable to many different species, which includes resident and breeding birds, as well as migratory and wintering species. From Birding in Maricopa County

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