AZ-Salt+River--Blue+Point+Recreation+Area

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

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Salt River--Blue Point Recreation Area
Coordinates: 33.5561662, -111.5779585 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Blue Point Recreation Area
This riparian area is outstanding for watching spring and fall migratory fowl. The area is ideal for a day of floating leisurely down the Salt River. The area has a large beach and a mesquite grove that provides welcome shade. Blue Point is a popular river-access point (RAP) for tubers floating the Lower Salt River.

This site is located 20 miles northeast of Mesa. From Mesa, travel 7 miles east on the Superstition Freeway (US 60) to Power Road/Bush Highway/Forest Road (FR) 204 and turn north. Follow Bush Highway for 15 miles to the site. The entire route is paved. From Blue Point 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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