Apache Junction, Arizona

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Apache Junction is a city in Pinal and Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,499, most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the Apache Trail and Old West Highway. The area where Apache Junction is located used to be known as Youngberg. Superstition Mountain, the westernmost peak of the Superstition Mountains, is to the east.

Welcome marker

The Lost Dutchman Mine, located in the Superstition Mountains

The Audie Murphy Barn on the grounds of Superstition Mountain Museum, moved there from the Apacheland Movie Ranch

A 19th-century windmill located on the grounds of Superstition Mountain Museum

Pinal County, Arizona

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Pinal County is in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, the population of the county was 425,264, making it Arizona's third-most populous county. The county seat is Florence. The county was founded in 1875.

Second Pinal County Courthouse in Florence

Picketpost Peak, a prominent landmark above Superior

Spring wildflowers in the Sonoran Desert National Monument

Native copper with cuprite from the Ray Mine near Kearny