The Horse Mesa Dam is a concrete thin arch dam located in the Superstition Mountains, northeast of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Water flowing out of a spillway at Horse Mesa, circa 1940
Downstream view of Horse Mesa Dam.
Salt River below the dam.
The Superstition Mountains is a range of mountains in Arizona located to the east of the Phoenix metropolitan area. They are anchored by Superstition Mountain, a large mountain that is a popular recre
Praying Hands Formation
Miners Needle from Bluff Spring Trail. Note prominent bedding planes in the volcanics. (2010)
View from the Flatiron hiking trail (2008)
Superstition Mountains From Route 60 at Apache Junction (2021)