Sunset Route Limited & Apache Trail Auto Tours

Sunset Route Limited & Apache Trail tours are a 120 mile motorcar side trip over the trail from the Bowie/Globe exhale to Phoenix. The trail is one of the most scenic road trips in America; it is also the second most photographed area in Arizona.

The trail will take visitors through deserts and mountains, along lakes, through mining towns and eroded canyons. Tourists have been travelling along the trail since 1915. The trail was built as a transportation link between Phoenix and Globe and Miami.

Visitors will travel along a vintage open cab 1915 Model-T Taxi that is driven by an experienced tour guide along the Apache Trail and Gold Canyon. There are many historical stops along the trail along with views of natural wonder on Arizona's oldest historic highway. Stops along the trail include Goldfield Ghost Town, Canyon Lake and historical town Tortilla Flat.

The route of the trail begins and ends in apache Junction and received the honor of being the first Historic Highway in Arizona on February 25, 1987. The Southern Pacific Railroad was the only direct route heading south for travelers via motorcar; it also connected Phoenix to Bowie Station. The route stopped receiving advertising as a 'side attraction' in the late 1930s and all travel was suspended along the route by 1942 by civilians as the route was to be used for the war effort.