Riggs Flat Lake (recgovnpsdata)

Man, it's a long 30 mile drive from the beginning of the Mount Graham access road, 366, to Riggs Lake, however the drive itself is so scenic that you'll never feel like it was too long. The first portion of the drive after you leave the main highway, Highway 191, is two-lane paved road including many miles of tight switchbacks. If you've driven in Colorado it will seem eerily similar because of the dense pine forest, crazy turns, and intermittent exposures on open edges with no guard rails. About 15 miles into your drive, as you get close to the top, the road turns to washboard dirt, in some places barely two lanes wide. Be very careful on the blind curves once you begin the dirt road. Some people think that they can make time faster by cutting corners a bit and you don't want to meet the

When it is not busy you are assured some eagle activity. Looks like a nice kayak lake.

Great place to spend a weekend with family away from the heat. It quite a distance specially when hit the unpaved section.

The temperature here is always perfect in summer. This is a great place to be when it's just too hot everywhere else. The road is passable with any vehicle.

Very nice place to get away from summer heat. Took my 3, 6, and 12 year old kids and we walked around the entire lake. There was some trash but plenty of trash receptacles so taught my kids the value of leaving nothing but tracks. Beautiful pine tree surrounded lake with Temps in the mid 70's