The beauty of the Superstition Wilderness Area has few competitors in Arizona. The region exhibits high mountain forest, desert lowlands, high mountain meadows, riparian stream beds, waterfalls and towering rock spires. Fish Creek Canyon compares with the splendor of the Grand Canyon on a reduced scale. The area is truly a land of diversity filled with a variety of Indian dwellings and habitation sites abandoned centuries ago. These dwellings are a mute testimony to the first settlers of this rugged mountain wilderness area.
Petroglyphs tell a mysterious story that modern archaeologist have yet to interpret.
Throughout the wilderness area there are many natural springs and tinajas. In addition to the beauty of this region it is also the site of America's most famous lost gold mine legend. The citizens of Apache Junction and the Salt River River Valley are most fortunate an early forester envisioned the need to preserve such a pristine environment for future generations of Americans to enjoy. As developers race to cover the desert floor with asphalt and concrete we can thank some far-sighted forester who fifty years ago recognized the need for such an area adjacent to a rapidly expanding metropolitan region. The Superstition Primitive Area remained classified as such until 1964 when the National Wilderness Act was passed by Congress.