My husband and I had a great opportunity to visit Heber, AZ to celebrate the 4th of July this year with family and friends. One thing to remember, if you plan on attending Heber/Overguard for the 4th of July, you better plan months ahead of time as the only few hotels/lodges fill up very quickly. We left the Phoenix weather behind at 110 degrees to an 85 degrees in Heber. I can't say I was upset by that. My whole idea of writing these entries is to educate my readers on great places to travel and camp in the great state of Arizona. Despite the political views one may have, Arizona is still a beautiful place to be in and explore. Now let me introduce you to Heber/Overguard. This cute town was founded in around 1877 by mormans and is named after Heber J. Grant. The neighboring town Overguard, was found much later around the 1930's. Most Arizonans will remember the most devistating wild fire in the history of AZ which was called the rodeo/chedeski fire, which burned up a total of about 467K acres. When you travel east passing through Overguard, you can still see the devistating effect it took on the forest.
Some of the neighboring cities you will find near Heber/Overguard are, Payson, Forest Lakes, Pinedale,Show Low,Snowflake,and Hollbrook.Since there are so many campgrounds in the surrounding area, I decided to attach a link here. This is for the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest. This link will also allow to you to view fire restrictions which are so important, and all additional info you may need before traveling http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/asnf/recreation/campgrounds Happy camping and traveling everyone.
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