Texas Canyon Eastbound Rest Area - Dragoon, AZ
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linkys
N 32° 03.528 W 110° 04.564
12S E 587216 N 3547326
I-10 Rest Area just west of Dragoon, Arizona
Waymark Code: WM7ZA5
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2009
Views: 7
Rest area with a wonder view of Texas Canyon country. Be aware of people walking along the entrance road to get that perfect photo.
More parking than typical, complete facilities listed below.
Highway Number: I-10
Common Name for the Highway: I-10
Highway Access Direction: East
Rest Area Name: Texas Canyon
Facilities:
Travel information boards, drinking water, picnic tables, covered picnic pavilions, pet exercise area and telephone. Facilities with disability access provided.
Services:
Vending machines
Special Features:
Great views of the rocks of Texas Canyon.
Arizona Historical Marker
Four Miles Southeast at
COUNCIL ROCKS
Apache Peace Treaty with Cochise
was ratified in 1872
Near Dragoon Springs on October 12,
1872, General O.O. Howard and
Cochise, Chief of the Chirichua
Apache Indians, ratified a peace treaty
ending years of warfare
between that tribe and the white
settlers. Cochise's stronghold
was hidden deep in the Dragoon
Mountains beyond.
Arizona Development Board
A.H.D.
1962
Leftover Boulders geocache is also at the rest area
WiFi: no
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