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This gravel forest road FR 42 is the eastern part of the connection from the town of Portal at Cave Creek Canyon up and over the mountains before dropping down to Hwy 181 near the West entrance to Chiricahua National Monument. It connects to the paved end near Portal, labelled Cave Creek Road, while the section west of Onion Saddle is often labelled Pinery Canyon Road or South Pinery Canyon Road. The first four miles on Cave Creek Road from Portal are paved. Just before the Southwest Research Station at Herb Martyr Road (FR 42A) it turns to dirt and is a graded dirt road the rest of the way. It is rocky in places. In Cave Creek Canyon camping is only allowed in campgrounds. Once you are on National Forest land beyond the SW Research Station there are tons of dispersed camping sites all the way to the forest boundary.

From the pass there is a .4mile walk to Coronado Peak that shows all the views in this area even better than the pass itself: www.cyclepass.com/t_paz_Montezuma_Pass.html

Montezuma Pass is the closest point accessible by car to reach the southern terminus of the Arizona Trail. Here you will find a picnic area, restrooms and a trail register to sign in.

Piney Canyon Road climbs up to Onion Saddle from the north-west side of Chiricahua National Monument. It is a mostly firm gravel road, single lane, getting steep near the summit.

A mostly firm gravel road, steep in parts, leads up from the research station to Onion Saddle, with some considerable inclines - moderated by switchback in the upper third section.

The Montezuma Pass is the closest car-accessible point to get to the southern terminus of the Arizona Trail. Here you will find a picnic area, toilets and a trail register to enter.

At the top of Montezuma Pass is the Coronado National Monument. Two trail miles south is the Mexican border and the southern terminus of the Arizona Trail. There is a clear view from here of a couple hundred miles of the Mexican border with a crossing at Naco (near Bisbee, AZ).