Blue Range Primitive Area - Alpine District Parcel
Greenlee County, AZ
Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.
The Blue Range Primitive Area is the last remaining Primitive Area in the National Forest System. It straddles the Arizona–New Mexico line in the Apache-Sitgreaves and Gila country. Designated under early Forest Service wilderness policy and never converted to Wilderness Act status on the Arizona side, it protects roadless spruce-fir and mixed-conifer highlands drained by the Blue River. Trail access is from the Alpine and Clifton ranger districts on forest roads east of Alpine and south toward the Blue.
Cultural sites and artifacts are protected by federal law (ARPA/NHPA) — stay on established routes, touch and remove nothing, and follow the managing agency's and the affiliated tribe's guidance on access.