Becker Butte Lookout

US-60 tips over the rim here and winds down into the Salt River Canyon, a red-and-gray gorge that earns its nickname as a smaller Grand Canyon. The river below is a boundary: Fort Apache land to the north, San Carlos Apache land to the south, two Western Apache nations divided by the water. The lookout honors Gustav Becker, the Springerville merchant who spent decades badgering the state into building this road. Stop at the pullout. The view does the rest.

What the plaque says

Dedicated to the memory of Gustav Becker Springerville, Arizona 1856 - 1940 Pioneer Merchant, Trail Blazer, Road Builder A father of U.S. Highway 60 'His was a long life, founded on the Golden Rule'.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt River Canyon — 3.0 mi
  US-60's switchback plunge into the gorge that divides two Apache nations

More markers nearby

• Kinishba Ruins — 23 mi