How far is San Carlos from Phoenix? About 110 miles and roughly two to two and a quarter hours door to door in normal traffic, east on US-60 through Apache Junction and the Superior grade to Globe, then southeast on US-70 into San Carlos. San Carlos is the Apache community at the western gateway of the reservation: the tribal offices and health facilities, the cultural center and veterans memorial, family homes across the community districts, and the lake and river recreation country beyond. Tribal-business travelers, health-facility visitors, family gatherings, and outdoors travelers bound...

