How far is Tortilla Flat from Phoenix? About 47 miles and roughly an hour and a quarter door to door in normal traffic, east on US-60 to Apache Junction, then northeast on AZ-88 along the historic Apache Trail. Tortilla Flat is a tiny surviving stagecoach stop in the Superstition foothills: a wooden boardwalk, the old saloon and general store, prickly-pear everything, and weekend crowds of bikers, boaters, and desert sightseers. Lake visitors staging at Canyon Lake, wedding parties booking the little chapel and restaurant, and day-trippers stringing together the Apache Trail all share one...