Mondays through Fridays. In winter, it's open 10 a. Weekend hours are 9 a. Saturdays and Sundays all year. Subscriber exclusive: 5 Arizona outdoor adventures to plan for There's plenty to occupy a visitor for an entire afternoon.
Tortilla Flat is about 53 miles east of central Phoenix. Take Interstate 10 east and U. The closure is between mile markers , the Fish Creek Hill overlook, and , the turnoff to Apache Lake.
Hit the trail: Best easy day hikes in Phoenix. According to the town museum, one popular story traces the name to , when pioneer John Cline and his group got stuck in the flat during a torrential rainfall after coming back from fetching supplies in Phoenix.
After being stranded for a few days, the only food the group had left was flour, so they made tortillas. To commemorate their week of survival they decided to call the area Tortilla Flat. Another theory says that the area took its name from a tortilla-shaped butte near the stagecoach location. The population of Tortilla Flat is six people. It is an unincorporated part of Maricopa County. The residents are employees who work in the tourist attraction.
You can connect with Arizona Republic culture and outdoors reporter Shanti Lerner through email at shanti. Support local journalism like this story by subscribing today. Facebook Twitter Email. Tortilla Flat got its start because of the road construction to Roosevelt Dam Once established as a freight camp, there seems to have been some number of people living there from then on.
Originally, Tortilla Flat was on the opposite side of the road from where it is now, and largely on the other side of the creek. A bit of exploring down by the creek will reveal foundation remains. In the community's entire history there were never very many buildings. Some of the residents lived in big army tents with wooden floors. The Arizona State Data Center, which keeps track of population statistics, has guidelines specifying a community outside a major urban area, should have or more persons before they're recorded in the official books.
Tortilla Flat has never appeared on their records, which suggests the town's population, if it reached , did not remain there very long.
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