The Salt River Canyon Wilderness is a 32,101 acres (12,991 ha) wilderness area located totally within the Tonto National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona. The Salt River and its deep canyon bisect the entire length of the wilderness. Elevations range from 2,200 feet (671 m) at the lower end of the canyon to 4,200 feet (1,280 m) on White Ledge Mountain.

The area can be visited practically any time, though there are no maintained trails within the entire wilderness. Travel here is typically done by raft or kayak during the short river-running season between March 1 and May 15. A visitor permit is required between these dates and group size is limited to 15 people.

Leaving Phoenix, Arizona eastward on US 60, you will pass Mesa, then Apache Junction where you will see the Superstition Mountain. If you continue east on US 60, you will enter the Tonto National Forest. Soon after, you will drive through Superior, Arizona and upon exiting the city US 60 crosses the Queen Creek deck arch bridge.

The Salt River is the largest tributary of the Gila river, about 200 miles in length. The longest of the Salt River′s tributaries is the Verde River. The headwaters tributaries of the Salt are the Black River and the White river which increase its actual length to over 300 miles.

The Salt and it′s tributaries drain the Mogollon Rim (plateau) in the north, the Natanes plateau in the east and Sierra Ancha and the Mazatzal mountains to the south.

Leaving the d-mart, I drive down the boulevard to a w-mart for coffee and WiFi. Then at ten this morning, I head north out of the valley plain up to the plateau resuming my climb up SH 87 and soon come to the two forest service stops along the Salt River on the Bush highway when at the second stop see some wild horses on the opposite bank of the Salt.

I get out and photograph the Salt river, the Salt River Canyon and some Feral Horse.