Star Valley
Star Valley combines a quiet residential character with the steady movement of a state highway in a way that reflects its position in Arizona’s forested Rim Country. The town lies beside State Route 260, east of Payson, where the road crosses terrain of ponderosa pine, granite outcrops and low rounded hills. This is part of the country below the Mogollon Rim, the long escarpment marking the edge of the Colorado Plateau. Incorporated in 2005, Star Valley is a young municipality in Gila County. Its setting differs markedly from the desert imagery often associated with Arizona, placing it instead in the transition between the central highlands and the eastern mountain country served by SR 260.
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Few cities in Arizona have a history as closely tied to recent municipal incorporation as Star Valley. This Gila County community became an incorporated town in 2005, formalizing a residential settlement on the high country east of Payson. Arizona State Route 260 provides its principal link to Payson and to communities beyond the Mogollon Rim, the great escarpment that shapes this part of central Arizona. Star Valley stands in the transition between the Rim’s cooler uplands and the drier country farther south, far from the scale of Arizona’s desert metropolises. It helps define the dispersed communities of Rim Country. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of Arizona’s Mogollon Rim country connects regionally.
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