Grand views into Arizona from Essex Road (view E) |
Overview
Essex Road is the main road that connects Interstate 40 with Providence Mountains State Park, which includes Mitchell Caverns.
From the interstate to the boundary of the state park, the road generally is well maintained, but it is subject to desert flash floods and parts of the pavement are missing where it crosses washes. Inside the state park, the road is heavily potholed with considerable amounts of bumpy patch, but there are plans to repave it by 2019.
This road provides access to Providence Mountains State Park, which includes Mitchell Caverns, plus Black Canyon Road , which provides access to the Hole-in-the-Wall area of Mojave National Preserve.
Presented here are photos of the return from Providence Mountains State Park. For a complete description of the road, including GPS coordinates, see Essex Road-Northbound.
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