Distance: 59.0 miles • Elevation Change: Wickenburg 2056 ft.-Prescott 5400 ft.

To continue on historic US Route 89 from Wickenburg, drive northwest on US Route 93 (North Tegner Street). Six miles from Wickenburg at the intersection of highway 93 and Arizona Route 89, turn right. Arizona 89 takes you to the old mining towns of Congress and Stanton at the base of the Weaver Mountains. The highway climbs the mountains on a series of switchbacks, know as Yarnell Hill, offering spectacular views of the Sonoran Desert and tops out at the town of Yarnell. Here you enter the mountainous transition zone between the Basin & Range and Colorado Plateau.

After crossing the Peeples Valley, 89 enters the Bradshaw Mountains for a winding, curvy descent into Prescott. This section is called the White Spar and was the first federally funded highway construction project in Arizona.

Special Attractions:
Wickenburg Walking Tour
Old Pioneer Cemetery, Congress
Shrine of St. Joseph, Yarnell



Towns, Cities & Reservations:
Wickenburg
A Walking Tour of Historic Wickenburg:



Pop-up Story: Elizabeth Hudson Smith and the Vernetta Hotel:


Congress
The Old Pioneer Cemetery


Stanton and Octave Mining Ghost Towns
Yarnell

The Shrine of St. Joseph of the Mountains

Alessio Carraro Home

Peeples Valley

Kirkland Junction
Whilhoit
Glen Oaks
Prescott

Public Lands & Historic Places:
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness
Prescott National Forest

Landmarks:
Weaver Mountains


Bradshaw Mountains
Sierra Prieta