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From Show Low and Pinetop-Lakeside, Big Lake is 47 miles (60 km) or approximately a one hour drive east using Highways 260 and 273. Access to Big Lake is restricted in the winter when roads are closed due to the large amounts of snow, generally December to early April. Arizona highest elevated town of Greer is just
SR 260 was originally designated in 1955 as SR 160 from Payson to Show Low. In 1969, US 160 extended into Arizona so SR 160 was renumbered to SR 260 to avoid confusion. In 1972, it extended east to Eagar, replacing SR 173 and part of SR 73 .
Show Low has twice reached 100 °F (38 °C), its record high temperature: once on May 31, 1969, and again on July 14, 2003. Show Low's record low temperature of -25 °F (-32 °C) was set on January 8, 1971. Show Low averages about 15.7 inches (400 mm) of rain per year. The city has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa).
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Happy Jack was founded in 1947 as a logging camp.The community also contained a ranger station and post office. [1] By 1948, 300 people lived in the town, and at its peak, housed around 500 people. [2]
The White Mountains are a part of the Colorado Plateau high country of Northeast Arizona, the Navajo Nation, with the rest of the Plateau in eastern Utah, northwest New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado. Nearby communities include Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside, Greer, St. Johns, Springerville, Eagar, and McNary.
From Show Low and Pinetop-Lakeside, it is 40 miles (64 km) or approximately a 45-minute drive east using Highways 260 and 373. Greer is home to Sunrise Ski Resort, the largest ski park in the state. The resort has 7 lifts that span over 3 mountains, Apache peak (11,100 ft), Cyclone Peak (10,700 ft), and Sunrise peak (10,700 ft).
In June 2002, the eastern portion of the Mogollon Rim was the site of Arizona's second-largest wildfire, the 470,000-acre (1,900 km 2) Rodeo–Chediski Fire. The Mogollon Rim was also the site of the Dude fire that started on June 25, 1990. This fire grew to cover over 30,000 acres (120 km 2) and killed six wildland firefighters.