Roosevelt Lake, Arizona
As a southern Arizona reservoir, Roosevelt Lake's water level fluctuates
quite a bit. At high levels thousands of mequites and other desert trees
along the shore may become flooded. In the spring the surrounding
desert is also a good place to see Lupins, Owl's Clover, Mexican
Goldpoppies and other wildflowers growing among stately saguaros.

(also see the pages for Canyon Lake, Saguaro Lake
and Apache Lake, which are on the Salt River)

Desert Mesquite tree in Lake Roosevelt, southern Arizona   Wildflowers, including Lupins and Mexican Goldpoppies, at Roosevelt Lake, Arizona.   Wildflowers, mainly Lupins, at Roosevelt Lake, Arizona.   Desert wildflowers (Lupines) near Roosevelt Lake, Arizona   Desert tree in Lake Roosevelt, Arizona   Desert tree in Lake Roosevelt, Arizona at sunset (actually twilight)

Wildflowers (Owl's Clover) near Lake Roosevelt, Arizona   River rocks in the dry bed of Tonto Creek, Arizona (near Lake Roosevelt)   Saguaro cactus in the desert at sunset (actually twilight) at Roosevelt Lake, Arizona   Saguaro cactus in the desert at sunset (actually twilight) at Roosevelt Lake, Arizona   Late-afternoon sagauros at Roosevelt Lake, southern Arizona.  

Desert wildflowers (Owl's Clover) near Lake Roosevelt, Arizona   Desert wildflowers (Lupines) near Roosevelt Lake, Arizona   Wildflowers, mainly Owl'd Clover, in the desert near Lake Roosevelt in southern Arizona   Late afternoon on the north side of Roosevelt Lake, Arizona (looking south).   Sunset fades to twilight on the north side of Roosevelt Lake, Arizona (looking south).

Desert tree in Lake Roosevelt, Arizona at sunset   Desert wildflowers (Lupins) and a saguaro near Roosevelt Lake, Arizona   Desert Mesquite tree in Lake Roosevelt, southern Arizona   Wildflowers in the desert near Lake Roosevelt in southern Arizona   Desert trees in Roosevelt Lake, southern Arizona

  Wildflowers, mainly Lupins (Lupines), in the desert near Lake Roosevelt in southern Arizona   Wildflowers, including Lupins and Mexican Goldpoppies, at Roosevelt Lake, Arizona.   Bald Eagle at Roosevelt Lake in the Arizona desert   Looking from the Mazatzal Mts. across Roosevelt Lake to the snow-capped Sierra Ancha in southern Arizona.