Directions
Do not trust your Navigation devices here in the Chiricahuas. Some have uploaded maps that show roads that are no longer in use or impassable. Others have various names. Today's South Turkey Creek Road is along East Turkey Creek and was originally named Market Street.
Driving directions from Sierra Vista, Bisbee, and Douglas:Take US 80 through Rodeo, New Mexico. NOTE: There is NO gas in Rodeo.The nearest gas from Paradise is Animas ~ 30 miles from Paradise or San Simon, ~ 25 miles from Paradise. Last chance for gas is in Douglas!!! Two miles past Rodeo, turn left at onto New Mexico 533. (You will see signs for Portal and Wonderland of Rocks.) Pass the Portal Store and Portal Peak Lodge on your left, and then bear right up Forest Service Road 42B. (This is a scenic, five-and-a-half-mile graded dirt road.) At the Paradise mailboxes, follow 42B sharply to the left. Pass three houses, Walker Avenue, and a tiny adobe building, all on your right, and then look for our sign, also on the right. Turn right up George Walker Lane, which is our driveway. The George Walker House is on the left, our house is on the right, the Heller House is further right past our house.
Driving directions from Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reserve:Take I-25 south to Hatch, New Mexico, and US 26 to Deming. Last chance for groceries is Lordsburg. Roadforks is last chance for gas. Take I-10 west to Road Forks and then pick up US 80 heading towards Douglas , Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora. 30 miles later, turn right onto New Mexico 533. (You will see signs for Portal and Wonderland of Rocks.) Pass the Portal Store and Portal Peak Lodge on your left, and then bear right up Forest Service Road 42B. (This is a scenic, five-and-a-half-mile graded dirt road.) At the Paradise mailboxes, follow 42B sharply to the left. Pass three houses, Walker Avenue, and a tiny adobe building, all on your right, and then look for our sign, also on the right. Turn right up George Walker Lane, which is our driveway. The George Walker House is on the left, our house is on the right, the Heller House is further right past our house.
Driving directions from El Paso:Last chance for gas is in Lordsburg, New Mexico. Roadforks is last chance for gas. Take I-10 west to Road Forks, New Mexico and then pick up US 80 heading towards Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora. 30 miles later, turn right onto New Mexico 533. (You will see signs for Portal and Wonderland of Rocks.) Pass the Portal Store and Portal Peak Lodge on your left, and then bear right up Forest Service Road 42B. (This is a scenic, five-and-a-half-mile graded dirt road.) At the Paradise mailboxes, follow 42B sharply to the left. Pass three houses, Walker Avenue, and a tiny adobe building, all on your right, and then look for our sign, also on the right. Turn right up George Walker Lane, which is our driveway. The George Walker House is on the left, our house is on the right, the Heller House is further right past our house.
Driving directions from Tucson:Take I-10 East to San Simon. Buy gas at exit 378; it's your last chance. Then get back on I-10 for five more miles, leaving the highway at the Portal Road exit, number 382. Turn left on the frontage road - do not go back over the freeway - and turn right onto the Portal/Noland Road. Stay straight on the Portal Road for about 20 miles, the first twelve of which are paved. At about the halfway mark, disregard the left-hand Foothills Road turnoff towards Portal. Pass an "Entering Paradise" sign, a row of mailboxes, pass three houses, Walker Avenue, and a tiny adobe building, all on your right, and then look for our sign, also on the right. Turn right up George Walker Lane, which is our driveway. The George Walker House is on the left, our house is on the right, the Heller House is further right past our house.
Or to avoid 15 miles of dirt road - continue on toward Road Forks, NM. Take US 80 toward Douglas, AZ and 30 miles later turn right onto New Mexico 533. (You will see signs for Portal and Wonderland of Rocks.) Pass the Portal Store and Portal Peak Lodge on your left, and then bear right up Forest Service Road 42B. (This is a scenic five-and-a half-mile graded dirt road.) At the Paradise mailboxes, follow 42B sharply to the left. Pass three houses, Walker Avenue, and a tiny adobe building, all on your right, and then look for our sign, also on the right. Turn right up George Walker Lane, which is our driveway. The George Walker House is on the left, our house is on the right, the Heller House is further right past our house.