New River Mesa
Tonto National Forest
It's the largest of the mesas in the Upper Cave Creek "Mesa Country". The flat, grassy mesa-top environment is one in stark contrast to the surrounding rugged slopes inhabited by large Saguaro cacti, bushes and small trees.
The shaded form of New River Mesa, on the march.
Sunflower bushes are scattered on the summit of New River Mesa.
The mesa-top looks like African savanna.
New River Mesa's shadow creeps across the canyon of Cave Creek toward Skunk Basin and Skull Mesa.
Evening light on parched hills below New River Mesa.
Dusk settles in over "Mesa Country".
