Apache lake is another large water lake on the Salt River Chain of lakes. It is accessable from the Apache Trail either from Roosevelt Dam or from Apache Junction End. Some of this road is steep and rough (only paved from Apache Jct to Canyon Lake)
Apache Lake is one of four artificial reservoirs created along the Salt River in central Arizona as part of the Salt River Project. The lake is located near the Apache Trail about 65 miles (104 km) northeast of Phoenix. Apache Lake was formed by Horse Mesa Dam which was completed in 1927. The second largest of the four Salt River Project reservoirs (Theodore Roosevelt Lake is the largest), Apache Lake is located about 5 miles (8 km) downstream from Theodore Roosevelt Lake and upstream from Canyon Lake and Saguaro Lake.