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Arizona to Puerto Penasco/Rocky Point
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Driving Directions From Phoenix:
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1. Take the I-10 West to the end of town (Buckeye Area).
2. Take Hwy 85 South to Gila Bend, this is the same exit as I-8 to San Diego.
3. You will drive through Gila Bend until you will see a Mc Donald's. There is a turn right before the Mc Donald's that is the continuation of Hwy 85 South (90 more minutes until the border). The border town is called Lukeville.
4. Follow Hwy 85 straight through into Mexico. You will have 2 turns to make into the town of Sonoyta. Just follow the signs overhead that point to Pto. Peñasco (Puerto Penasco is the Spanish name for Rocky Point) .
5. You now have about 60 more miles until you are in Rocky Point.
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Directions from Phoenix and the South East Valley:
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1. Take I-10 East to the Queen Creek Rd Hwy 347 exit. Head South on Maricopa (347).
2. Travel about 10 Miles and look for Hwy 238 West. (Mile Post 175).
3. Travel West on Hwy 238 for about an hour until you get to Hwy 85 outside of Gila Bend. Turn left heading West into Gila Bend.
4. You will drive through Gila Bend until you will see a Mc Donald's. There is a turn right before the Mc Donald's that is the continuation of Hwy 85 South (90 more minutes until the border). The border town is called Lukeville.
5. Follow Hwy 85 straight through into Mexico. You will have 2 turns to make into the town of Sonoyta. Just follow the signs overhead that point to Pto. Peñasco (Puerto Penasco is the Spanish name for Rocky Point).
6. You now have about 60 more miles until you are in Rocky Point.
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Driving Directions From Tucson:
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1. Take the I-10 West to I-8 (a little before Casa Grande)
2. Take I-8 West to Gila Bend, take the 2nd exit and turn Left on Hwy 85 South. ( OR right for Gila Bend).
3. Follow Hwy 85 straight through into Mexico. You will have 90 more minutes.
4. You will have 2 turns to make into the town of Sonoyta. Just follow the signs overhead that point to Pto. Peñasco (Puerto Penasco is the Spanish name for Rocky Point).
5. You now have about 60 more miles until you are in Rocky Point.
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Driving Directions from San Diego (Southern California, Yuma):
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| Directions from San Diego (Southern California / Yuma)
1. Take the I-8 to Gila Bend.
2. You will just barely enter into Gila Bend and take a left directly after the McDonalds onto Hwy 85.
3. Follow Hwy 85 straight through into Mexico. You will have 90 more minutes.
4. You will have 2 turns to make into the town of Sonoyta. Just follow all the signs overhead that point to Pto. Penasco (Puerto Penasco is the Spanish name for Rocky Point).
5. You now have about 60 more miles until you are in Rocky Point.
More on the drive
We came down on the new road 003 from Yuma in January and got lost San Louis De Rio Colorado on the Mexican side. Not marked well at all and after talking to others if you come down 95 from Yuma after you cross the boarder stay on 2nd Street for 8 blocks or so and when you see a Red Cross building on your left turn right onto 003. The road is slow with a lot of farm traffic.
If you are coming from San Diego you can save time by getting off of 8 and going to Mexicali and take 005 the road to San Filipe down to 004 and go East on 004 to 003 where you will take a right to El Golfo De Santa Clara.
The road to El Golfo is rough but they are working on it diligently and it should be much better in a few months. Hopefully the signage will improve as well.
Tom Poscharsky Spa
-- In RockyPointNetwork@yahoogroups.com, "Cindy Howard" wrote:
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> Irene,
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> Not sure exactly how you get on from San Diego, but be very careful on the section of road that goes from El Gulfo west to San Luis. The new Cost Highway from Rocky Point to El Gulfo is great, and only took one hour and 15 minutes to get to El Gulfo. But a lot of the road is still under construction and there are parts of the old road that the holes are huge. You just need to be really paying attention and be aware of the holes. I took the road on February 23rd, and went from RP to Mexicalli, then back to RP. It took just about 4 hours to get there. The road crews were trying to fill in some of the holes, but you still need to be careful. You also will go from paved to dirt, paved to dirt. The dirt road was better than the paved in my opinion. When the road is complete, it will be great. I drove and SUV so it was not too bad. It was a beautiful drive along the water.
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