Florence Military Reservation
Florence Military Reservation encompasses 18,782 acres and is located along
State Route 79, approximately six miles north of downtown Florence. The land to the
north and east of Florence Military Reservation is undeveloped and largely Arizona State
Trust land managed by the Arizona State Land Department. The eastern side of the
installation is bordered by the Mineral Mountains, and some of the land to the east is
owned by the Bureau of Land Management. Activities such as livestock grazing and
recreation occur on some of the land to the north and east. To the south, the land is a
mix of Bureau of Land Management holdings and privately‐owned land. Most of the land
is either undeveloped or used for agricultural purposes. The annual Country Thunder
music festival also takes place near the southern boundary, and the Gila River, Central
Arizona Project canal, and the Union Pacific Railroad all run near the southern border.
The Town of Florence borders the southwestern portion of Florence Military Reservation,
and some of the installation is within the town limits. Downtown Florence is just a few
miles south of the installation, as are several Arizona Department of Corrections prisons.
There are several mobile home and recreational vehicle communities immediately west
of Florence Military Reservation that include Florence Gardens, Caliente, Caliente Casa de
Sol, and Tierra Del Sol. The remaining land to the west is primarily undeveloped or used
for agricultural purposes, with some scattered residential uses.
Picacho Peak Stagefield
Picacho Peak Stagefield is located roughly three miles south of Interstate 10. It
comprises 320 acres and is surrounded entirely by undeveloped Arizona State Trust land
that is managed by the Arizona State Land Department. Picacho Peak State Park is about
3.5 miles southeast of the military facility. The closest development is a little over a mile
to the west where scattered residential and agricultural uses are found on privately
owned land. Within a 2.5‐mile radius, there is scattered residential and more prominent
agricultural uses to the north, west, and south. The closest incorporated community, the
City of Eloy, is 2.3 miles to the west.
Silverbell Army Heliport
Silverbell Army Heliport (SBAH) occupies 160 acres in southern Pinal County, just north of
the Town of Marana and the Pima County border. All the land immediately surrounding
SBAH to the east, west, and north is currently Arizona State Trust land managed by the
Arizona State Land Department. The unincorporated community of Red Rock is less than
three miles north of SBAH, and the APS Saguaro Power Plant is approximately 2.5 miles
northeast. To the south of SBAH is Pinal Airpark, a general aviation, public‐use airport
that is owned and managed by Pinal County. This airpark is used primarily as a storage,
heavy maintenance, and material scrapping facility for commercial aircraft, but some
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