Impressions of Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, the Arizona Desert Botanical Garden, the Goldfield Ghost Town and Apache Trail - 2010-2011. The Apache Trail in Arizona was a stagecoach trail that ran through the Superstition Mountains. It was named the Apache Trail after the Apache Indians who originally used this trail to move through the mountains. It linked Apache Junction at the edge of the Greater Phoenix area with Theodore Roosevelt Lake, through the Superstition Mountains and the Tonto National Forest.