The House Mountain Ruin is located just west of the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona. To get there, drive northwest on Verde Valley School for 4.1 miles and turn left onto Turkey Creek Trail Road, FR 216 B. Continue for 0.6 miles to the trailhead. Follow the Turkey Creek Trail for 2.6 miles and then leave the trail and enter a wash that skirts around the hillside to the ruin. From what we’ve read there is a narrow ridge that drops off on both sides that must be crossed or gotten around going this way. We included another option that follows the wash to the ruin at the 1.9 mile point of the Turkey Creek Trail. The reason for including this option is that it shows up as a trail on an old map of ours.
Included with this post is the GPS file and map that we plan to use for our first visit. If you don't want to wait for us to get around to it feel free to try the GPS file and map for yourself. With no guarantee, of course, but they most often prove valuable for us.
Download GPS planning file:
