Heber is nestled in a wooded valley (Black Canyon) at 6,500 feet near the edge of the Colorado Plateau of north central Arizona; the land falls away steeply ten miles south at the Mogollon Rim. To the north, the plains slope much more gently, becoming treeless and desert-like about a third of the way along Hwy 377 to Holbrook, the nearest large city. Other routes into Heber are Hwy 277 from Snowflake, Hwy 260 from Show Low and Hwy 260 from Payson. The community is now known officially as Heber-Overgaard, incorporating an adjacent settlement just to the east, where most of the limited selection of shops and restaurants are found. The town is named after Heber J Grant, the seventh president of the Mormon church, who stayed at this location for a short time in 1882, as a guest of one of the pioneer settlers.


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