State Route 61, also known as SR 61, is a 76.51-mile-long (123.13 km) state highway in northern Arizona running generally southwest to northeast, from its southern terminus at U.S. Route 60 (US 60) east of Show Low to the New Mexico border at Zuni, where it becomes New Mexico State Road 53.

The southern terminus of SR 61 is located at a junction with US 60 east of Show Low.

From here, the highway heads towards the northeast towards an intersection with SR 180A.

After this intersection, SR 61 begins to follow a more easterly heading to a junction with US 180.

[1][2] The entire route is in Apache County.