The valley also turns somewhat southwest to the north of the Harcuvar Mountains, where Cunningham Pass holds the 30-mile route, unimproved major access road to Alamo Lake State Park; the route traverses the Butler Valley in the northeast, then skirts the northeast of the Buckskins to meet the south side of Alamo Lake.

[1] The majority of Butler Valley is owned by the Arizona State Land Department.

The valley is used as a reserve for groundwater, to store water from the Colorado River for Arizona.

It holds more than 6 million acre-feet of water, and is strategically located near the Central Arizona Project.

[3] In 2022, The Arizona Republic reported that the state land department had handed over thousands of acres to a Saudi company called Fondamonte, and gave it permission to withdraw unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow alfalfa, which would be exported to Saudi Arabia.