Desperado Trail–Lost Goldmine Trail, 3 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 681 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Desperado Trail–Lost Goldmine Trail, 3 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Peralta Regional Park near Gold Camp, AZ. It climbs 681 ft. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Desperado Trail–Lost Goldmine Trail, 3 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 681 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Elevation 2,093–2,406 ft
Out & Back · Peralta Regional Park
Trailhead: Lost Goldmine Trailhead · 33.39230, -111.35377
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lost Goldmine Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Carney Springs Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto East Peralta Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Saguaro Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Desperado Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Lost Goldmine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Saguaro Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto East Peralta Road, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Carney Springs Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading N.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~91 min). Leave by 4:55 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lost Goldmine Trailhead Trailhead
- Lost Goldmine Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- Wave Cave–Lost Goldmine Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 871 ft
- Carney Springs Trail–Lost Goldmine Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,408 ft
- Lost Goldmine Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 596 ft
- Serenity Loop via Lost Goldmine Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 534 ft
- Lost Goldmine Trail & Serenity Loop 7.8 mi · ▲ 749 ft
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