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Granite Falls Trail–Lost Creek, 4 sights is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Skyline Regional Park near Valencia, AZ. It climbs 2,206 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,243 – 2,123 ft · steepest grade: 33%12.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.46470, -112.55302
Nearest town Valencia, AZ

Directions

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Granite Falls Trail–Lost Creek, 4 sights

12.1 mi · ▲ 2,206 ft · 5 hr 8 min

Elevation 1,243–2,122 ft

Out & Back · Skyline Regional Park

Trailhead: 33.46470, -112.55302

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:09 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading SW.
  11. 400 ftBear right onto Skyline Crest Trail, heading W.
  12. 1.3 miBear left onto Lost Creek, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Mountain Wash trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miSharp right onto Turnbuckle trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Valley Vista trail, heading NW.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Turnbuckle trail, heading W.
  19. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Granite Falls Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftReach Skyline Crest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Turnbuckle trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left onto Valley Vista trail, heading N.
  24. 450 ftContinue straight onto Turnbuckle trail, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miSharp left onto Mountain Wash trail, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lost Creek, heading SE.
  28. 0.2 miBear right onto Skyline Crest Trail, heading NW.
  29. 1.3 miBear left onto Quartz Mine Trail, heading S.
  30. 400 ftContinue straight onto Javelina Summit Trail, heading SW.
  31. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  34. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  35. 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
  36. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  37. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  38. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  39. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

28% dirt72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:09 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.8 mi in (~152 min). Leave by 3:58 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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