Lost Creek & SOB
4.7 mi · ▲ 960 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Lost Creek & SOB is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Skyline Regional Park near Valencia, AZ. It climbs 960 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,470 – 2,005 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.48164, -112.56099
Nearest town Valencia, AZ
Directions
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Lost Creek & SOB
4.7 mi · ▲ 960 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 1,470–2,004 ft
Out & Back · Skyline Regional Park
Trailhead: 33.48164, -112.56099
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mountain Wash trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Lost Creek, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto SOB, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftReach Lost Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Lost Creek, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Mountain Wash trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Granite Falls Trail–Mountain Wash trail, 4 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 651 ft
- Valley Vista–Mountain Wash trail, 4 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 821 ft
- Justin's Trail–Lost Creek, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 954 ft
- Skyline Regional Park Sunset Point–Chuckwalla Trail, 5 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 483 ft
- Justin's Trail–Lost Creek, 8 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,320 ft
- Javelina Summit Trail–Lost Creek, 7 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,355 ft
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