Skyline Regional Park

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mountain Wash trail, heading E.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miSharp right onto Lost Creek, heading NW.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right onto SOB, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 150 ftReach Lost Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lost Creek, heading W.
  13. 0.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
  14. 500 ftContinue straight onto Mountain Wash trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  18. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 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

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