Lost Goldmine Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 892 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Lost Goldmine Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Gold Canyon, AZ. It climbs 892 ft. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,038 – 2,405 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.36768, -111.37385
Nearest town Gold Canyon, AZ

Directions

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Lost Goldmine Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 892 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Elevation 2,038–2,406 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.36768, -111.37385

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto East Peralta Road, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.7 miTurn right onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Carney Springs Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  23. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto East Peralta Road, heading W.
  30. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  32. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

4% dirt96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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