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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto East Peralta Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Carney Springs Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto East Peralta Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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
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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- Wave Cave–Oro Vista Loop, 3 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,344 ft
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