Lost Goldmine Trail
10.6 mi · ▲ 637 ft · 3 hr 51 min
Lost Goldmine Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back near Gold Canyon, AZ. It climbs 637 ft. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,929 – 2,418 ft11.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.35491, -111.40036
Nearest town Gold Canyon, AZ
Directions
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Lost Goldmine Trail
10.6 mi · ▲ 637 ft · 3 hr 51 min
Elevation 1,931–2,419 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.35491, -111.40036
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Carney Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
23% dirt77% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:26 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:46 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:11 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Lost Goldmine Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 390 ft
- Lost Goldmine Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- East Peralta Road 7.3 mi · ▲ 407 ft
- Oro Vista Loop 8.9 mi · ▲ 732 ft
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