Lost Goldmine Trail & Serenity Loop is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Peralta Regional Park near Gold Camp, AZ. It climbs 749 ft. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lost Goldmine Trail & Serenity Loop
7.8 mi · ▲ 749 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 2,064–2,406 ft
Out & Back · Peralta Regional Park
Trailhead: East Peralta Road · 33.39336, -111.35300
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 97°F / low 79° · precip 2% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Carney Springs Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto East Peralta Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Saguaro Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Serenity Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Lost Goldmine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Saguaro Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto East Peralta Road, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Carney Springs Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto East Peralta Road, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, 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.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~96 min). Leave by 4:51 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from East Peralta Road Trailhead
- Lost Goldmine Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- Wave Cave–Lost Goldmine Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 871 ft
- Carney Springs Trail–Lost Goldmine Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,408 ft
- Lost Goldmine Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 596 ft
- Serenity Loop via Lost Goldmine Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 534 ft
- Desperado Trail–Lost Goldmine Trail, 3 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 681 ft
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