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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.

Elevation

0 mi2,064 – 2,405 ft8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: East Peralta Road 33.39336, -111.35300
Nearest town Gold Camp, AZ

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Carney Springs Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left onto East Peralta Road, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Saguaro Loop, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear right onto Serenity Loop, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miReach Lost Goldmine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Saguaro Loop, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miSharp left onto East Peralta Road, heading N.
  23. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  25. 1 miTurn right onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miBear right onto Carney Springs Trail, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lost Goldmine Trail, heading NW.
  28. 1.1 miContinue straight onto East Peralta Road, heading E.
  29. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  30. 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

20% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 97°F79°
Feels like86°Precip2%Wind10 mphUV8Humidity25%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:47 PM
Sun 100°77°
Mon 99°82°
Tue 99°84°
Wed 99°84° 19%
Thu 101°83°
Fri 97°82° 34%

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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