Aerial of Lost Dutchman State Park campground
Welcome sign – Apache Junction
View of Lost Dutchman State Park campground from the hiking trails
View of Superstition Mountains from our site
Campground: Lost Dutchman State Park
Location: Apache Junction, Arizona
Site: 31 (pull thru)
Cost: $30
Services: W/E (50AMP)
Comments: A nice campground with terrific views and great hiking trails.
View of campground – that’s us towards the right middle with the red car
Sunset at the Superstitions
Site 31
Site 31 – with Four Peaks in the background
Site 31 – a pull thru
Great views of the Superstitions
Campfire breakfast
Nice sized site
Great views in all directions from our site
Site 31 – up against the Superstitions
The state park is situated right next to Tonto National Forest and offers lots of hiking trails that you can spend the day wandering around the mountains.
Jacobs Ladder Crosscut trail
View along Prospectors Trail – north
Cholla Chain Fruit – one of my favorites
Prospectors Trail – south
Waving Saguaro Man
View of Superstition Mountains from Prospectors Trail heading south
Hiking Prospectors Trail
One of the few shade trees along the trails
Sun getting ready to peak over the Superstitions
Hiking along the trail
Jacobs Ladder Crosscut intersection
View of Four Peaks
Four Peaks
We even witnessed a few helicopter rescues from Search and Rescue from the Siphon Draw trail (Flatiron).
Pinal County Search and Rescue doing their job
Rescue has been made
Here she comes – poor Laura broke her fibula and required surgery
Another terrific recovery made by SAR
And, as usual, the sunsets were spectacular.
Superstition Mountains during sunset
Purple sunset, city lights, and a crescent moon
Saguaro in the sunset
City lights and sunset as seen from our site
A beautiful pastel sunset as seen from inside our rig
Crazy hazy sunset sky
Wonderful clouds at sunset
Campground and city lights at sunset
There was a rabies warning in the area while we visited. Apparently, there had a been a few dead foxes and one coyote that was confirmed with rabies. We made sure to stay aware and luckily we never encountered any rabid animals. We did see quite a few coyotes running around the park and of course, rabbits, along with birds and dogs!
Howling
Nephew Piper
Phainopepla
Coyote Sundial
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