0.9 miles away
Goldfield Ghost Town
An 1893 mining settlement below the Superstition Mountains, rebuilt in full as a visitor attraction.
Lost Dutchman State Park
A 320-acre park at the foot of the Superstition Mountains, named for a lost gold mine of Old West legend.
- Rank in Arizona
- #163of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 47.9 out of 100high confidence
- Annual visits
- 205,384counted in 2024
- Category
- State Park
Lost Dutchman State Park is a 320-acre state park in north-western Pinal County, on the Apache Trail north of Apache Junction and about 40 miles east of Phoenix by way of U.S. Highway 60. It is named after the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, a lost mine of Old West legend. The park provides hiking trails and mountain bike access to the Superstition Wilderness, along with views of the Superstition Mountains that rise behind it. It recorded 205,384 visits in 2024.
Where it is
Lost Dutchman State Park is a state park near Apache Junction, in Pinal County. It is one of the state parks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
The score combines the published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance, which is what earns it high confidence. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Mentioned in
- Five parks carry half of Arizona's state park visits — Arizona's 32 state park units recorded 3,122,079 visits in 2024, and the five busiest accounted for 53 per cent of them.
Sources
- Visitation: Arizona Office of Tourism Monthly State Parks Visitation Report (December 2025); source Arizona State Parks, compiled by AHRRC(opens in a new tab)
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: https://azstateparks.com/lost-dutchman/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
1.5 miles away
Superstition Mountain Museum
Superstition Mountain Museum, in Apache Junction, Arizona, spans 12.5 acres and includes the relocated Elvis Memorial Chapel and Audie Murphy Barn.
2.5 miles away
Superstition Wilderness
Superstition Wilderness, in Pinal County, Arizona, is a Tonto National Forest area covering the Superstition Mountains, with trails and dispersed camping.
5.4 miles away
Superstition Mountain
A landmark mountain east of Apache Junction anchoring the Superstition Mountains and central to the Lost Dutchman legend.
6.3 miles away
Weaver's Needle
A 1,000-foot rock spire in the Superstition Mountains, tied to the legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine and visible for many miles.
6.5 miles away
Canyon Lake
The smallest of four Salt River reservoirs, formed by Mormon Flat Dam in 1925 and covering 950 acres in the Superstition Wilderness.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- State Park
- Destination
- Apache Junction
- County
- Pinal County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 205,384 (2024)
- What is counted
- visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 47.9 / 100
- Visitation score
- 46.1
- Popularity score
- 34.0
- Significance score
- 62.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- azstateparks.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.4561, -111.4770
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12