Just returned from another great trip to LDSP just outside of Apache Junction. This time of year the park is virtually full nearly every day and reservations are a must. The good news is that spring just makes this gorgeous park all the better. May I submit "Exhibit A":They recently completed an additional 30 site loop (sites 75 - 105), where we stayed. For $30 a night you get AC (30 and 50 amp), water, trash and recycle bins. Nearly all are pull throughs and very large rig friendly. The only down side to this loop is that the showers/bathrooms are a bit of a hike as this loop does not have its own facilities. The trails are beautiful and well marked but it is a solid half mile hike to reach them.If your mobility is limited and you want to be able to use their facilities this new lower loop is not for you. LDSP is one of the best run/maintained SP's in all of Arizona and you can't beat the scenery. Lots to see and do in the area but as noted it is crowded this time of year.:B

RUB IT IN!!!!! We tried to get reservations.....FULL!!!!! I'm so jealous! NEXT year we'll be there!!!!! Oh, and try Organ Pipe Cactus NM (no elec or water at site -- dump station avail).... It's beautiful, too.

Hush Desert Captain next thing you will be telling the folks about is Picacho Peak State Park and god forbid the Maricopa County Parks and we wont have any place to go to on weekends!!!!! :S

I hope I can get back there while I still have energy to again hike the Siphon Draw. It was the last trail I ever hiked with my dad (and my young son was along as well), so the place has special meaning to me.

I brought this thread up again.....to tell you, we will be leaving LDSP tomorrow...:) :) :) yeah, we came in last Wednesday for 6 days and then extended our stay. OH MY this is the best state park we've ever been in. :) Wish we could see it in the spring, but the fall is NOT BAD!!!! In fact, one night we sat out with friends watching the horrible storms over in Phoenix.....we had a 300 degree view of lightening!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!! :) We'll be back, too!

We will be back for a long (3 day), weekend starting Friday. As we often do, we are meeting our friends from Phoenix there. The thunderstorms of late have been awesome and we' re hoping for more. It's so nice that LDSP is only 84 miles from home, just too convenient not to visit several times a year.:B

Update from Lost Dutchman SP Apache junction | Good Sam Community

Desert_Captain
Explorer III
Oct 24, 2015
Enjoying our long weekend watching the park fill up. From now through the end of April reservations are a very good idea. Currently 84 degrees, cloudless blue skies with a light breeze.... Aaah!

One last update: They have completed the new overflow section having added 30 additional sites. I don't think these have water/electric but they are on the eastern edge of the park right at a the foot of the mountains. Lost Dutchman offers spectacular views from virtually all of the 134 sites.

:B
dapperdan
Explorer
Oct 24, 2015
We stayed there in early April and saw the construction. Campground host told us it would be open by this fall. Beautiful place for sure, my favorite dessert place to stay! We hope to visit again in the not too distant future.

Dan
Irover
Explorer
Oct 22, 2015
Oh; how I miss the beauty of Apache Jct; lived there from 1981-88 down off of Buena Vista Dr. Went up the Apache Trail about as many times as I have hair on my head. LOL! Loved Going fishing to Canyon Lake on the weekends and Tortilla Flat for the coldest brew in Az.
2gypsies1
Explorer III
Oct 22, 2015
Imagine being able to live in Lost Dutchman State Park....we did while volunteering there.

It is truly an awesome place and lots of things to do in the surrounding area.
lbrjet
Explorer
Oct 22, 2015
The last six days have not been the greatest weather, but the clouds really cooled it down. 57 outside right now. Alas, the sunshine is finally returning today. We live about 25 minutes from the park and just use it for hiking.
amandasgramma
Explorer
Oct 22, 2015
Desert Captain wrote:
We will be back for a long (3 day), weekend starting Friday. As we often do, we are meeting our friends from Phoenix there. The thunderstorms of late have been awesome and we' re hoping for more. It's so nice that LDSP is only 84 miles from home, just too convenient not to visit several times a year.

:B
I'm actually jealous of you being so close!!!!!
frizzen
Explorer
Oct 22, 2015
TyroneandGladys wrote:
Hush Desert Captain next thing you will be telling the folks about is Picacho Peak State Park and god forbid the Maricopa County Parks and we wont have any place to go to on weekends!!!!! :S

Loose lips sink ships
Desert_Captain
Explorer III
Oct 22, 2015
We will be back for a long (3 day), weekend starting Friday. As we often do, we are meeting our friends from Phoenix there. The thunderstorms of late have been awesome and we' re hoping for more. It's so nice that LDSP is only 84 miles from home, just too convenient not to visit several times a year.

:B
amandasgramma
Explorer
Oct 22, 2015
I brought this thread up again.....to tell you, we will be leaving LDSP tomorrow...:) :) :) yeah, we came in last Wednesday for 6 days and then extended our stay. OH MY this is the best state park we've ever been in. :) Wish we could see it in the spring, but the fall is NOT BAD!!!! In fact, one night we sat out with friends watching the horrible storms over in Phoenix.....we had a 300 degree view of lightening!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!! :) We'll be back, too!
rexlion
Explorer
Mar 29, 2015
I hope I can get back there while I still have energy to again hike the Siphon Draw. It was the last trail I ever hiked with my dad (and my young son was along as well), so the place has special meaning to me.