Amenities in the Lost Dutchman State Park include picnic facilities, seventy campsites, showers, restrooms and a dump station. Lost Dutchman State Park located in Apache Junction, Arizona is named for a lost gold mine. The park is situated approximately forty miles east of Phoenix, Arizona. There are a number of trails leading into the Tonto National Forest and the Superstition Wilderness from the Lost Dutchman.
The park offers areas for group use in addition to a visitor center that sells publications such as maps. Visitors may camp at the facility and enjoy a variety of desert wildflowers which will vary depending on rainfall.
Visitors to the park are asked not to pick the flowers. The park restricts fires to self contained metal containers and grills for safety. Campers are required to provide firewood themselves when there are no restrictions placed on campfires.
Those in the Apache Junction, Arizona area should make it a point to visit the Lost Dutchman State Park. The park is currently scheduled for closing on the 3rd of June during the 2010 season because of budget issues. The natural beauty of the area is reason enough for anyone to take advantage of the park before it closes.
