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  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    Hike the Historic Old County Road!

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Hiking
    • Duration: 3-5 Hours
    • Reservations: Yes
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Old Country Road
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time Of Day: Day, Night, Dawn, Dusk
    A dirt road meanders past organ pipe and saguaro cacti towards a small mountain.

    Enjoy scenic views along an 8-mile one-way hike as you explore a historic wagon road through the Sonoran Desert!

  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    Hike to Lost Cabin

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Hiking
    • Duration: 4-5 Hours
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Victoria Mine/Lost Cabin Trailhead
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    The corner of a historic, dilapidated stone building, constructed of local granite.

    Looking for a lengthier hike that showcases Organ Pipe’s mining history? This 8 mile (12.9 kilometers) round-trip hike includes the Victoria Mine site and an old stone mining house known as Lost Cabin.

  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    Hike to Victoria Mine

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Hiking
    • Duration: 3-4 Hours
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Victoria Mine/Lost Cabin Trailhead
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    Historic one-room building made with stone walls and no roof, located in a desert.

    Experience Organ Pipe’s mining history by hiking to Victoria Mine, one of the oldest prospecting sites in southwest Arizona and the heart of gold and silver mining in the Organ Pipe area.

  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    Unearth Dripping Springs Mine

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Hiking
    • Duration: 2-3 Hours
    • Reservations: Yes
    • Pets: Yes
    • Location: Dripping Springs Mine
    The landscape around the mine features a tall saguaro forest and large purplish mountains.

    Stumble upon an old copper mine while exploring along the trail in the Puerto Blanco Mountains!

  • Keweenaw National Historical Park

    Go Underground

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Guided Tours
    • Duration: 1-6 Hours
    • Reservations: Yes
    • Pets: Yes
    • Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time Of Day: Day
    Two people walking underground in a small tunnel

    A trip to the Copper Country is not complete without getting underground to experience the life of a miner.

  • Keweenaw National Historical Park

    Hiking into History

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Hiking
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: Yes
    • Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time Of Day: Day
    Hikers walk on a narrow dirt path next to a river with tall trees on the riverbank.

    Many of the Park's Heritage sites offer hiking trails.

  • Death Valley National Park

    Harmony Borax Works Self Guided Walk

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Self-Guided Tours - Walking
    • Duration: 15-35 Minutes
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Harmony Borax Works parking area
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Fall
    • Time Of Day: Day, Night, Dawn, Dusk
    Two adults and a child look at a waist high sign next to a wooden and metal wagon in the desert.

    Harmony Borax Works was instrumental in drawing people to Death Valley in the late 1800s and in the subsequent popularity of the Furnace Creek area. The 1/4 mi (0.4 km) paved walking path at this site takes visitors back in time by exploring the ruins of the plant and associated townsite and an original twenty mule team wagon. 

  • Voyageurs National Park

    Visit Little American Island

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Self-Guided Tours - Walking
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Little American Island
    • Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time Of Day: Day, Dawn, Dusk
    A lichen covered rusting wheel from the mining era lies in the brush on Little America Island

    Discover the past on this self guided walk Little American Island. This island was home to one of the area gold mines during the brief gold rush of the 1890s. You will see mine shafts, tailing piles, and machinery along the side of this short trail. Signs tell the story of the gold rush.

  • Joshua Tree National Park

    Hike Contact Mine

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Hiking
    • Duration: 2-3 Hours
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Contact Mine Trailhead
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Fall
    • Time Of Day: Day, Dawn, Dusk
    A valley filled with Mojave yuccas and desert vegetation with mountains in the backbround.

    Enjoy a secluded hike to a historic mining site.

  • Joshua Tree National Park

    Hike Lost Horse Mine

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Hiking
    • Duration: 2-4 Hours
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Lost Horse Mine Trailhead
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Fall
    • Time Of Day: Day, Dawn, Dusk
    The information sign at the beginning of the trail

    Lost Horse Mine Trail

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Last updated: July 20, 2023

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