Moss Wash Trail

4.5/5 (8 reviews)
Situated one hour from Kingman, Arizona, the Moss Wash off-road trail offers just about everything anyone could want in a southwestern trail: waterfall obstacles, whoop dee doos, hill climbs, shelf roads, Mohave Desert landscape, a high mountain forest and American mining history. In addition to t...Read More
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Highlights of Moss Wash Trail

Forest Category IconForest
Ghost Town Category IconGhost Town
Rock Category IconRock
Highest Elevation
6494 ft
Shape of Trail
Connector
Typically Open
Year Round
Best Direction
West
Nearest Town
Kingman
Nearest Services
Kingman
Management Agency
Bureau of Land Management
District
Kingman Field Office

Overview

Situated one hour from Kingman, Arizona, the Moss Wash off-road trail offers just about everything anyone could want in a southwestern trail: waterfall obstacles, whoop dee doos, hill climbs, shelf roads, Mohave Desert landscape, a high mountain forest and American mining history. In addition to the Moss Wash trail, there are hundreds of miles of nearby trails that offer days of exploring and camping opportunities. The trail gets its name from the wash it follows, but it could easily be called the Gold King Mansion Trail. The Gold King Mansion is directly on the trail and is a historic, two-story concrete building that looks like it should be on South Beach in Miami. It was built in the late 1920’s by the Gold King Corporation which used the ornate structure to entertain wealthy investors and to house the mine foreman. Gold, silver, copper, and lead were all found in the area. The great stock market crash of 1929 was the demise of the mine and mansion, however, with an aggressive four-wheel drive vehicle you can explore its remnants.

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95 Trail Photos
4 Trail Concerns
8 Community Reviews
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