Mojave Desert Land Trust

3rd Street–Delaware Avenue, 3 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 5 hr 31 min

3rd Street–Delaware Avenue, 3 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 569 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,448 – 2,930 ft16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Outpost Road 34.13509, -116.32597
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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3rd Street–Delaware Avenue, 3 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 5 hr 31 min

Elevation 2,446–2,931 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Outpost Road · 34.13509, -116.32597

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 105°F / low 80° · precip 0% · wind 21 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Outpost Road, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading S.
  4. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wilson Terrace, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left onto Sutton Avenue, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Gold Nugget Road, heading E.
  14. 0.9 miTurn left onto Delaware Avenue, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto 4th Street South, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sunever Road, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto 3rd Street, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sun Loma Road, heading E.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left onto Sun Mesa Road, heading W.
  20. 0.6 miTurn right onto Delaware Avenue, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sunflower Road, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miReach Wilson Terrace, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Delaware Avenue, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sun Mesa Road, heading E.
  25. 0.6 miTurn right onto Sun Loma Road, heading S.
  26. 0.5 miTurn right onto 3rd Street, heading S.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sunever Road, heading W.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right onto 4th Street South, heading W.
  29. 0.4 miTurn left onto Delaware Avenue, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right onto Gold Nugget Road, heading W.
  31. 0.9 miTurn left onto Sutton Avenue, heading W.
  32. 0.2 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading W.
  33. 0.7 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
  34. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  35. 1 miTurn left onto Wilson Terrace, heading W.
  36. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  38. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  39. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  40. 0.1 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading S.
  41. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  42. 0.4 miBear right onto Outpost Road, heading E.
  43. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

16% dirt84% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 105°F80°
Feels like88°Precip0%Wind21 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 104°79°
Wed 101°76°
Thu 104°81°
Fri 105°84°
Sat 105°84°
Sun 101°81°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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