Desert View Conservation Area

Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 4 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 564 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 4 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 564 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,169 – 3,534 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.10304, -116.28599
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 4 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 564 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 3,170–3,535 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.10304, -116.28599

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 102°F / low 80° · precip 0% · wind 18 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Backside Cutoff, heading E.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Spike's Run, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bad Manor, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Spike's Run, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jericho Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miBear right onto Sidewinder, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Haggis, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sidewinder, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

26% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 102°F80°
Feels like86°Precip0%Wind18 mphUV9Humidity10%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 102°77°
Wed 99°74°
Thu 102°79°
Fri 103°82°
Sat 104°83°
Sun 100°80°

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