Berns Trail (aka Creeping Bob Hope) & Goat Trails Outlet via Wild Horse Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Cathedral City, CA. It climbs 1,361 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi341 – 1,417 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.79186, -116.49308
Nearest town Cathedral City, CA
Directions
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Berns Trail (aka Creeping Bob Hope) & Goat Trails Outlet via Wild Horse Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,361 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Elevation 340–1,418 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.79186, -116.49308
Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 96°F / low 79° · precip 20% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:24 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Palm Cyn at Gene Autry stop 85 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Goat Trails Outlet, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto GT Grind, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Goat Trails Outlet, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto GT Grind, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Goat Trails Outlet, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto GT Grind, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Goat Trails Outlet, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto GT Grind, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Goat Trails Outlet, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto GT Grind, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Wild Horse Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Garstin Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto GT Rolling Hills, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Berns Trail (aka Creeping Bob Hope), heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Goat Trails Outlet, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 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
30% dirt5% sand65% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 96°F79°
Feels like83°Precip20%Wind3 mphUV2Humidity31%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
100°75°
Sunrise 6:24 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:07 PM
Mon
105°77°
Tue
107°90°
Wed
109°94°
17%
Thu
112°96°
20%
Fri
109°88°
Sat
103°86°
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Palm Cyn at Gene Autry stop 85 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Wild Horse Trail
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Wild Horse Trail
- 5.9 mi · out & back · via Wild Horse Trail
- 6.1 mi · out & back · via Wild Horse Trail
- 6.2 mi · out & back · via Wild Horse Trail
- 6.4 mi · out & back · via Wild Horse Trail
- 8.3 mi · out & back · via Wild Horse Trail
- 10.3 mi · out & back · via Wild Horse Trail
More from this trailhead
- GT Grind 2.6 mi · ▲ 962 ft
- Araby Trail–Goat Trails Outlet, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 995 ft
- Cahuilla Peak–Berns Trail (aka Creeping Bob Hope) Loop, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,375 ft
- Araby Trail–Goat Trails Outlet, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 2,140 ft
- Garstin Trail & Goat Trails Outlet via Wild Horse Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 2,078 ft
- Clara Burgess Trail–Dunn Road to Wildhorse Trail (ALT), 4 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,927 ft
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