Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Hawk Valley Road

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,358 ft · 3 hr 33 min

Hawk Valley Road is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve near Palm Wells, CA. It climbs 1,358 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,546 – 3,189 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Livingston Drive 34.06842, -116.55049
Nearest town Palm Wells, CA

Directions

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Hawk Valley Road

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,358 ft · 3 hr 33 min

Elevation 2,546–3,188 ft

Out & Back · Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Trailhead: Livingston Drive · 34.06842, -116.55049

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start on Livingston Drive, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Valley Road, heading N.
  9. 2.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Hawk Valley Road, heading NW.
  19. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  20. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  24. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  25. 250 ftBear right onto Livingston Drive, heading W.
  26. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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