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
- Start on Livingston Drive, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Valley Road, heading N.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Hawk Valley Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Livingston Drive, heading W.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:46 PM
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