Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Hawk Valley Road

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,400 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Hawk Valley Road is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve near Palm Wells, CA. It climbs 1,400 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,546 – 3,189 ft · steepest grade: 15%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.06392, -116.54896
Nearest town Palm Wells, CA

Directions

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Hawk Valley Road

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,400 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Elevation 2,546–3,188 ft

Out & Back · Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Trailhead: 34.06392, -116.54896

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Valley Road, heading N.
  8. 2.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Hawk Valley Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  24. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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