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Bigfoot Trail & Nolina Cove Road is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Yucca Valley, CA. It climbs 1,818 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,662 – 4,695 ft · steepest grade: 24%15.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.10245, -116.37035
Nearest town Yucca Valley, CA

Directions

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Bigfoot Trail & Nolina Cove Road

15.1 mi · ▲ 1,818 ft · 5 hr 57 min

Elevation 3,662–4,695 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: 34.10245, -116.37035

Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 85°F / low 68° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 2.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Nolina Cove Road, heading W.
  7. 1.8 miBear right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
  8. 1.6 miReach Nolina Cove Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.6 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 1 miContinue straight onto Nolina Cove Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  15. 2.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 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

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 85°F68°
Feels like79°Precip0%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:47 PM
Mon 81°67°
Tue 81°59°
Wed 87°65°
Thu 87°68°
Fri 87°67°
Sat 88°67°

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