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Bigfoot Trail–Creosote Trail, 3 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,172 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,248 – 4,272 ft10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Uphill Road 34.09215, -116.28332
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Bigfoot Trail–Creosote Trail, 3 sights

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,172 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Elevation 3,247–4,272 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Uphill Road · 34.09215, -116.28332

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

  1. Start on Quail Wash, heading SE.
  2. 1.2 miTurn left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading NE.
  3. 2.8 miTurn left onto Creosote Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miReach Creosote Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miBear left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Panorama Trail, heading SW.
  7. 3.2 miTurn right onto Quail Wash, heading W.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bigfoot Trail, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading NW.
  10. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

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