Bigfoot Trail & Nolina Cove Road is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,950 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,245 – 4,675 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Uphill Road 34.09074, -116.28332
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
Directions
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Bigfoot Trail & Nolina Cove Road
15.3 mi · ▲ 1,950 ft · 6 hr 5 min
Elevation 3,247–4,676 ft
Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust
Trailhead: Uphill Road · 34.09074, -116.28332
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 103°F / low 82° · precip 0% · wind 20 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
- Start on Uphill Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Quail Wash, heading SE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bigfoot Trail, heading W.
- 4.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Nolina Cove Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Bigfoot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
- 4.3 miContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bigfoot Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading NW.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Uphill Road, heading NW.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
56% dirt44% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 103°F82°
Feels like86°Precip0%Wind20 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue
101°83°
Wed
99°76°
Thu
103°79°
Fri
104°83°
Sat
104°83°
Sun
100°81°
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