Broad Avenue & El Paseo Drive via Mojave Road

8.5 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Broad Avenue & El Paseo Drive via Mojave Road is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near The Plaza, CA. It climbs 283 ft. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,873 – 2,093 ft8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.14730, -115.97492
Nearest town The Plaza, CA

Directions

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Broad Avenue & El Paseo Drive via Mojave Road

8.5 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 1,873–2,093 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.14730, -115.97492

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Mojave Road, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto El Paseo Drive, heading W.
  4. 1 miSharp left onto Bullion Mountain Road, heading S.
  5. 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left onto Broad Avenue, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miReach El Paseo Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.9 miTurn left onto Cable Stop Across Road, heading N.
  10. 1.3 miSharp right onto El Paseo Drive, heading SE.
  11. 1 miTurn left onto Mojave Road, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

42% dirt58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~74 min). Leave by 5:11 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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