Desert View Conservation Area

Burro Loop Trail

7.9 mi · ▲ 1,132 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Burro Loop Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,132 ft. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,091 – 3,488 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.10499, -116.29535
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Burro Loop Trail

7.9 mi · ▲ 1,132 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Elevation 3,089–3,486 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.10499, -116.29535

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Larkspur Avenue, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Haggis, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 1.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 0.8 miTurn left onto Larkspur Avenue, heading SW.
  23. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

8% dirt92% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM

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