Burro Loop Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,320 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Burro Loop Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,320 ft. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi3,091 – 3,534 ft9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.10304, -116.28599
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
Directions
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Burro Loop Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,320 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 3,089–3,535 ft
Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area
Trailhead: 34.10304, -116.28599
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Burro Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Burro Loop Access Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Burro Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Burro Loop Access Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Burro Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 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
16% dirt84% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Burro Loop Trail
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- 6.5 mi · out & back · via Burro Loop Trail
- 6.5 mi · out & back · via Burro Loop Trail
- 6.6 mi · out & back · via Burro Loop Trail
- 6.8 mi · out & back · via Burro Loop Trail
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