Desert View Conservation Area

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 1.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Burro Loop Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miBear left onto Burro Loop Access Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Burro Loop Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miBear left onto Burro Loop Access Trail, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Burro Loop Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  22. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 400 ftBear right, heading W.
  28. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

16% dirt84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM

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