California Riding and Hiking Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Indio Hills, CA. It climbs 488 ft. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,331 – 4,731 ft5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail 33.95064, -116.15978
Nearest town Indio Hills, CA
Directions
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California Riding and Hiking Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 488 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 4,330–4,731 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail · 33.95064, -116.15978
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miSharp left onto California Riding and Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading E.
- 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
11% dirt89% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via California Riding and Hiking Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via California Riding and Hiking Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via California Riding and Hiking Trail
- 4 mi · out & back · via California Riding and Hiking Trail
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via California Riding and Hiking Trail
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via California Riding and Hiking Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via California Riding and Hiking Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via California Riding and Hiking Trail
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