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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

  1. Start on Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.2 miSharp left onto California Riding and Hiking Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miSharp right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading E.
  7. 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miSharp right onto Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading E.
  10. 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

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