Mojave Desert Land Trust

Chollita Road–Cottonwood Drive, 3 sights

12.6 mi · ▲ 604 ft · 4 hr 30 min

Chollita Road–Cottonwood Drive, 3 sights is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 604 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,585 – 3,012 ft12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cottonwood Drive 34.12954, -116.27680
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Chollita Road–Cottonwood Drive, 3 sights

12.6 mi · ▲ 604 ft · 4 hr 30 min

Elevation 2,586–3,011 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Cottonwood Drive · 34.12954, -116.27680

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 106°F / low 80° · precip 0% · wind 19 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Transit-accessible: White Feather Rd. & Hwy 62 (County Courthouse) stop 548 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cottonwood Drive, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading N.
  3. 1.4 miTurn left onto Two Mile Road, heading W.
  4. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 1 miTurn left onto Wilson Terrace, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Chollita Road, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Sherwood Road, heading W.
  12. 100 ftTurn right onto Chollita Road, heading W.
  13. 0.5 miReach Cottonwood Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto Sherwood Road, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftTurn right onto Chollita Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Wilson Terrace, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  23. 1 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
  24. 1.4 miTurn left onto Cottonwood Drive, heading S.
  25. 0.3 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

43% dirt57% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 106°F80°
Feels like89°Precip0%Wind19 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
110°80°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 105°77°
Wed 102°74°
Thu 105°81°
Fri 106°85°
Sat 106°85°
Sun 102°83°

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: White Feather Rd. & Hwy 62 (County Courthouse) stop 548 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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