AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Copper Mine Road–Desert Flower Avenue, 5 sights

10.5 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Copper Mine Road–Desert Flower Avenue, 5 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back near Desert Heights, CA. It climbs 524 ft. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,116 – 2,346 ft10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Desert Flower Avenue 34.19351, -116.11998
Nearest town Desert Heights, CA
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Copper Mine Road–Desert Flower Avenue, 5 sights

10.5 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 2,115–2,348 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Desert Flower Avenue · 34.19351, -116.11998

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 109°F / low 79° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start on Desert Flower Avenue, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rorick Way, heading W.
  3. 1 miContinue straight onto Breezy Lane, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading W.
  5. 2.1 miTurn left onto Starview Lane, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Valle Vista Road, heading W.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto Mesa Drive, heading N.
  8. 1.1 miReach Desert Flower Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.1 miTurn left onto Valle Vista Road, heading E.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Starview Lane, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading E.
  12. 2.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Breezy Lane, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rorick Way, heading E.
  15. 1 miTurn right onto Desert Flower Avenue, heading S.
  16. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cielito-drive-copper-mine-road-out-back-4-sights-15-km-837f

Weather

ClearTemperature 109°F79°
Feels like85°Precip1%Wind8 mphUV9Humidity10%
Hourly temperature
110°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Wed 106°75°
Thu 106°84°
Fri 108°87°
Sat 109°88°
Sun 106°88°
Mon 104°83°

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