AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cielito Drive–Crystal View Road, 6 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Cielito Drive–Crystal View Road, 6 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back near Desert Heights, CA. It climbs 492 ft. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,080 – 2,313 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crystal View Road 34.19335, -116.11338
Nearest town Desert Heights, CA
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Cielito Drive–Crystal View Road, 6 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Elevation 2,079–2,312 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Crystal View Road · 34.19335, -116.11338

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 109°F / low 78° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start on Crystal View Road, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Desert Heights Drive, heading S.
  4. 1.3 miTurn right onto Mark Drive, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cove View Road, heading S.
  6. 1.1 miTurn left onto Dichondra Avenue, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Raymond Drive, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Pampas Avenue, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Papoose Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left onto Shoshone Valley Road, heading S.
  11. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pearl Springs Avenue, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miReach Crystal View Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Shoshone Valley Road, heading N.
  16. 1.1 miSharp right onto Papoose Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pampas Avenue, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Raymond Drive, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left onto Dichondra Avenue, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cove View Road, heading E.
  21. 1.1 miTurn right onto Mark Drive, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left onto Desert Heights Drive, heading N.
  23. 1.2 miTurn left onto Cielito Drive, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left onto Crystal View Road, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cielito-drive-crystal-view-road-out-back-4-sights-16-km-af82

Trail surface

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 109°F78°
Feels like85°Precip1%Wind8 mphUV9Humidity10%
Hourly temperature
110°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Wed 107°78°
Thu 107°84°
Fri 108°87°
Sat 109°88°
Sun 106°88°
Mon 104°84°

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