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
Directions
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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 Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
- Start on Desert Flower Avenue, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rorick Way, heading W.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Breezy Lane, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Starview Lane, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Valle Vista Road, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Mesa Drive, heading N.
- 1.1 miReach Desert Flower Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Valle Vista Road, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Starview Lane, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading E.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Breezy Lane, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rorick Way, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Desert Flower Avenue, heading S.
- 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.
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:44 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 5:41 PM for the 6:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
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- Desert Flower Avenue–Hillcrest Drive, 4 sights 7 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Bermuda Avenue & Pampas Avenue via Rorick Way 3.8 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Canyon Road–Desert Flower Avenue, 4 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 241 ft
- Bermuda Avenue–Desert Heights Drive, 4 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Canyon Road–Desert Flower Avenue, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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