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

  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.

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.

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