Cobalt Road & Cottonwood Drive via Rice Avenue
4.6 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Cobalt Road & Cottonwood Drive via Rice Avenue is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 277 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cobalt Road & Cottonwood Drive via Rice Avenue
4.6 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 2,553–2,780 ft
Out & Back
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
- Start on Cottonwood Drive, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Cobalt Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Cottonwood Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Cottonwood Drive, 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.
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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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