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Mojave Desert Land Trust

Cottonwood Drive

4 mi · ▲ 457 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Cottonwood Drive is a 4-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 457 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,697 – 3,015 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.12097, -116.31732
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
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Cottonwood Drive

4 mi · ▲ 457 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 2,698–3,016 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: 34.12097, -116.31732

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 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/cottonwood-drive-out-back-7-km-550c

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

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