Mojave Desert Land Trust

Cottonwood Drive

5.9 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Cottonwood Drive is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 461 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,697 – 2,982 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.11859, -116.31507
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Cottonwood Drive

5.9 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Elevation 2,698–2,981 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: 34.11859, -116.31507

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Cottonwood Drive, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Cottonwood Drive, heading N.
  10. 1.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

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