AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Desert View Conservation Area

Cottonwood Drive & Palm Vista Drive

4.5 mi · ▲ 587 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Cottonwood Drive & Palm Vista Drive is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 587 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,684 – 3,166 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.11404, -116.29037
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
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Cottonwood Drive & Palm Vista Drive

4.5 mi · ▲ 587 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 2,683–3,166 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.11404, -116.29037

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 103°F / low 81° · precip 0% · wind 21 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 1.3 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading S.
  6. 350 ftTurn left onto Cottonwood Drive, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading W.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 1.3 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-palm-vista-drive-out-back-7-km-e043

Trail surface

41% dirt59% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 103°F81°
Feels like87°Precip0%Wind21 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 102°80°
Wed 100°75°
Thu 103°80°
Fri 104°83°
Sat 105°84°
Sun 101°81°

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