Crystal View Road–El Portal Avenue, 3 sights

10.8 mi · ▲ 464 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Crystal View Road–El Portal Avenue, 3 sights is a 10.8-mile out-and-back near Desert Heights, CA. It climbs 464 ft. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,064 – 2,297 ft11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.17985, -116.16943
Nearest town Desert Heights, CA

Directions

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Crystal View Road–El Portal Avenue, 3 sights

10.8 mi · ▲ 464 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Elevation 2,065–2,296 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.17985, -116.16943

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:22 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Mesa Drive, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Nandina Street, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto El Portal Avenue, heading N.
  6. 1 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading E.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Breezy Lane, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rorick Way, heading E.
  10. 1.4 miTurn right onto Crystal View Road, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miReach El Portal Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rorick Way, heading W.
  13. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Breezy Lane, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading S.
  15. 1.4 miTurn left onto El Portal Avenue, heading S.
  16. 1 miTurn left onto Nandina Street, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mesa Drive, heading E.
  18. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:22 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~88 min). Leave by 5:19 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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