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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Mesa Drive, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Nandina Street, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto El Portal Avenue, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Breezy Lane, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rorick Way, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Crystal View Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach El Portal Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rorick Way, heading W.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Breezy Lane, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cielito Drive, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto El Portal Avenue, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto Nandina Street, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mesa Drive, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
- 7.2 mi · out & back · via Cielito Drive
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- Indian Trail & Los Olivos Avenue 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Bellerue Road & Golden Arrow Trail via Amboy Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Mesa Drive 4.8 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Kerns Boulevard & Moonglow Road via Cielito Drive 5.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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