Desert Drive–Gabby Hayes, 3 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 2,323 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Desert Drive–Gabby Hayes, 3 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Cahuilla Hills, CA. It climbs 2,323 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi262 – 968 ft · steepest grade: 33%8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.70893, -116.39844
Nearest town Cahuilla Hills, CA
Directions
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Desert Drive–Gabby Hayes, 3 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 2,323 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Elevation 262–967 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.70893, -116.39844
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:22 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Gabby Hayes, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Desert Drive, heading N.
- 1.3 miReach Gabby Hayes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Gabby Hayes, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading W.
- 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 surface
65% dirt35% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:22 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Hopalong Cassidy Trail
- 2.9 mi · loop · via Hopalong Cassidy Trail
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Hopalong Cassidy Trail
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Hopalong Cassidy Trail
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Hopalong Cassidy Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Hopalong Cassidy Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Hopalong Cassidy Trail
- 5.3 mi · out & back · via Hopalong Cassidy Trail
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- Hopalong Cassidy Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 732 ft
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