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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.9 miSharp right onto Gabby Hayes, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Desert Drive, heading N.
  9. 1.3 miReach Gabby Hayes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.3 miTurn right onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 450 ftTurn left onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right onto Gabby Hayes, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miSharp left onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading W.
  16. 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

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