Desert Drive Viewpoint–Gabby Hayes, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 1,468 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Desert Drive Viewpoint–Gabby Hayes, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Palm Desert, CA. The route reaches Desert Drive Viewpoint. It climbs 1,468 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Desert Drive Viewpoint–Gabby Hayes, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 1,468 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 220–1,252 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Gabby Hayes · 33.71420, -116.40050
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 100°F / low 66° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:22 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gabby Hayes, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Desert Drive, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Desert Drive Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Mike Schuler Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Hopalong Cassidy Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Herb Jeffries Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Gabby Hayes, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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