AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Desert Flower Avenue–Hillcrest Drive, 4 sights

7 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Desert Flower Avenue–Hillcrest Drive, 4 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back near Desert Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,972 – 2,129 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Desert Flower Avenue 34.19351, -116.11998
Nearest town Desert Heights, CA
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Directions

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Desert Flower Avenue–Hillcrest Drive, 4 sights

7 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 1,972–2,130 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Desert Flower Avenue · 34.19351, -116.11998

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 109°F / low 79° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start on Desert Flower Avenue, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rorick Way, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Desert Heights Drive, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left onto Giant Rock Road, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hillcrest Drive, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Mark Drive, heading E.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right onto Lupine Avenue, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miReach Desert Flower Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Mark Drive, heading W.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hillcrest Drive, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left onto Giant Rock Road, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Desert Heights Drive, heading N.
  13. 0.8 miTurn left onto Rorick Way, heading W.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto Desert Flower Avenue, heading S.
  15. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/desert-flower-avenue-hillcrest-drive-out-back-4-sights-11-km

Trail surface

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 109°F79°
Feels like85°Precip1%Wind8 mphUV9Humidity10%
Hourly temperature
110°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Wed 106°75°
Thu 106°84°
Fri 108°87°
Sat 109°88°
Sun 106°88°
Mon 104°83°

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