Desert Trail Drive–El Cajon Drive, 3 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 705 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Desert Trail Drive–El Cajon Drive, 3 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Yucca Valley, CA. It climbs 705 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Desert Trail Drive–El Cajon Drive, 3 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 705 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Elevation 2,695–3,330 ft
Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust
Trailhead: 34.12050, -116.37565
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 102°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Transit-accessible: Indio & Yucca Trail (Montery Bus. Ctr) stop 266 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Memorial Drive, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sunny Vista Road, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Wilson Terrace, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Desert Trail Drive, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach El Cajon Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Border Avenue, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto Wilson Terrace, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto El Cajon Drive, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.2 miArrive 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Indio & Yucca Trail (Montery Bus. Ctr) stop 266 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- El Cajon Drive–Sutton Avenue, 3 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 761 ft
- Cobalt Road–El Cajon Drive, 3 sights 15 mi · ▲ 814 ft
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