Desert Trail Drive & Pipeline Road via Two Mile Road

14.4 mi · ▲ 628 ft · 5 hr 7 min

Desert Trail Drive & Pipeline Road via Two Mile Road is a 14.4-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 628 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,389 – 2,753 ft · steepest grade: 17%14.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gianneli Road 34.14069, -116.19444
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Desert Trail Drive & Pipeline Road via Two Mile Road

14.4 mi · ▲ 628 ft · 5 hr 7 min

Elevation 2,390–2,754 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Gianneli Road · 34.14069, -116.19444

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 108°F / low 81° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

  1. Start on Gianneli Road, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Miwok Road, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Whitmoore Road, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sunnyslope Drive, heading W.
  5. 1.4 miTurn right onto Cascade Road, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Two Mile Road, heading W.
  7. 4 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Desert Trail Drive, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miReach Pipeline Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  12. 3.9 miTurn right onto Cascade Road, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pipeline Road, heading S.
  14. 1.4 miTurn right onto Whitmoore Road, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right onto Miwok Road, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Gianneli Road, heading S.
  17. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

2% dirt98% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 108°F81°
Feels like88°Precip0%Wind9 mphUV9Humidity10%
Hourly temperature
110°80°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 107°77°
Wed 105°75°
Thu 106°82°
Fri 107°86°
Sat 107°86°
Sun 103°84°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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