Mojave Desert Land Trust

Desert Trail Drive–Terrace Drive, 3 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Desert Trail Drive–Terrace Drive, 3 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 332 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,694 – 2,930 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Terrace Drive 34.14318, -116.31729
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Desert Trail Drive–Terrace Drive, 3 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 2,695–2,931 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Terrace Drive · 34.14318, -116.31729

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Terrace Drive, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading W.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wilson Terrace, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Desert Trail Drive, heading N.
  14. 0.5 miReach Terrace Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right onto Border Avenue, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 1 miTurn left onto Wilson Terrace, heading W.
  18. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading S.
  23. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right onto Outpost Road, heading SE.
  26. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Terrace Drive, heading E.
  28. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

22% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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