Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Desert Willow Trail & Marsh Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,428 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Desert Willow Trail & Marsh Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve near Palm Wells, CA. It climbs 1,428 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,510 – 3,189 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.06392, -116.54896
Nearest town Palm Wells, CA

Directions

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Desert Willow Trail & Marsh Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,428 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Elevation 2,511–3,188 ft

Out & Back · Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Trailhead: 34.06392, -116.54896

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Valley Road, heading N.
  8. 2.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Desert Willow Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Marsh Trail, heading S.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Desert Willow Trail, heading S.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Marsh Trail, heading S.
  16. 300 ftReach Desert Willow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 300 ftBear left onto Desert Willow Trail, heading W.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Marsh Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Desert Willow Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miBear left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Hawk Valley Road, heading NW.
  26. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  27. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  32. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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