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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Valley Road, heading N.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Desert Willow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Marsh Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Desert Willow Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Marsh Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Desert Willow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear left onto Desert Willow Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Marsh Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Desert Willow Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Hawk Valley Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:46 PM
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- Hawk Valley Road 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,392 ft
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