Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Desert Willow Trail–Marsh Trail, 3 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 213 ft · 44 min

Desert Willow Trail–Marsh Trail, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve near Morongo Valley, CA. It is mostly level, with 213 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,461 – 2,654 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.05687, -116.56129
Nearest town Morongo Valley, CA

Directions

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Desert Willow Trail–Marsh Trail, 3 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 213 ft · 44 min

Elevation 2,461–2,655 ft

Out & Back · Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Trailhead: 34.05687, -116.56129

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto Desert Willow Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Marsh Trail, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Desert Willow Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Marsh Trail, heading W.
  7. 300 ftReach Yucca Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miBear right onto Mesquite Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.7 miArrive 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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