Dichondra Avenue via Pampas Avenue
4.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Dichondra Avenue via Pampas Avenue is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Desert Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dichondra Avenue via Pampas Avenue
4.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 2,205–2,302 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.18965, -116.13301
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pampas Avenue, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Nandina Street, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Bluegrass Avenue, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Mesa Drive, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Dichondra Avenue, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Raymond Drive, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Pampas Avenue, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Dichondra Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Raymond Drive, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Dichondra Avenue, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Mesa Drive, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bluegrass Avenue, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Nandina Street, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pampas Avenue, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 6:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pampas Avenue
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Pampas Avenue
- 3 mi · out & back · via Pampas Avenue
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Pampas Avenue
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Pampas Avenue
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Pampas Avenue
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Pampas Avenue
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Pampas Avenue
More from this trailhead
- Cielito Drive 7 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Crystal View Road & Rorick Way 5.2 mi · ▲ 190 ft
- Cielito Drive & Valle Vista Road 7.9 mi · ▲ 392 ft
- Mesa Drive 2.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Pampas Avenue 3.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Meldora Avenue via Giant Rock Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 106 ft
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