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Mojave Desert Land Trust

Bourbon Street & Ducor Avenue

6.6 mi · ▲ 740 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Bourbon Street & Ducor Avenue is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 740 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,789 – 3,215 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.13854, -116.32390
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
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Bourbon Street & Ducor Avenue

6.6 mi · ▲ 740 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 2,789–3,217 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: 34.13854, -116.32390

Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 89°F / low 71° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Outpost Road, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading S.
  5. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto Bourbon Street, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Scheprmann Lane, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 0.3 miBear left onto Ducor Avenue, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miReach Bourbon Street, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  18. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear right onto Hacienda Road, heading N.
  22. 0.7 miTurn left onto Bourbon Street, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sunny Vista Road, heading S.
  24. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading S.
  26. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  27. 0.4 miBear right onto Outpost Road, heading E.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  29. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bourbon-street-ducor-avenue-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

28% dirt72% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 89°F71°
Feels like82°Precip0%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
90°70°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:46 PM
Mon 86°68°
Tue 84°63°
Wed 90°68°
Thu 90°71°
Fri 90°70°
Sat 91°70°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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