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El Cajon Drive via Memorial Drive is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 296 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3,101 – 3,429 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Olympic Road 34.11252, -116.35276
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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El Cajon Drive via Memorial Drive

3.2 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 3,100–3,427 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Olympic Road · 34.11252, -116.35276

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 102°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 19 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start on Olympic Road, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Memorial Drive, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miReach El Cajon Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 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.

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 102°F78°
Feels like84°Precip0%Wind19 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
105°75°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 101°77°
Wed 98°73°
Thu 102°78°
Fri 103°82°
Sat 103°82°
Sun 99°79°

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