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 Sep 21: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start on Olympic Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Memorial Drive, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach El Cajon Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:45 PM
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More from Olympic Road Trailhead
- Olympic Road 5 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Memorial Drive & Olympic Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 406 ft
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