Eureka Peak–Bigfoot Trail, 4 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back near Yucca Valley, CA. The route reaches Eureka Peak at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 1,880 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,075 – 5,512 ft · steepest grade: 35%10.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: West Side Loop Trail 34.07633, -116.39931
Nearest town Yucca Valley, CA
Directions
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Eureka Peak–Bigfoot Trail, 4 sights
10 mi · ▲ 1,880 ft · 4 hr 16 min
Elevation 4,075–5,513 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: West Side Loop Trail · 34.07633, -116.39931
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on West Side Loop Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Boundary Trail West, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 2.7 miSharp right onto Eureka Peak Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Eureka Peak Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Eureka Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Eureka Peak Trail, heading W.
- 1 miSharp left onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 2.7 miContinue straight onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Boundary Trail West, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from West Side Loop Trail Trailhead
- Bigfoot Spur–Burnt Hill Trail, 4 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 1,406 ft
- Ben Mar Trail & Boundary Trail West via Elata Avenue 12.7 mi · ▲ 2,893 ft
- Black Rock Canyon Trail–Burnt Hill Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 539 ft
- Burnt Hill Trail–Short Loop Trail, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Campground Road & West Side Loop Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Boundary Trail West 2.1 mi · ▲ 337 ft
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