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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

  1. Start on West Side Loop Trail, heading S.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Boundary Trail West, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading S.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading SE.
  11. 2.7 miSharp right onto Eureka Peak Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Eureka Peak Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miReach Eureka Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Eureka Peak Trail, heading W.
  17. 1 miSharp left onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading NW.
  18. 2.7 miContinue straight onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading NW.
  21. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miBear right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.5 miBear left onto Boundary Trail West, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 250 ftBear right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading W.
  26. 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

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