Eureka Peak Viewpoint & Eureka Peak Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Yucca Valley, CA. The route reaches Eureka Peak Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 1,572 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,776 – 5,348 ft · steepest grade: 22%9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.08493, -116.37639
Nearest town Yucca Valley, CA
Directions
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Eureka Peak Viewpoint & Eureka Peak Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,572 ft · 3 hr 45 min
Elevation 3,777–5,349 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.08493, -116.37639
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Eureka Peak Trail, heading S.
- 2.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Eureka Peak Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.8 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
52% dirt48% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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