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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 1.9 miTurn left onto Eureka Peak Trail, heading S.
  3. 2.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 250 ftReach Eureka Peak Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 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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