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Cobalt Road & Flamingo Avenue via Rice Avenue

4 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Cobalt Road & Flamingo Avenue via Rice Avenue is a 4-mile out-and-back near Joshua Tree, CA. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,556 – 2,664 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Desert Shadow Road 34.13289, -116.28328
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
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Cobalt Road & Flamingo Avenue via Rice Avenue

4 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 2,556–2,665 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Desert Shadow Road · 34.13289, -116.28328

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Transit-accessible: White Feather Rd. & Hwy 62 (Medical Buildings) stop 592 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Desert Shadow Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading N.
  3. 1.2 miTurn right onto Cobalt Road, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 400 ftBear left onto Flamingo Avenue, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miReach Cobalt Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 400 ftBear right onto Cobalt Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading W.
  10. 1.2 miTurn right onto Desert Shadow Road, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/flamingo-avenue-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: White Feather Rd. & Hwy 62 (Medical Buildings) stop 592 m from the trailhead

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