Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road
9 mi · ▲ 767 ft · 3 hr 23 min
Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road is a 9-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 767 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,585 – 3,235 ft9.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.11095, -116.29089
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
Directions
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Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road
9 mi · ▲ 767 ft · 3 hr 23 min
Elevation 2,586–3,236 ft
Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area
Trailhead: 34.11095, -116.29089
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 103°F / low 81° · precip 0% · wind 21 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sutton Avenue, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 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
47% dirt53% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 103°F81°
Feels like87°Precip0%Wind21 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue
102°80°
Wed
100°75°
Thu
103°80°
Fri
104°83°
Sat
105°84°
Sun
101°81°
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