Desert View Conservation Area

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 1.3 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading N.
  10. 1.6 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sutton Avenue, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
  15. 1.6 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 1.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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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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