Mojave Desert Land Trust

Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 593 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 593 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,585 – 3,084 ft10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.11253, -116.31411
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 593 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Elevation 2,586–3,085 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: 34.11253, -116.31411

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 1.4 miTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading N.
  8. 1.6 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sutton Avenue, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading S.
  13. 1.6 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cottonwood Drive, heading S.
  15. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

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