Gold Nugget Road–Terrace Drive, 3 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 3 hr 46 min
Gold Nugget Road–Terrace Drive, 3 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 411 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,618 – 2,930 ft11.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Terrace Drive 34.14318, -116.31729
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
Directions
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Gold Nugget Road–Terrace Drive, 3 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 3 hr 46 min
Elevation 2,617–2,931 ft
Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust
Trailhead: Terrace Drive · 34.14318, -116.31729
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Terrace Drive, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Wilson Terrace, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Sutton Avenue, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Terrace Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sutton Avenue, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto Wilson Terrace, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Outpost Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Terrace Drive, heading E.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
19% dirt81% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.9 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
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