Desert View Conservation Area

Haggis–Laferney Avenue, 6 sights

15.6 mi · ▲ 1,298 ft · 5 hr 51 min

Haggis–Laferney Avenue, 6 sights is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,298 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,375 – 3,527 ft · steepest grade: 23%16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.10536, -116.28336
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Haggis–Laferney Avenue, 6 sights

15.6 mi · ▲ 1,298 ft · 5 hr 51 min

Elevation 2,376–3,527 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.10536, -116.28336

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading N.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto Haggis, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftBear right onto Desert Tortoise Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 1.2 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading N.
  17. 1.1 miTurn right onto Pipeline Road, heading N.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left onto Laferney Avenue, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  20. 2.9 miReach Haggis, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 2.9 miTurn left onto Laferney Avenue, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right onto Pipeline Road, heading S.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading W.
  24. 1.1 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 1.2 miTurn right onto Desert Tortoise Trail, heading S.
  29. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  30. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  34. 350 ftBear left onto Sidewinder, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Haggis, heading SW.
  36. 150 ftBear right onto Sidewinder, heading E.
  37. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  38. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM

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