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Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Morongo Valley–Big Morongo Canyon Trail, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,592 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Morongo Valley–Big Morongo Canyon Trail, 4 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve near Palm Wells, CA. The route reaches Morongo Valley at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 1,592 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,412 – 3,189 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 34.06820, -116.54640
Nearest town Palm Wells, CA
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Morongo Valley–Big Morongo Canyon Trail, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,592 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Elevation 2,410–3,188 ft

Out & Back · Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Trailhead: connector · 34.06820, -116.54640

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Valley Road, heading SE.
  6. 2.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Mesquite Trail, heading S.
  11. 150 ftBear right onto West Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left onto Big Morongo Canyon Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftReach Morongo Valley, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto West Canyon Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Mesquite Trail, heading N.
  16. 100 ftTurn left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Hawk Valley Road, heading NW.
  21. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hawk-valley-road-out-back

Trail surface

1% dirt99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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