Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Hawk Valley Road

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,408 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Hawk Valley Road is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve near Palm Wells, CA. It climbs 1,408 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,546 – 3,189 ft · steepest grade: 18%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 34.06820, -116.54640
Nearest town Palm Wells, CA

Directions

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Hawk Valley Road

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,408 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Elevation 2,546–3,188 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 miSharp left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Hawk Valley Road, heading N.
  16. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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