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Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Hawk Valley Road

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,392 ft · 3 hr 32 min

Hawk Valley Road is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve near Palm Wells, CA. It climbs 1,392 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,546 – 3,189 ft · steepest grade: 15%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.06508, -116.54989
Nearest town Palm Wells, CA
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Hawk Valley Road

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,392 ft · 3 hr 32 min

Elevation 2,546–3,188 ft

Out & Back · Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Trailhead: 34.06508, -116.54989

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Valley Road, heading N.
  7. 2.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miSharp left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Hawk Valley Road, heading N.
  17. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hawk-valley-road-out-back-14-km-b2af

Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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