High View–Ben Mar Trail, 4 sights
13.6 mi · ▲ 3,149 ft · 6 hr 6 min
High View–Ben Mar Trail, 4 sights is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Little Morongo Heights, CA. The route reaches High View at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 3,149 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi3,406 – 4,488 ft · steepest grade: 25%14.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ben Mar Trail 34.09569, -116.48022
Nearest town Little Morongo Heights, CA
Directions
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High View–Ben Mar Trail, 4 sights
13.6 mi · ▲ 3,149 ft · 6 hr 6 min
Elevation 3,405–4,487 ft
Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust
Trailhead: Ben Mar Trail · 34.09569, -116.48022
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start on Ben Mar Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Powerline Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Elk Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Boundary Trail West, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto High View Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftReach High View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Boundary Trail West, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Elata Avenue, heading N.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Powerline Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Ben Mar Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
22% dirt78% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM
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