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High View Nature Trail & West Side Loop Trail

2 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 53 min

High View Nature Trail & West Side Loop Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Yucca Valley, CA. It climbs 425 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi4,075 – 4,469 ft · steepest grade: 34%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: West Side Loop Trail 34.07633, -116.39931
Nearest town Yucca Valley, CA
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High View Nature Trail & West Side Loop Trail

2 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 53 min

Elevation 4,075–4,470 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: West Side Loop Trail · 34.07633, -116.39931

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 97°F / low 82° · precip 0% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on West Side Loop Trail, heading S.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Boundary Trail West, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading S.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto West Side Loop Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto High View Nature Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Boundary Trail West, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  13. 250 ftBear right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading N.
  14. 150 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/high-view-nature-trail-west-side-loop-trail-out-back-3-km-d975

Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 97°F82°
Feels like81°Precip0%Wind17 mphUV9Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
100°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 96°77°
Wed 94°72°
Thu 98°71°
Fri 99°75°
Sat 100°75°
Sun 95°74°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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