High View–Burnt Hill Trail, 4 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,527 ft · 3 hr 42 min
High View–Burnt Hill Trail, 4 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back near Yucca Valley, CA. The route reaches High View at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 1,527 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi3,776 – 4,502 ft · steepest grade: 27%9.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.08493, -116.37639
Nearest town Yucca Valley, CA
Directions
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High View–Burnt Hill Trail, 4 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,527 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Elevation 3,777–4,501 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.08493, -116.37639
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 100°F / low 81° · precip 0% · wind 20 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Short Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto West Side Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto High View Nature Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftReach High View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto West Side Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Short Loop Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.8 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
56% dirt44% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 100°F81°
Feels like84°Precip0%Wind20 mphUV9Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
100°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue
98°79°
Wed
96°73°
Thu
100°73°
Fri
100°76°
Sat
101°76°
Sun
97°76°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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