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Mojave Desert Land Trust

High View–Baker Trail, 5 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,845 ft · 4 hr 45 min

High View–Baker Trail, 5 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Yucca Valley, CA. The route reaches High View at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 1,845 ft. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,763 – 4,475 ft11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Baker Trail 34.09569, -116.46325
Nearest town Yucca Valley, CA
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High View–Baker Trail, 5 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,845 ft · 4 hr 45 min

Elevation 3,765–4,476 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Baker Trail · 34.09569, -116.46325

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 100°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start on Baker Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Kickapoo Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto San Andreas Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Elk Trail, heading S.
  9. 2.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Boundary Trail West, heading E.
  11. 0.9 miSharp right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left onto High View Nature Trail, heading SE.
  13. 350 ftReach High View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 350 ftTurn right onto West Side Loop Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miSharp left onto Boundary Trail West, heading E.
  16. 1.3 miSharp left onto Elata Avenue, heading N.
  17. 1.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  18. 100 ftContinue straight onto Elk Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 300 ftTurn left onto San Andreas Road, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miSharp right onto Kickapoo Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left onto Baker Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miArrive 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-out-back-18-km-18e9

Trail surface

26% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 100°F78°
Feels like82°Precip0%Wind14 mphUV9Humidity16%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 98°72°
Wed 96°69°
Thu 99°77°
Fri 100°80°
Sat 101°80°
Sun 98°77°

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