High View–Black Rock Canyon Trail, 5 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 32 min

High View–Black Rock Canyon Trail, 5 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Yucca Valley, CA. The route reaches High View at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 585 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,960 – 4,475 ft · steepest grade: 33%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Black Road Campground Road 34.07544, -116.38806
Nearest town Yucca Valley, CA

Directions

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High View–Black Rock Canyon Trail, 5 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 3,961–4,476 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Black Road Campground Road · 34.07544, -116.38806

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 98°F / low 82° · precip 0% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Black Road Campground Road, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto California Riding and Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miBear left onto Short Loop Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading NW.
  8. 450 ftTurn 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. 350 ftReach High View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 350 ftTurn left onto West Side Loop Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading SE.
  15. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miSharp left onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Short Loop Trail, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.5 miContinue straight onto California Riding and Hiking Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Black Road Campground Road, heading N.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F82°
Feels like82°Precip0%Wind17 mphUV9Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
100°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 97°77°
Wed 95°72°
Thu 99°72°
Fri 100°75°
Sat 100°75°
Sun 96°75°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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