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.
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Black Road Campground Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto California Riding and Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Short Loop Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Campground Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Burnt Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Short Loop Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Black Rock Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto California Riding and Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Black Road Campground Road, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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