AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Hilltop Drive via Pampas Avenue

5.3 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Hilltop Drive via Pampas Avenue is a 5.3-mile out-and-back near Desert Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 215 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,126 – 2,290 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.18965, -116.13301
Nearest town Desert Heights, CA
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Hilltop Drive via Pampas Avenue

5.3 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 2,126–2,290 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.18965, -116.13301

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pampas Avenue, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Nandina Street, heading E.
  4. 1.4 miSharp left onto Ramona Road, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hilltop Drive, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miReach Hilltop Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Ramona Road, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right onto Meldora Avenue, heading N.
  9. 1.4 miTurn right onto Pampas Avenue, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.2 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/hilltop-drive-out-back-9-km

Weather

Sunrise 5:59 AMSunset 7:44 PM

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