Desert View Conservation Area

Jericho Road–Palm Vista Drive, 3 sights

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,072 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Jericho Road–Palm Vista Drive, 3 sights is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,072 ft. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,585 – 3,402 ft12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.13868, -116.30854
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Jericho Road–Palm Vista Drive, 3 sights

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,072 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 2,586–3,403 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.13868, -116.30854

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Transit-accessible: Hwy 62 & Sunburst stop 398 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  4. 1 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
  5. 1.3 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 1.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 400 ftBear left onto Jericho Road, heading SE.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Spike's Run, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Jericho Road, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Spike's Run, heading S.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jericho Road, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  17. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 1.8 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
  22. 1.3 miTurn left onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  23. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right onto Petunia Drive, heading S.
  25. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

42% dirt58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Hwy 62 & Sunburst stop 398 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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