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Desert View Conservation Area

Laferney Avenue–Palm Vista Drive, 4 sights

11.3 mi · ▲ 1,237 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Laferney Avenue–Palm Vista Drive, 4 sights is an 11.3-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,237 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,526 – 3,534 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.10318, -116.28334
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
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Laferney Avenue–Palm Vista Drive, 4 sights

11.3 mi · ▲ 1,237 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Elevation 2,526–3,535 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.10318, -116.28334

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 103°F / low 80° · precip 0% · wind 18 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Jericho Road, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 1.8 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
  12. 1.1 miTurn right onto Pipeline Road, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left onto Laferney Avenue, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miReach Sidewinder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Laferney Avenue, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Pipeline Road, heading S.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading W.
  19. 1.1 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 1.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto Jericho Road, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miBear right onto Sidewinder, heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/laferney-avenue-palm-vista-drive-out-back-4-sights-18-km

Trail surface

39% dirt61% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 103°F80°
Feels like87°Precip0%Wind18 mphUV9Humidity9%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 103°77°
Wed 99°75°
Thu 102°77°
Fri 103°82°
Sat 104°83°
Sun 101°82°

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