AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mark Drive & Papoose Trail via Shoshone Valley Road

8.3 mi · ▲ 436 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Mark Drive & Papoose Trail via Shoshone Valley Road is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Desert Heights, CA. It climbs 436 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,959 – 2,313 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Papoose Trail 34.16786, -116.15060
Nearest town Desert Heights, CA
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Mark Drive & Papoose Trail via Shoshone Valley Road

8.3 mi · ▲ 436 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Elevation 1,959–2,312 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Papoose Trail · 34.16786, -116.15060

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 109°F / low 78° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start on Papoose Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Shoshone Valley Road, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Cove View Road, heading E.
  4. 1.5 miTurn right onto Mark Drive, heading E.
  5. 1.6 miReach Papoose Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.6 miTurn left onto Cove View Road, heading S.
  7. 1.5 miTurn left onto Shoshone Valley Road, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Papoose Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.5 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/mark-drive-out-back

Trail surface

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 109°F78°
Feels like86°Precip1%Wind10 mphUV9Humidity10%
Hourly temperature
110°75°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Wed 106°75°
Thu 106°83°
Fri 108°87°
Sat 109°88°
Sun 106°88°
Mon 103°83°

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