Morning Star Road & Sherman Hoyt Avenue via Gold Park Road

5.9 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Morning Star Road & Sherman Hoyt Avenue via Gold Park Road is a 5.9-mile out-and-back near Twentynine Palms, CA. It climbs 494 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,264 – 2,569 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sherman Hoyt Avenue 34.11058, -116.02790
Nearest town Twentynine Palms, CA

Directions

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Morning Star Road & Sherman Hoyt Avenue via Gold Park Road

5.9 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 2,262–2,569 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sherman Hoyt Avenue · 34.11058, -116.02790

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start on Sherman Hoyt Avenue, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Gold Park Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Morning Star Road, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miReach Sherman Hoyt Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wilshire Avenue, heading S.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto Gold Park Road, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 1.1 miBear right onto Sherman Hoyt Avenue, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:58 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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