Morning Star Road & Sunrise Drive via Gold Park Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Morning Star Road & Sunrise Drive via Gold Park Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Twentynine Palms, CA. It climbs 307 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Morning Star Road & Sunrise Drive via Gold Park Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 2,177–2,477 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sunrise Drive · 34.11616, -116.02462
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 109°F / low 78° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start on Sunrise Drive, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Wilshire Avenue, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Morning Star Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Gold Park Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Sunrise Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wilshire Avenue, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Sunrise Drive, heading NW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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