Music Valley Access Road & Sherman Hoyt Avenue via Gold Park Road
12.1 mi · ▲ 1,087 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Music Valley Access Road & Sherman Hoyt Avenue via Gold Park Road is a 12.1-mile out-and-back near Twentynine Palms, CA. It climbs 1,087 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Music Valley Access Road & Sherman Hoyt Avenue via Gold Park Road
12.1 mi · ▲ 1,087 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Elevation 2,262–3,103 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sherman Hoyt Avenue · 34.11058, -116.02790
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 110°F / low 84° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start on Sherman Hoyt Avenue, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Gold Park Road, heading SE.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Music Valley Access Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Sherman Hoyt Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Gold Park Road, heading N.
- 2.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Sherman Hoyt Avenue, heading W.
- 0.7 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from Sherman Hoyt Avenue Trailhead
- Sherman Hoyt Avenue 2 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Sherman Hoyt Avenue & Sunrise Drive via Wilshire Avenue 5 mi · ▲ 416 ft
- Morning Star Road & Sherman Hoyt Avenue via Gold Park Road 5.9 mi · ▲ 494 ft
- Gold Park Road & Music Valley Access Road 11.1 mi · ▲ 995 ft
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