AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Music Valley Access Road & Sunrise Drive via Gold Park Road

12.2 mi · ▲ 1,112 ft · 4 hr 37 min

Music Valley Access Road & Sunrise Drive via Gold Park Road is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Twentynine Palms, CA. It climbs 1,112 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,175 – 3,104 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sunrise Drive 34.11616, -116.02462
Nearest town Twentynine Palms, CA
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Music Valley Access Road & Sunrise Drive via Gold Park Road

12.2 mi · ▲ 1,112 ft · 4 hr 37 min

Elevation 2,177–3,103 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 5:57 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

  1. Start on Sunrise Drive, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Wilshire Avenue, heading S.
  3. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Gold Park Road, heading E.
  6. 2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 1.4 miSharp left onto Music Valley Access Road, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miReach Sunrise Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Gold Park Road, heading N.
  12. 1.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Wilshire Avenue, heading NW.
  15. 1.2 miBear left onto Sunrise Drive, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 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/music-valley-access-road-sunrise-drive-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 109°F78°
Feels like85°Precip1%Wind5 mphUV9Humidity8%
Hourly temperature
110°75°
Sunrise 5:57 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Wed 107°76°
Thu 107°84°
Fri 109°86°
Sat 110°87°
Sun 107°87°
Mon 104°84°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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