Desert View Conservation Area

Old Dale Road

4.2 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Old Dale Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 614 ft. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,684 – 3,235 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.11095, -116.29089
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Old Dale Road

4.2 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 2,683–3,236 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.11095, -116.29089

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 250 ftBear right onto Desert Tortoise Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 1.2 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  10. 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 1.2 miTurn right onto Desert Tortoise Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

11% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

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