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Dairy Queen Right–Big Trees Loop Trail, 5 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near Indio Hills, CA. The route reaches Dairy Queen Right at the turnaround, 6.7 miles in. It climbs 989 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,731 ft · steepest grade: 19%14.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail 33.95064, -116.15978
Nearest town Indio Hills, CA

Directions

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Dairy Queen Right–Big Trees Loop Trail, 5 sights

13.3 mi · ▲ 989 ft · 4 hr 56 min

Elevation 4,062–4,731 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail · 33.95064, -116.15978

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 94°F / low 75° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.5 miTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 250 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 450 ftBear right onto Dairy Queen Right Approach, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftReach Dairy Queen Right, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading SE.
  19. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  22. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  24. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.5 miTurn right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading SE.
  27. 1.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  29. 0.6 miSharp right onto Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading SE.
  30. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

20% sand6% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 94°F75°
Feels like81°Precip1%Wind12 mphUV9Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Wed 91°70°
Thu 94°72°
Fri 96°75°
Sat 98°75°
Sun 93°74°
Mon 92°71°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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