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Mojave Desert Land Trust

Memorial Drive & Olympic Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Memorial Drive & Olympic Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 406 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3,022 – 3,396 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Olympic Road 34.11252, -116.35276
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
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Memorial Drive & Olympic Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 3,021–3,397 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Olympic Road · 34.11252, -116.35276

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Transit-accessible: Indio & Yucca Trail (Montery Bus. Ctr) stop 266 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Olympic Road, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  4. 450 ftTurn left onto Memorial Drive, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 400 ftTurn right onto Olympic Road, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Memorial Drive, heading S.
  9. 1 miSharp left, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/olympic-road-out-back-6-km-cb74

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Indio & Yucca Trail (Montery Bus. Ctr) stop 266 m from the trailhead

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