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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

Directions

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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 Aug 3: Clear, high 102°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 19 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 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 surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 102°F78°
Feels like84°Precip0%Wind19 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
105°75°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 101°77°
Wed 98°73°
Thu 102°78°
Fri 103°82°
Sat 103°82°
Sun 99°79°

Good to know

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

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