Olympic Road is a 5-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 388 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3,022 – 3,429 ft5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Olympic Road 34.11252, -116.35276
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
Directions
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Olympic Road
5 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 3,021–3,427 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
- Start on Olympic Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Memorial Drive, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Olympic Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Olympic Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Memorial Drive, heading W.
- 1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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
66% dirt34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM
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More from Olympic Road Trailhead
- El Cajon Drive via Memorial Drive 3.2 mi · ▲ 296 ft
- Memorial Drive & Olympic Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 406 ft
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