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Canyon & Painted Canyon Road (Easy)

4.8 mi · ▲ 2,103 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Canyon & Painted Canyon Road (Easy) is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Cactus City, CA. It climbs 2,103 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly sand. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 1,211 ft · steepest grade: 34%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Painted Canyon Road (Easy) 33.61906, -115.99911
Nearest town Cactus City, CA
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Canyon & Painted Canyon Road (Easy)

4.8 mi · ▲ 2,103 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 587–1,212 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Painted Canyon Road (Easy) · 33.61906, -115.99911

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Painted Canyon Road (Easy), heading NE.
  2. 1.7 miBear right onto Canyon, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miReach Painted Canyon Road (Easy), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.7 miBear left onto Painted Canyon Road (Easy), heading S.
  5. 1.7 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/painted-canyon-road-easy-out-back-6-km-184f

Trail surface

71% sand29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:59 AMSunset 7:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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