Desert View Conservation Area

Palm Vista Drive & Sidewinder via Two Mile Road

14 mi · ▲ 1,098 ft · 5 hr 13 min

Palm Vista Drive & Sidewinder via Two Mile Road is a 14-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,098 ft. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,585 – 3,386 ft14.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.14561, -116.32827
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Palm Vista Drive & Sidewinder via Two Mile Road

14 mi · ▲ 1,098 ft · 5 hr 13 min

Elevation 2,586–3,385 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.14561, -116.32827

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Outpost Road, heading S.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Wilson Terrace, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading E.
  8. 1 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading S.
  9. 1.3 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 300 ftContinue straight onto Jericho Road, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Sidewinder, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 250 ftReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miBear left onto Jericho Road, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 1.8 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  28. 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading NE.
  29. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading S.
  30. 1.3 miTurn left onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  31. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
  32. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  33. 1 miTurn left onto Wilson Terrace, heading W.
  34. 0.5 miTurn right onto Outpost Road, heading W.
  35. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  36. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

36% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

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