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Mojave Desert Land Trust

Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 593 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 593 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,585 – 3,084 ft10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.11253, -116.31411
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
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Palm Vista Drive & Sutton Avenue via Gold Nugget Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 593 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Elevation 2,586–3,085 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: 34.11253, -116.31411

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 103°F / low 82° · precip 0% · wind 24 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 1.4 miTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading N.
  8. 1.6 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sutton Avenue, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading S.
  13. 1.6 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cottonwood Drive, heading S.
  15. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/palm-vista-drive-sutton-avenue-out-back-16-km-5d1b

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 103°F82°
Feels like88°Precip0%Wind24 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 103°82°
Wed 100°77°
Thu 103°80°
Fri 104°83°
Sat 104°83°
Sun 100°80°

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