Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area–Trashcan Rock - East Face, 6 sights is a 15.6-mile out-and-back near Indio Hills, CA. The route passes Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area before reaching Trashcan Rock - East Face at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 862 ft. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,954 – 4,731 ft16.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail 33.95064, -116.15978
Nearest town Indio Hills, CA
Directions
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Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area–Trashcan Rock - East Face, 6 sights
15.6 mi · ▲ 862 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Elevation 3,955–4,731 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail · 33.95064, -116.15978
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 95°F / low 79° · precip 0% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading N.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
- 3.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Trashcan Rock - East Face.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 3.9 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 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
44% sand4% dirt52% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 95°F79°
Feels like82°Precip0%Wind14 mphUV9Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue
93°77°
Wed
90°70°
Thu
95°72°
Fri
96°76°
Sat
96°75°
Sun
92°73°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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