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Saddleback Road & Terrace Drive is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Joshua Tree, CA. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,795 – 2,897 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Terrace Drive 34.14318, -116.31729
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Saddleback Road & Terrace Drive

2.8 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 59 min

Elevation 2,795–2,896 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Terrace Drive · 34.14318, -116.31729

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 105°F / low 80° · precip 0% · wind 21 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Terrace Drive, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Saddleback Road, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miReach Terrace Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Outpost Road, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Terrace Drive, heading E.
  12. 0.1 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

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 105°F80°
Feels like88°Precip0%Wind21 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Tue 104°79°
Wed 102°76°
Thu 104°81°
Fri 105°84°
Sat 105°84°
Sun 101°81°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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