AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Sherman Hoyt Avenue & Sunrise Drive via Wilshire Avenue

5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Sherman Hoyt Avenue & Sunrise Drive via Wilshire Avenue is a 5-mile out-and-back near Twentynine Palms, CA. It climbs 416 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,175 – 2,438 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sherman Hoyt Avenue 34.11058, -116.02790
Nearest town Twentynine Palms, CA
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Sherman Hoyt Avenue & Sunrise Drive via Wilshire Avenue

5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 2,177–2,436 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sherman Hoyt Avenue · 34.11058, -116.02790

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start on Sherman Hoyt Avenue, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Gold Park Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Morning Star Road, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wilshire Avenue, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Sunrise Drive, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miReach Sherman Hoyt Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear right onto Wilshire Avenue, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Morning Star Road, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Gold Park Road, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sherman Hoyt Avenue, heading N.
  16. 0.7 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/sherman-hoyt-avenue-sunrise-drive-out-back-8-km-2799

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:58 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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