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Mark Drive & Papoose Trail via Shoshone Valley Road

8.3 mi · ▲ 436 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Mark Drive & Papoose Trail via Shoshone Valley Road is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Desert Heights, CA. It climbs 436 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,959 – 2,313 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Papoose Trail 34.16786, -116.15060
Nearest town Desert Heights, CA
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Mark Drive & Papoose Trail via Shoshone Valley Road

8.3 mi · ▲ 436 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Elevation 1,959–2,312 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Papoose Trail · 34.16786, -116.15060

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 94°F / low 66° · precip 4% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:22 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

  1. Start on Papoose Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Shoshone Valley Road, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Cove View Road, heading E.
  4. 1.5 miTurn right onto Mark Drive, heading E.
  5. 1.6 miReach Papoose Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.6 miTurn left onto Cove View Road, heading S.
  7. 1.5 miTurn left onto Shoshone Valley Road, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Papoose Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.5 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/mark-drive-out-back

Trail surface

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 94°F66°
Precip4%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity20%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:22 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:07 PM
Sun 83°74° 32%
Mon 95°69°
Tue 98°75°
Wed 99°79°
Thu 100°82°
Fri 96°82°

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