AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mojave Desert Land Trust

Skyline Drive

2 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 50 min

Skyline Drive is a 2-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 334 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi3,278 – 3,557 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountain View Trail 34.10704, -116.33592
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
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Skyline Drive

2 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 50 min

Elevation 3,279–3,558 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Mountain View Trail · 34.10704, -116.33592

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

  1. Start on Mountain View Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  3. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.7 miReach Skyline Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftArrive 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/skyline-drive-out-back-3-km-9bb7

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

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