Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 4 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 564 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 4 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 564 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi3,169 – 3,534 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.10304, -116.28599
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA
Directions
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Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 4 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 564 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 3,170–3,535 ft
Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area
Trailhead: 34.10304, -116.28599
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Backside Cutoff, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Spike's Run, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bad Manor, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Spike's Run, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jericho Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Sidewinder, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Haggis, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sidewinder, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 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
26% dirt74% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM
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