Mojave Desert Land Trust

Terrace Drive–Verbena Road, 3 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 490 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Terrace Drive–Verbena Road, 3 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 490 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,585 – 2,989 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rice Avenue 34.13140, -116.28230
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Terrace Drive–Verbena Road, 3 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 490 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Elevation 2,586–2,990 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Rice Avenue · 34.13140, -116.28230

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

Transit-accessible: White Feather Rd. & Hwy 62 (Medical Buildings) stop 612 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Rice Avenue, heading N.
  2. 1.3 miTurn left onto Two Mile Road, heading W.
  3. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 1 miTurn left onto Wilson Terrace, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Terrace Drive, heading S.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right onto Verbena Road, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miReach Wilson Terrace, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left onto Sherwood Road, heading E.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Wilson Terrace, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  20. 1 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
  21. 1.2 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

36% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: White Feather Rd. & Hwy 62 (Medical Buildings) stop 612 m from the trailhead

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