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Berdoo / Thermal Canyon Trail & Thermal Canyon Road

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,075 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Berdoo / Thermal Canyon Trail & Thermal Canyon Road is a 10.1-mile out-and-back near Cactus City, CA. It climbs 1,075 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,723 – 2,825 ft · steepest grade: 15%10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.69626, -116.00050
Nearest town Cactus City, CA
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Berdoo / Thermal Canyon Trail & Thermal Canyon Road

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,075 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 1,724–2,824 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.69626, -116.00050

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Thermal Canyon Road, heading NE.
  4. 3.6 miContinue straight onto Berdoo / Thermal Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.8 miReach Thermal Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Thermal Canyon Road, heading SE.
  7. 3.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 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/thermal-canyon-road-out-back-16-km

Trail surface

70% dirt15% gravel15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:59 AMSunset 7:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:23 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:10 PM.

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