Desert View Conservation Area

Bad Manor–Palm Vista Drive, 3 sights

13.8 mi · ▲ 1,271 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Bad Manor–Palm Vista Drive, 3 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Desert View Conservation Area near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 1,271 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,585 – 3,376 ft14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.13868, -116.30854
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Bad Manor–Palm Vista Drive, 3 sights

13.8 mi · ▲ 1,271 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Elevation 2,586–3,377 ft

Out & Back · Desert View Conservation Area

Trailhead: 34.13868, -116.30854

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

Transit-accessible: Hwy 62 & Sunburst stop 398 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  4. 1 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
  5. 1.3 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 1.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 400 ftBear left onto Jericho Road, heading SE.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Spike's Run, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Bad Manor, heading E.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Spike's Run, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 350 ftReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bad Manor, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Spike's Run, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jericho Road, heading NW.
  23. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  24. 400 ftBear right, heading W.
  25. 1.8 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading NE.
  29. 1.3 miTurn left onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  30. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
  31. 0.4 miTurn right onto Petunia Drive, heading W.
  32. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Hwy 62 & Sunburst stop 398 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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