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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right onto Rice Avenue, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Palm Vista Drive, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Old Dale Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Jericho Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Spike's Run, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Bad Manor, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Spike's Run, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftReach Palm Vista Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 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.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Palm Vista Drive, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rice Avenue, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Petunia Drive, heading W.
- 0.8 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
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
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
- 3.9 mi · out & back · via Two Mile Road
More from this trailhead
- Appian Way & Pipeline Road via Two Mile Road 13.1 mi · ▲ 435 ft
- Two Mile Road 10.8 mi · ▲ 350 ft
- Two Mile Road 6.2 mi · ▲ 217 ft
- Good Manor–Palm Vista Drive, 3 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 1,043 ft
- Jericho Road–Palm Vista Drive, 3 sights 12.3 mi · ▲ 1,072 ft
- Two Mile Road 5.2 mi · ▲ 165 ft
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