Mica Avenue–Mountain Avenue, 5 sights
12 mi · ▲ 241 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Mica Avenue–Mountain Avenue, 5 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back near Twentynine Palms, CA. It is mostly level, with 241 ft of elevation gain. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mica Avenue–Mountain Avenue, 5 sights
12 mi · ▲ 241 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,758–1,971 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Old Dale Road · 34.13228, -116.02989
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 95°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start on Old Dale Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Broad Street, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Joe Davis Drive, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mountain Avenue, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Two Mile Road, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Mojave Road, heading N.
- 1 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Mica Avenue, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Old Dale Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Raymond Drive, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mojave Road, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Mountain Avenue, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Joe Davis Drive, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Singing Sands Road, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Old Dale Road, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 5:34 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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
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