Mojave Desert Land Trust

Gold Nugget Road–Terrace Drive, 3 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Gold Nugget Road–Terrace Drive, 3 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Mojave Desert Land Trust near Joshua Tree, CA. It climbs 411 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,618 – 2,930 ft11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Terrace Drive 34.14318, -116.31729
Nearest town Joshua Tree, CA

Directions

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Gold Nugget Road–Terrace Drive, 3 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 2,617–2,931 ft

Out & Back · Mojave Desert Land Trust

Trailhead: Terrace Drive · 34.14318, -116.31729

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Terrace Drive, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading W.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wilson Terrace, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 1 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left onto Sutton Avenue, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Gold Nugget Road, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miReach Terrace Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right onto Sutton Avenue, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Two Mile Road, heading W.
  19. 0.7 miTurn left onto Border Avenue, heading W.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 1 miTurn left onto Wilson Terrace, heading W.
  22. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunny Vista Road, heading W.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left onto Juniper Road, heading S.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  28. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right onto Outpost Road, heading SE.
  30. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftBear right onto Terrace Drive, heading E.
  32. 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

19% dirt81% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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