Joshua Tree Park "Hidden Valley" 9 - panoramio.jpg
David Balmer · CC BY 3.0

Upper Freeway Wall & Lower Freeway Wall is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Lower Freeway Wall before reaching Upper Freeway Wall at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 196 ft of elevation gain. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,075 – 4,190 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road 34.03362, -116.16705
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Upper Freeway Wall & Lower Freeway Wall

2.7 mi · ▲ 196 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 4,074–4,189 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road · 34.03362, -116.16705

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftPass Lower Freeway Wall.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miReach Upper Freeway Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 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 surface

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

More from Keys Ranch Road Trailhead