Via Diablo via Mission Creek Road
12.2 mi · ▲ 1,332 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Via Diablo via Mission Creek Road is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Devil's Garden near Desert Hot Springs, CA. It climbs 1,332 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Via Diablo via Mission Creek Road
12.2 mi · ▲ 1,332 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Elevation 1,351–1,977 ft
Out & Back · Devil's Garden
Trailhead: 33.98922, -116.53901
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 94°F / low 76° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Mission Creek Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Via Diablo, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Via Diablo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mission Creek Road, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.3 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 0.8 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Mission Creek Road
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Mission Creek Road
- 2 mi · out & back · via Mission Creek Road
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Mission Creek Road
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Mission Creek Road
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Mission Creek Road
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Mission Creek Road
- 5.4 mi · out & back · via Mission Creek Road
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- Mission Creek Road 13.7 mi · ▲ 1,444 ft
- Mission Creek Road 13 mi · ▲ 1,390 ft
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