Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Yucca Ridge Viewpoint & Marsh Trail

1 mi · ▲ 123 ft · 24 min

Yucca Ridge Viewpoint & Marsh Trail is a 1-mile out-and-back in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve near Morongo Valley, CA. The route reaches Yucca Ridge Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 123 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,461 – 2,569 ft · steepest grade: 19%1.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Marsh Trail 34.05056, -116.57043
Nearest town Morongo Valley, CA

Directions

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Yucca Ridge Viewpoint & Marsh Trail

1 mi · ▲ 123 ft · 24 min

Elevation 2,461–2,569 ft

Out & Back · Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Trailhead: Marsh Trail · 34.05056, -116.57043

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:01 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Marsh Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Mesquite Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miReach Yucca Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mesquite Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Marsh Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Weather

Sunrise 6:01 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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