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.
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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
- Start on Marsh Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Mesquite Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yucca Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Yucca Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mesquite Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Marsh Trail, heading NW.
- 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.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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