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California Riding And Hiking

Trail29 km · 18 miBest Oct–Apr

Next nearby hike: Skull Rock Nature 0.9 mi · 1.4 kmExplore Joshua Tree National Park →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 12–23 °C (54–73 °F)

  1. J13°1°21
  2. F14°2°19
  3. M18°4°14
  4. A22°7°3
  5. M27°12°3
  6. J32°16°1
  7. J34°20°12
  8. A33°20°15
  9. S30°16°10
  10. O23°10°7
  11. N17°5°9
  12. D12°1°18

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

About 29 km (18 mi) long, California Riding And Hiking is a trail in Joshua Tree National Park, California, United States of America. It lies about 19 km south of Twentynine Palms. It connects with Split Rock Connector.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length
29 km · 18 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
National Park Service
Data from
National Park Service
Nearest town
19 km S of Twentynine Palms (San Bernardino County, California) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Joshua Tree National Park
Connects to
Split Rock Connector (at its start or end)
Best months
Oct–Apr
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route centre
33.9800, -116.0646
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail centre

Skull Rock Nature

0.9 mi · 1.4 km · Joshua Tree National Park

Split Rock Connector

2.1 mi · 3.4 km · Joshua Tree National Park

Lucky Boy Vista/Queen Mine Loop

2.7 mi · 4.3 km · Joshua Tree National Park

Paac Kü̱vü̱hü̱’k

3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Joshua Tree National Park

Ryan Mountain Trail

4.2 mi · 6.7 km · Joshua Tree National Park

Hexahedron Mine

5.0 mi · 8.1 km · Joshua Tree National Park

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