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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)

  1. J16°5°19
  2. F17°6°16
  3. M21°8°12
  4. A25°11°2
  5. M30°15°3
  6. J35°20°1
  7. J37°23°10
  8. A36°23°16
  9. S33°20°10
  10. O27°14°7
  11. N20°8°7
  12. D15°4°15

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.

Trail facts

Length
17 km · 11 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
National Park Service
Data from
National Park Service
Mountain range
Transverse Ranges (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
Nearest town
29 km E of Indio Hills (Riverside County, California) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Joshua Tree National Park
Best months
Oct–Apr
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route centre
33.8795, -115.9144
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.

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