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High Desert National Recreation Trail from Buckhorn Flat to Burkhart Saddle route map
Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
California

High Desert National Recreation Trail from Buckhorn Flat to Burkhart Saddle

Mount Wilson, California

10.8 mi

Distance

4,596 ft

Elev. Gain

4h 57m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for High Desert National Recreation Trail from Buckhorn Flat to Burkhart Saddle unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,728 ft
Max:2,127 ft
Gain:1,401 ft
Loss:1,401 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,728 ft and 2,127 ft across 10.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,728 ft1,861 ft1,994 ft2,127 ft0.0 mi2.7 mi5.4 mi8.1 mi10.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,075 ft
High point5.4 mi2,127 ft
End10.8 mi2,075 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Monrovia, CA · about 11 mi away
County:
Los Angeles County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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