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Whitewater Ranger Station to Cottonwood TH via PCT route map
Difficulty: DifficultPoint to Point
California

Whitewater Ranger Station to Cottonwood TH via PCT

Whitewater, California

7.8 mi

Distance

2,159 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 14m

Est. Time

Point to Point

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Whitewater Ranger Station to Cottonwood TH via PCT 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:528 ft
Max:990 ft
Gain:658 ft
Loss:804 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 528 ft and 990 ft across 7.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.528 ft682 ft836 ft990 ft0.0 mi1.9 mi3.9 mi5.8 mi7.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi674 ft
High point4.1 mi990 ft
End7.8 mi528 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Whitewater, CA · about 2 mi away
County:
Riverside 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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