Mojave Desert Trailheads
(between Las Vegas, Bishop, Los Angeles)

Revised 3 Dec 2014 - please send updates to the webmaster

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northeast Great Basin Trailheads (Mono Lake Area, southern Utah, northern Arizona, northern Nevada)
southeast Sonora Desert Trailheads (East of Los Angeles, south of Flagstaff)
southwest Los Angeles Area Trailheads (if anyone ever submits anything)
west Southern Sierra Trailheads (Walker and Sherman Pass area)
northwest Eastern Sierra Trailheads and Junctions (accessed from Hwy 395)
info GPS waypoints: download GPX file

Click on the map labels or scroll down to find links to each of the trailheads shown on this overview:

Mojave Desert Trailheads (click on any black label) and Towns (in red)

Canyon Pt and Panamint Butte Potosi Mtn (southern Spring Mtns) Charleston Mummy McFarland (central Spring Mtns) Mt Stirling (northern Spring Mtns) Hayford Peak Virgin Pk and Moapa Pk Telescope, Sentinel, Porter, Manly, Needle Pyramid, Stewart, Pahrump, Nopah, Eagle, Brown, Smith, Avawatz, Kingston Clark Mtn & New York Mtn Kelso Area: Old Dad, Granite, Edgar, Mitchell Inyo Mtns and Nelson Range McCullough Mtn Grapevine, Palmer, Corkscrew Sonora Desert including Mexico Los Angeles Area Eastern Sierra Nevada Hwy 395 Southern Sierra Nevada Great Basin Mt Tipton, south of Las Vegas Spirit Mtn south of Las Vegas Sandy Point and Last Chance Mtn Waucoba Dry and Tin Bridge Mtn (eastern Spring Mtns) Muddy Peak near Las Vegas

waypointtrailheadcomments
WAUCOP Waucoba Mtn on the Waucoba Saline Road, south of Death Valley Road
SANDTH
LASTTH
Sandy Point
Last Chance Mtn
just north of Death Valley
DRYMTH
TINMTH
Dry Mtn
Tin Mtn
far north end of Death Valley
on the Racetrack Road
CERROG
LONGJT
UNWA2W, UNWA4W
Inyo Mountains
east of Lone Pine
Cerro Gordo (for Pleasant Point, or the traverse)
Long John (for New York Butte)
Union Wash (for Inyo and Keynot, or the traverse)
NEL2WD, NEL4WD Nelson Range Nelson Range highpoint is east of the Inyos
PANATH, TOWNPS, CAN4WD
EMIGTH, LEM2WD, LEM4WD
Cottonwood Mountains Northern Panamint Range near Stovepipe Wells
access to Canyon Pt, Panamint Butte, Towne Point
MOSAIC, SKIDOO, EMIGPS Tucki Mountain access to Tucki Mtn and Pinto Pk
MAHOGF
CHRKIL
Wildrose Canyon high point of Panamint Range
access to Telescope and Wildrose
PLC2WD, PORTSR,
COOPER, MORMON,
SUR2WD, CWCAMP
Pleasant Canyon
Surprise Canyon
southern Panamint Range near Ballarat
access to Porter and Sentinel from either canyon
RUSSEL, QUAILS,
NEDLTH, WILLOW
Mengel Pass southern tip of the Panamint Range
access to Needle and Manly
PHIN2W, PHIN4W
CORKTH, CORKTS
TITUSC, TTSCN1, TTNTH1
Grapevine and Palmer
Corkscrew and Thimble
Titanothere and Titus Canyons
northern Death Valley (Grapevine Mountains)
WILLOW
REDSUM
Bridge Mountain west of Las Vegas
PYR2WD
STEWTH
PAH2WD
EAGNTH
BRN2WD BRN4WD
SMITTH
Pyramid Peak
Stewart Point
Pahrump Point
Eagle Mtn N
Brown Peak
Smith Mtn
Northern Tecopa Area
between Shoshone and Death Valley
AVA4WD
KING4W
TECOPA
Avawatz Mtn
Kingston Pk
Tecopa Hot Springs
Southern Tecopa Area
between Baker and Tecopa
GRANTH
DAD2WD DAD4WD
Granite N
Old Dad
Kelso Area: east of Barstow (Granite Mountains)
MITCHR
GIL2WD GIL4WD
STONEC
Edgar Peak
Edgar/Mitchell Loop
Mitchell Point
Kelso Area: east of Barstow (Providence Mountains)
CLKMTH
NYM2WD
Clark Mtn
New York Mtn
Mountain Pass Area
between Barstow and Las Vegas
MCULTH McCullough Mtn south of Las Vegas, near Primm (at the CA/NV border)
SPIRTH Spirit Mtn south of Las Vegas, near Lake Mead
HAY2WD Hayford Peak north of Las Vegas, east of Charleston
MUDCAR Muddy Peak northeast of Las Vegas
MOAP2W
MOAP4W
VIRG2W
VIRG4W
Moapa and Virgin Peaks northeast of Las Vegas, halfway to Zion National Park near the Virgin River
TPTNTH Mt Tipton south of Las Vegas, near Lake Mead


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