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02L

Chuckwalla Mountain

5029'

Location: Kern County, about 16 miles north-northeast of Mojave, 110 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club	Kern County
USGS Topo	Cinco 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable PDF file - Approximately 17 megs
	GPX file or Google Earth KML file to download to GPS units and other map software (How to use GPX and KML files)
	Routes as shown on CalTopo using the above files (How to use CalTopo)

Nearby Peaks: Cross Mountain

ROUTE 2

Distance: 8 miles round trip on road and cross-country
Gain: 3100' total, 2700' out plus 400' on return
Time: 5-7 hours round trip
Rating: Class 1, moderate
Navigation: Moderate
Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions
Original: Charlie Knapke, December 1995

DRIVING ROUTE 2

From Mojave, drive north on SR 14 for 19.5 miles to Jawbone Canyon Road on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 4.1 miles, pavement ends.
At 6.3 miles, fork with a gated road to the left. Park here. This is also the parking spot for Cross Mountain.

HIKING ROUTE 2

From the parking area (2700'), hike past the gate for 0.4 mile to a fork to the left.
Turn left and follow this road ("White Rock Mine Road") about a mile to where it turns left and crosses a wash.
Leave the road on the right here and follow this wash a short distance southwest and then up to the top of the ridge straight ahead. This is about 1/4 mile south of elevation 3362'.
Follow the ridge over several bumps until reaching the final slopes of the peak itself, where a motorcycle track comes in from the left.
Take this motorcycle trail to the main saddle just north of Chuckwalla and then head steeply south cross-country to the summit.

NOTES FOR ROUTE 2

Route 2 can be combined with Routes 1 and 2 for Cross Mountain to allow both peaks to be done as a loop trip without the need for a car shuttle. This trip can be done in a clockwise or counter clockwise configuration.

This route is not recommended until access on BLM property is resolved (May 2021). The gate remains locked and security patrol advises hikers that this is private property. BLM property is open to the public, but negotiating the private vs BLM parcels is potentially difficult.