Printable Peak Guide

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Location: Riverside County, about 10 miles southeast of the town of Joshua Tree, 143 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Riverside County
Park Service	Joshua Tree National Park
USGS Topos	Indian Cove 7½, Keys View 7½, Joshua Tree South 7½, East Deception Canyon 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable PDF file - Approximately 10 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)

(National Park Service Entrance Fee)

Take I-10 east through Banning to SR 62.
Go north on SR 62 to SR 247 (Old Woman Springs Road) in Yucca Valley.
Continue about 2.8 miles east on SR 62 to La Contenta Road (traffic signal). Turn right (south) onto La Contenta Road. Note odometer and go as follows:
Drive south on La Contenta Road (pavement ends at 1.0 mile) to a junction at 2.8 miles. Make a half left turn.
Continue on La Contenta Road to Joshua Tree National Park boundary at 4.5 miles. There is a road junction to the left near the boundary. Disregard junction and continue straight.
Road junction at 5.8 miles. Go to the right. The road straight ahead goes to Nolina Cove.
Road junction at 8.8 miles. Continue straight. The road to the right goes to Upper Covington Flat.
Road ends at 9.4 miles. Park here in Lower Covington Flat.

Contact the National Park Service at (760) 367-5525 for road conditions.

From the parking area (4600'), head east on the California Riding and Hiking Trail for about 3.0 miles, until you reach the small gullies draining to the southwest. This is right before the trail makes a sharp turn to the south.
At the second gully crossing (5000'), leave the trail and hike up the nose of the ridge in a generally east-southeast direction to the top of the ridge (5640'). Be sure to note your location as this ridge is hard to see on the return.
Continue on the ridgeline in an easterly and then northeasterly direction, crossing over several bumps.
Contour around bump 5787' on the left and into the saddle southwest of the summit of Quail Mountain.
Continue to the northeast up the slope to the summit of Quail Mountain.