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26F

Lost Horse Mountain

5313'
(UTM 799853)

Location: Riverside County, about 12 miles southwest of Twentynine Palms, 142 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club	Riverside County
Park Service	Joshua Tree National Park
USGS Topo	Keys View 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.1 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)

ROUTE 1

(National Park Service Entrance Fee)

Distance: 5 miles round trip on road and cross-country
Gain: 900' total, 800' out plus 100' on return
Time: 2.5 hours round trip
Rating: Class 1, easy
Navigation: Easy
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, March 1968

DRIVING ROUTE 1

Take I-10 east past Banning to the intersection with SR 62.
Go north on SR 62 to Park Road in the town of Joshua Tree with a sign "Joshua Tree National Park". Turn right.
Drive 16 miles on this road to the intersection with the Keys View Road. Turn right.
Continue 2.5 miles farther to the Lost Horse Mine Road on the left. Turn left.
Drive this road southeast, 1.0 mile to its end at a parking lot at a locked gate. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

From the parking area (4,580'), pass the gate and hike east up a wash about 100' to a sign "Trail".
Turn left and follow the trail, actually an old road, to where it goes up a gully below the Lost Horse Mine building, and comes out on a saddle south-southeast of the mine.
Here, leave the road and go up the ridge to the right (southwest) to the summit.