Loop 1 · 8 h window · 315 mi
7 h 50 loop · 2 stops · back by 4:50 PM.
- Pisgah Crater · 15 min
- Jensen Ranch Historical Park · 45 min
Destinations · California
Desert Hot Springs
CA · 33.9610, -116.5010
From Desert Hot Springs, California, Byway's registries place 1 national park, 3 public land units and 51 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Get in
Having a car is definitely the easiest option.
Day-trip loops
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
National parks
- Joshua Tree National Park · 3 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- Black Rock Campground · 10 mi
- Black Mountain Group Campground · 16 mi
- Black Mountain Yellow Post Sites · 17 mi
- Boulder Basin Campground · 17 mi
- Dark Canyon Campground · 17 mi
- Coon Creek Cabin Group Campground · 18 mi
- Fern Basin Campground · 18 mi
- Marion Mountain Campground · 18 mi
Named places
- Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo and Museum · 1 mi
- Miracle Hill · 1 mi
- Devers Hill · 4 mi
- Garnet Hill · 5 mi
- Flat Top Mountain · 7 mi
- Whitewater Hill · 7 mi
- Edom Hill · 7 mi
- Painted Hill · 8 mi
A day out of Desert Hot Springs, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Palm Springs · 10 mi
- Cathedral City · 11 mi
- Yucca Valley · 13 mi
- Rancho Mirage · 14 mi
- Joshua Tree · 16 mi
- Palm Desert · 18 mi