Yucca Canyon Trail
This moderate trail wanders three miles through Yucca Canyon and up a ridge to gain views of the Yucca Basin and Big Canyon.
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Yucca Canyon Trail Details
This moderate trail wanders three miles through Yucca Canyon and up a ridge to gain views of the Yucca Basin and Big Canyon. The trailhead is on a side road off of Highway 418, just before the road reaches the parking lot for Slaughter Canyon Cave. A jeep road leads west along the park boundary fence until you come to the Yucca Canyon Trailhead (this road is rutted and requires a high clearance, four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive vehicle). The entire trail is 7.5 miles round trip, though once you've gained the top of the plateau there is an option to continue on a less-maintained trail that drops into Big Canyon. The maintained part of the trail gains 1,520 feet in elevation.
Difficulty
Moderate
Distance
7.5 miles
Estimated time
Region
N/A
Nearby Parks Around Yucca Canyon Trail
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Yucca Canyon Trail
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1.5 mi away
Slaughter Canyon Cave
Located at the end of Highway 418, this is one of the park's many undeveloped caves, also called "wild caves."
1.5 mi away
Slaughter Canyon Cave Tour
This moderately difficult tour takes you deep inside one of the park's many undeveloped caves.
1.7 mi away
North Slaughter Canyon Trail
This trail winds along the bottom of Middle Slaughter Canyon before merging with North Slaughter Canyon.
6.8 mi away
Rattlesnake Canyon Trail
This moderate trail descends a side canyon into Rattlesnake Canyon.
7.2 mi away
Rattlesnake Springs
An area of wetlands in the southwestern section of the park.
