Monument Mountain - 4.29.2015
A photo of our GPS track to Monument Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park... 6.5 miles roundtrip, gaining 1971 feet of elevation.
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From the Cottonwood Visitor Center, we drove ~5 miles on the Pinkham Canyon Road and parked here... note that the road is a four wheel drive road... our Rav4 barely made it... and the sides of your car will be scratched by the desert brush that is crowding the road.
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This is what you will see on the opposite side of the road from where you park... there is no mention of Monument Mountain.
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Hiking cross-country for the SE ridge of Monument Mountain.
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robman is on the SE ridge of Monument Mountain... Pinkham Canyon and the Cottonwood Mountains are behind him.
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Snowdog points to where we are heading... but we aren't sure where the summit is.
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Now we can see a pyramid starting to stand out on the right.
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Snowdog heading for the pyramid.
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Snowdog on the Monument Mountain summit (4834').
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Looking east from the summit.
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Looking west from the summit... we can see the San Jacinto Mountains on the horizon on the left.
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Looking north from the summit.
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The survey marker for Monument Mountain.
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Group shot on the summit... robman, Snowdog and ragman.
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Heading back to the car and looking back to the summit.
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