Red Tail
Campground
Campground · 1.3 mi from the trail
California · Hiking · San Jacinto Wilderness · Near Desert Hot Springs
Cedar
Photo: bossco, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 2.1 mi
- round trip
- 469 ft
- climb
- 7,892 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
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Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 2 alerts for San Bernardino National Forest.
Safety Alert - Falling Rocks at Bonita Falls
Agency alert covering San Bernardino National Forest · USFS · San Bernardino National Forest
Fire Restrictions
Agency alert covering San Bernardino National Forest · Order 05-12-00-26-05 · USFS · San Bernardino National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · San Bernardino National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Cedar is an easy out-and-back hike of about 2 miles in the San Jacinto Wilderness, part of the San Jacinto Ranger District of San Bernardino National Forest in California. The trail rises about 470 feet from a low point near 7,417 feet to a high point of about 7,892 feet, and the surface is natural. The hike sits within designated wilderness, and the Forest Service manages the land. Kings Trail lies about half a mile away, and Skunk Cabbage is about a mile off, so it pairs easily with either of those routes. Climbers can head to Satellite Boulders, roughly 1.4 miles away, and Fern Basin campground is about 5 miles out.
Around this trail
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More in Desert Hot SpringsLocal outfitters
- Borrego Outfitters40 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Kings TrailHikingPhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.6 mi
Skunk CabbageHikingPhoto: Rick McCharles, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)1 mi- Satellite BouldersRock climbing1.4 mi
- Willow Creek TrailRock climbingPhoto: Rick McCharles, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)1.4 mi
- San Jacinto - Santa Rosa Mountains Recreation AreaLake fishing4.5 mi
- Marion MountainSaltwater fishing4.5 mi
- Fern BasinCamping4.9 mi
Black Mountain (san Bernardino)CampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain5.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Kings TrailHiking · ~1 min drivePhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
High TrailHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: Vadim Manuylov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
CarambaHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Wellman's Cienaga TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: HikingMike, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Tamarack Valley TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Vadim Manuylov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Round Valley TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Raymond Shobe from Palm Springs, CA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Devil's SlideHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: atramos, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Desert View TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Raymond Shobe from Palm Springs, CA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Peak TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Ernie Maxwell Scenic TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: atramos, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Also worth it near here
Willow CreekMountain biking · ~1 min drivePhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Willow Creek TrailRock climbing · ~2 min drivePhoto: Rick McCharles, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
San Jacinto PeakSummit · ~4 min drivePhoto: Wattewyl, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Little Round ValleyCamping · ~4 min drivePhoto: HikingMike — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
