Bh1270

This is a 2.2-mile-long desert trail through the BLM land north of the Table Top Wilderness and Interstate 8. The east end of the trail departs from a more major desert road (Bh1271), and it meanders west through a flat desert terrain on a mix of hard-packed dirt and sand. The trail enters a wide sandy wash with lots of tracks to follow, lined with paloverde trees, desert ironwood, and velvet mesquite. The wash is mostly made of fine white sand, but there are a few brush piles and flat rock surfaces to watch out for, as well as small dips and ruts in the sand. The wash ranges from 10 to 20 feet wide at times. The trail continues through the wash in a very straight line, with minimal elevation change, paralleling the highway the whole time. It ends at an unmarked intersection at the edge of private property in the wash, where a small trail takes you south to the highway, which you can cross to access a few more trails or the Sonoran Desert National Monument Staging Area.