Lime Kilns via Cactus Forest Trail
A short cactus-forest out-and-back to the historic lime kilns.
- Distance
- 1.0 mi · Out & back
- Time
- 20 min
- Surface
- Mostly firm hard desert soil with an eroded rut
- Grade / hills
- Flat segment; numeric grade not separately published
Start
Cactus Forest North Trailhead, Cactus Forest Loop Drive
Directions
Route
- Begin at Cactus Forest North Trailhead on Cactus Forest Loop Drive.
- Follow the Cactus Forest Trail south for 0.5 mile, crossing the documented early rain-eroded rut, to the signed Lime Kilns site.
- Turn around at the Lime Kilns and retrace the same trail to the North Trailhead.
Good to know
NPS describes this first half-mile as flat and wide except for a rain-eroded rut less than 0.1 mile from the trailhead. The segment crosses hard desert soil toward the kilns, but exact grade, cross-slope, width, and rut dimensions are not separately published. Turn around at the kilns; beyond them the longer trail becomes rockier, narrower, and more uneven.