Overview

Wild Horse Trailhead is a sandy parking lot along the south end of Wild Horse Road in the mouth of a broad canyon with volcanic mountains all around.

Wild Horse Trailhead provides access the Wild Horse Spur Trail, which is an alternate start (or end) to the Barber Peak Loop Trail and the Hole-in-the-Wall to Mid Hills Trail.

Link to trailhead map.

Getting to the Trailhead

This hike is located in Mojave National Preserve, about 2 hours south of Las Vegas.

From town, drive down to Mojave National Preserve and the Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Center (Table 1, Site 0502), which is about 85 miles south of Las Vegas. From the Visitor Center, drive back out to Black Canyon Road (Site 0836), turn right and drive south for 0.25 miles to Wild Horse Road (Site 1267). Turn right onto the graded Wild Horse Road and drive west for about 1.1 miles to the trailhead parking area (Site 1268), which is on the north (right) side of the road. Park here; this is the trailhead.