Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping and Hike / Day 13: Day hike up to Teutonia Peak then looping around the west side of Cima Dome via Deer Spring, Mojave National Preserve 15
Too bad my camera is broken and I don't have photos of most of this excellent hike! 12 miles round trip from my campsite on the east side of Cima Road near Sunrise Rock.
I start the day not knowing exactly where I'll go, since this stop on the trip wasn't planned. I liked it when I stopped here during my 2006 trip, so now's my chance to explore some more.
Most photos here are actually from my trip to this area in 2006.
I have the whole day to spend up here on Cima Dome, so I'll do a hike up to Teutonia Peak and beyond
It's so windy up here on Cima Dome this morning that it takes quite a while to boil water for coffee
View of Teutonia Peak from the area of my campsite near Sunrise Rock
After a lazy morning, I start hiking the half mile up the dirt road that leads from my campsite to Cima Road
The road curves and aims toward Teutonia Peak as it heads back to the paved Cima Road
Just before reaching Cima Road, I pass a point of interest: the "covered cross"
The dirt road ends and I walk across Cima Road to reach the Teutonia Peak Trail, looking back to Kessler Peak
The two-mile trail to Teutonia Peak is one of just two official, maintained trails in the expansive Mojave National Preserve
Interpretive panel ("Desert Woodland") at the start of the Teutonia Peak Trail
View of Teutonia Peak from the Valley View Ranch area
The 3-mile hike up the dead-end road to Deer Spring climbs slowly, then I hike over the summit of Cima Dome through joshua trees
I walk across Cima Road with images of the loop hike around Cima Dome still fresh in my mind
I walk the last 1/2 mile down the dirt road to my Cima Dome campsite for one last night in Mojave National Preserve
Cima Dome / Teutonia Peak hike route as viewed in Google Earth
Mojave National Preserve map: Day 13: Cima Dome day hike including Teutonia Peak and Deer Spring