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Cahuilla Peak–Araby Trail, 5 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back near Palm Springs, CA. The route reaches Cahuilla Peak. It climbs 2,177 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi390 – 1,476 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Araby Trail 33.79708, -116.51044
Nearest town Palm Springs, CA

Directions

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Cahuilla Peak–Araby Trail, 5 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 2,177 ft · 3 hr 17 min

Elevation 391–1,475 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Araby Trail · 33.79708, -116.51044

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:23 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Palm Cyn at Horizon Mobile Prk stop 294 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Araby Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 500 ftContinue straight onto Wild Horse Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto Garstin Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 450 ftPass Cahuilla Peak.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Berns Trail (aka Creeping Bob Hope), heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Shannon Trail, heading W.
  13. 500 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.8 miReach Cahuilla Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.9 miTurn right onto Berns Trail (aka Creeping Bob Hope), heading S.
  16. 500 ftSharp left onto Garstin Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  18. 350 ftContinue straight onto Wild Horse Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Araby Trail, heading E.
  20. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  21. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  23. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  24. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:23 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Transit-accessible: Palm Cyn at Horizon Mobile Prk stop 294 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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