Hidden Palms Viewpoint–Hidden Palms Trail, 5 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Indio Hills Palms Park near Hidden Palms, CA. The route reaches Hidden Palms Viewpoint. It climbs 459 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi505 – 774 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.83351, -116.31015
Nearest town Hidden Palms, CA
Directions
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Hidden Palms Viewpoint–Hidden Palms Trail, 5 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 505–775 ft
Out & Back · Indio Hills Palms Park
Trailhead: 33.83351, -116.31015
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftPass Hidden Palms Viewpoint.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Hidden Palms Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Loop South to Indian Palms, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Loop North to Indian Palms, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
63% dirt37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:44 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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