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Hidden Palms Viewpoint–McCallum Pond, 6 sights is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Indio Hills Palms Park near Willis Palms, CA. The route passes McCallum Pond and Hidden Palms Viewpoint. It climbs 1,967 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi345 – 1,299 ft14.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.82219, -116.32386
Nearest town Willis Palms, CA

Directions

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Hidden Palms Viewpoint–McCallum Pond, 6 sights

13.4 mi · ▲ 1,967 ft · 5 hr 27 min

Elevation 344–1,298 ft

Out & Back · Indio Hills Palms Park

Trailhead: 33.82219, -116.32386

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right onto Willis Palms Loop, heading N.
  4. 0.9 miSharp right onto Herman's Hike, heading SE.
  5. 2 miContinue straight onto Moon Country Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miPass McCallum Pond.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto McCallum Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading SE.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading S.
  15. 300 ftPass Hidden Palms Viewpoint.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hidden Palms Trail, heading S.
  17. 1 miReach Hidden Palms Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 1 miContinue straight onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading N.
  19. 350 ftBear right onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 450 ftContinue straight onto McCallum Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left onto Moon Country Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Herman's Hike, heading NW.
  29. 1.9 miSharp left onto Willis Palms Loop, heading SE.
  30. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  32. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

13% sand9% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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