Hidden Palms Viewpoint via Pushwalla Palms Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Indio Hills Palms Park near Pushawalla Palms, CA. The route reaches Hidden Palms Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 548 ft. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi564 – 1,102 ft8.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.84539, -116.26415
Nearest town Pushawalla Palms, CA
Directions
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Hidden Palms Viewpoint via Pushwalla Palms Trail
7.9 mi · ▲ 548 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Elevation 563–1,104 ft
Out & Back · Indio Hills Palms Park
Trailhead: 33.84539, -116.26415
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miPass Hidden Palms Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miReach Hidden Palms Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
57% sand34% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:00 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Moon Country Viewpoint–McCallum Pond, 3 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 708 ft
- Pushwalla Palms Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 547 ft
- Pushwalla Palms Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 547 ft
- Pushwalla Palms Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 547 ft
- Pushwalla Palms Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 547 ft
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