Hidden Palms Viewpoint & Pushwalla Palms Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Hidden Palms, CA. The route reaches Hidden Palms Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 218 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi535 – 774 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.83785, -116.30882
Nearest town Hidden Palms, CA
Directions
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Hidden Palms Viewpoint & Pushwalla Palms Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 49 min
Elevation 536–775 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.83785, -116.30882
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftPass Hidden Palms Viewpoint.
- 0.6 miReach Hidden Palms Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 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
70% dirt30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:44 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- McCallum Pond–McCallum Trail, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Pushwalla Palms Trail 4 mi · ▲ 321 ft
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