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McCallum Pond–McCallum Trail, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Hidden Palms, CA. The route reaches McCallum Pond. It is mostly level, with 243 ft of elevation gain. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 764 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.83785, -116.30882
Nearest town Hidden Palms, CA

Directions

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McCallum Pond–McCallum Trail, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 535–763 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 200 ftTurn right onto McCallum Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Moon Country Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftPass McCallum Pond.
  6. 0.8 miReach McCallum Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto McCallum Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 150 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

51% sand2% dirt47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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