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Pushwalla Palms Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Indio Hills Palms Park near Hidden Palms, CA. It climbs 321 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 860 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Pushwalla Palms Trail

4 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 536–860 ft

Out & Back · Indio Hills Palms Park

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 E.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading SW.
  3. 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 1.4 miBear right onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading NW.
  10. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 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

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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