Múmawet via Pushwalla Palms Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Indio Hills Palms Park near Hidden Palms, CA. The route reaches Múmawet. It climbs 380 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Directions
Múmawet via Pushwalla Palms Trail
4 mi · ▲ 380 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 536–860 ft
Out & Back · Indio Hills Palms Park
Trailhead: 33.83563, -116.30802
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 NW.
- 50 ftPass Múmawet.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Múmawet, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 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
Weather
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 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Hidden Palms Viewpoint & Pushwalla Palms Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 218 ft
- Moon Country Viewpoint–McCallum Pond, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- McCallum Pond–McCallum Trail, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Hidden Palms Viewpoint–Hidden Palms Trail, 5 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 459 ft
- Pushwalla Palms Trail 4 mi · ▲ 321 ft
- Pushwalla Palms Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 356 ft
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