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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.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 860 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.83563, -116.30802
Nearest town Hidden Palms, CA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Múmawet.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miReach Múmawet, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 1.4 miBear right onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 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

71% dirt29% 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 8:41 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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