Palm Canyon–Art Smith Trail Loop, 7 sights is a 14.5-mile loop near Cathedral City, CA. The route reaches Palm Canyon. It climbs 2,816 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi643 – 2,402 ft · steepest grade: 24%15.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.76186, -116.47551
Nearest town Cathedral City, CA
Directions
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Palm Canyon–Art Smith Trail Loop, 7 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 2,816 ft · 6 hr 14 min
Elevation 644–2,401 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 33.76186, -116.47551
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:23 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cathedral Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Dunn Road Connector Trail, heading W.
- 1 miSharp left onto Wild Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fern Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Victor Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Palm Canyon.
- 1 miBear right onto Vandeventer Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Victor Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dry Wash Trail, heading SE.
- 3 miTurn left onto Dunn Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Art Smith Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 2.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
20% sand13% dirt67% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:23 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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