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Pushwalla Palms Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Indio Hills Palms Park near Pushawalla Palms, CA. It climbs 547 ft. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 1,102 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.84539, -116.26415
Nearest town Pushawalla Palms, CA

Directions

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Pushwalla Palms Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 547 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 536–1,104 ft

Out & Back · Indio Hills Palms Park

Trailhead: 33.84539, -116.26415

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 2.2 miTurn right onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.4 miBear right onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading NE.
  16. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 2.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 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

55% sand36% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:00 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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