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Pushwalla Palms Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Indio Hills Palms Park near Pushawalla Palms, CA. It climbs 547 ft. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 1,102 ft8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.84573, -116.26200
Nearest town Pushawalla Palms, CA

Directions

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Pushwalla Palms Trail

8.1 mi · ▲ 547 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 536–1,104 ft

Out & Back · Indio Hills Palms Park

Trailhead: 33.84573, -116.26200

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftBear left, 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 N.
  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 W.
  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 miBear right, heading N.
  18. 100 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:10 PM.

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