Hidden Palms Viewpoint–McCallum Trail, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Hidden Palms, CA. The route reaches Hidden Palms Viewpoint. It climbs 354 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi535 – 820 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.84273, -116.31041
Nearest town Hidden Palms, CA
Directions
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Hidden Palms Viewpoint–McCallum Trail, 3 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 535–819 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.84273, -116.31041
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left onto McCallum Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftPass Hidden Palms Viewpoint.
- 0.8 miReach Hidden Palms Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto McCallum Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 250 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
46% dirt26% sand28% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:44 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Loop North to Indian Palms–Loop South to Indian Palms, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Moon Country Viewpoint–McCallum Pond, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 230 ft
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