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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftSharp left onto McCallum Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading S.
  7. 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading S.
  9. 350 ftPass Hidden Palms Viewpoint.
  10. 0.8 miReach Hidden Palms Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.9 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 NW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 450 ftContinue straight onto McCallum Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  19. 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.

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