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Pushwalla Palms Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Indio Hills Palms Park near Hidden Palms, CA. It climbs 356 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi505 – 860 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.83351, -116.31015
Nearest town Hidden Palms, CA

Directions

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Pushwalla Palms Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 505–860 ft

Out & Back · Indio Hills Palms Park

Trailhead: 33.83351, -116.31015

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn left onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Pushwalla Palms Trail, heading S.
  8. 1.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 1.4 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 W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:00 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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