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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 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.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Pushwalla Palms / Hidden Palms Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Palms Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 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.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Hidden Palms Viewpoint–Hidden Palms Trail, 5 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 459 ft
- Múmawet via Pushwalla Palms Trail 4 mi · ▲ 380 ft
- McCallum Pond–Herman's Hike, 4 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,250 ft
- Múmawet–McCallum Pond, 5 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,800 ft
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