Skyline Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Palm Springs, CA. It climbs 933 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi469 – 1,404 ft · steepest grade: 36%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.83007, -116.55176
Nearest town Palm Springs, CA
Directions
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Skyline Trail
2 mi · ▲ 933 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 470–1,406 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.83007, -116.55176
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:23 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Transit-accessible: Indian Cyn at Tamarisk stop 713 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 200 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
48% dirt52% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:23 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Indian Cyn at Tamarisk stop 713 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
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- Skyline Trail 2 mi · ▲ 933 ft
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