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City of Palm Desert Ironwood Park
Park with a playground, paths & trails. This 15-acre park features a playground, trails & walking paths, picnic pavilions & restrooms.
Homestead Trailhead
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Herb Jeffries Trailhead
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City of Palm Desert Cahuilla Hills Park
Public area with sports courts & trails. Mountainside nature space with tennis & pickleball courts, multi-use trails & picnic tables.
City of Palm Desert Homme-Adams Park
Vast expanse with dog-friendly areas. 27-acre desert destination with multi-purpose trails, picnic facilities & an off-leash dog area.
The Bump And Grind
Steep hiking trail with scenic views. Popular, narrow hiking trail up a steep hillside offering scenic views of the valley.
Palm Desert Cross Hiking Trail
Hiking destination with hilltop cross. Illuminated cross mounted on top of a hill, popular for moderate desert hikes with scenic views.
Fred Wolff Nature Preserve
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Shields Park
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Eisenhower Park
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Bear Creek Nature Trailhead
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Bear Creek Oasis Trailhead
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Cove Oasis Trailhead
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Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
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Cove To Lake Trailhead
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Art Smith Trailhead
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Boo Hoff Trail
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Willis Palm Trailhead
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Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
Scenic mountain area with trails. Mountain backcountry with wilderness areas, state parks & trails for hiking & horse-riding.
Lake Cahuilla Veterans Regional Park
Park with campgrounds, fishing & hiking. Set at the feet of mountains, this park offers campsites, a swimming pool, fishing & hiking.
Cahuilla Park
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Coachella Valley Preserve - Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve
Palm-lined oasis & desert hiking. Nature reserve around a palm-filled oasis offering picnics & hikes in a desert wilderness setting.
Indio Hills Badlands Trailhead
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Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve
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Boo Hoff East Trailhead
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Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail 3E07
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Painted Canyon Trailhead
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Ladder Canyon Trail
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Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail Southern Terminus
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Cap Rock
Joshua trees, desert shrubs & boulders. Short trail through desert scrub dotted with Joshua & juniper trees, plus huge monzogranite rocks.
Idyllwild Nature Center
Natural history museum & hiking trails. Trails & picnic areas surround this museum focusing on local ecology & Cahuilla Native culture.
Deer Springs Trailhead
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Hidden Valley Nature Trailhead
1-mi. hiking loop with rocks to climb. Scenic 1-mi. hiking loop with huge rock formations to climb & views of Joshua trees & desert areas.
Quail Springs Trail
Moderate trail amid desert boulders. 3-mi point-to-point trail along moderately strenuous terrain through unique desert rock formations.
Boy Scout Trail
Backpacking route amid desert scenery. Rustic 8-mile backpacking trail amid desert landscape, with some rocky sections & camping en route.
Barker Dam
Historic reservoir along nature trail. Small lake reservoir built by ranchers in early 1900s to store water; part of a 1.5-mi. loop trail.
South Fork Trail 2E17
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Wall Street Mill
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Skull Rock Trail
Skull-shaped desert rock formation. Skull-shaped desert granite rock formation with 2 depressions like eye sockets created by erosion.
Maze Loop Trailhead
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Split Rock Loop Trail
Scenic path in a desert boulder field. Gentle 2-mile circuit in a boulder field with picturesque rock formations & colorful desert plants.
Pine City Trailhead
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Maze Loop Trail
Moderate path amid rugged desert terrain. Moderately strenuous loop winding through Joshua trees, rock formations & other desert scenery.
Whitewater Preserve
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Arch Rock Nature Trail
Level hiking route to Arch Rock. Gentle hike through a boulder-strewn desert landscape to the Arch Rock granite formation.
Lake Fulmor Day Use Area
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North View Trail
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Willow Hole
Desert oasis in Wonderland of Rocks. Tiny oasis amid fantastic rock formations in Wonderland of Rocks, reached via 7-mi. roundtrip hike.
Black Mountain Trail 2E35
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Indian Cove Nature Trail Trailhead
Short, easy path through desert scenery. Gentle 0.5-mile trail near the Indian Cove campground, showcasing desert flora & rock formations.
Rattlesnake Canyon Trailhead
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Indian Cove Boy Scout Trail
Hiking area with rock formations. Secluded hiking area with a large campground, surrounded by rock formations popular with climbers.
Contact Mine Trail
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Fortynine Palms Oasis
Strenuous route to a desert oasis. Challenging 3-mile round-trip desert path up & over a steep ridge to a scenic oasis with fan palms.
Borrego Palm Canyon Trailhead
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Panoramic Overlook Trail
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Headquarters
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Badlands Viewpoint
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Oasis Of Mara Nature Trail Trailhead
Historic desert oasis with nature trail. Spring-fed oasis & nature trail in desert terrain, the historic site of Indian & other settlement.
Simpson Park
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McSweeny Park
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Valley-Wide's Diamond Valley Lake Community Park
Many baseball fields & a fitness trail. Straightforward, 85-acre park with multiple ball fields, picnic areas & a fitness trail.
Northeast Trailhead Entrance
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Slot Canyon Trail
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Wildflower Trail
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Bill Kenyon Overlook Trail
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Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area
Stark landscape with off-road trails. Vast desert area for off-road exploration, with sand dunes, bubbling mud pools & campsites.
Cactus Loop Trail
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Yaqui Well Trail
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Owlbee Organic Farm
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Hemet Maze Stone
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Large park with campground & wildflowers. Huge desert park featuring hiking trails & fields of wildflowers, plus trees, shrubs & cacti.
Wildwood Canyon State Park
Multi-use trails & ranches on 900 acres. Hiking, biking & equestrian trails wind through 900 acres of Native American & historic ranch lands.
Elephant Tree Discovery Trail
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Zanja Peak
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Salt Creek Trail
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Greer Ranch Trailhead
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Crafton Hills Trailhead
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Ridge Trail
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Gateway Ranch
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Oakmont Park
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