Hidden Palms Oasis is part of the Coachella Valley Preserve trail system. We had a great time finding the hidden palms among all the other oases in the area. We took a loop of trails that was about 6 miles long but it could be shortened up depending which trails you chose.
We hiked along a ridge and down to the end bottom end of Pushawalla Oasis and then found a new trail up the canyon wall to the end of the Horseshoe Oasis from this point the Hidden Palms were almost a mile off to the southwest.
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| Indian Palms to the north of the ridge |
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| Horseshoe Palms |
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| Thousand Palms |
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| San Jacinto Mountains |
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| Lizard pointing the way down the trail |
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| New trail up from the canyon |
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| Mistletoe has some berries forming on the branches |
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| Horseshoe Palms up close |
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| A first look of the Hidden Palms arriving from the east. |
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| Nice cluster of palms |
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| The center of the oasis |
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| This is the view of the Hidden Palms you see when you come from the Northwest trail |
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| The palms are hiding just around the corner giving the impression that you might be on the wrong trail. We met a few couples around this area and they were sure they were lost. |
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