Mount San Jacinto State Park
California Desert
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 13718
- Established
- 1933
parks detail
- Hook
- An aerial tramway to alpine forest at 8,500 feet — and the 10,834-foot summit John Muir praised
- More
- The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway rises from desert floor to conifer forest in ten minutes — the classic way in for snowshoeing winters and cool summer hiking. Wilderness permits cover the backcountry; the summit push to 10,834 feet earns what Muir called 'the most sublime spectacle on this earth.'
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.814, -116.679