Coachella Valley Preserve (Thousand Palms Oasis)
Thousand Palms · near Thousand Palms · California Desert
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- easy
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 2 miles
- Elevation gain
- 150 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Oct–Apr
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- Free (donations accepted); managed by the Center for Natural Lands Management. Seasonal visitor-center and parking hours.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- San Andreas Fault palm oasis · McCallum Pond · Boardwalk through palms · Birding & 1920s cabin
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Combine with the short Pushawalla or Hidden Palms loops for more mileage; the visitor center (an old palm-frond cabin) is worth a stop.
The guide
A genuine desert marvel most first-timers miss: fault movement forces groundwater to the surface here, creating a lush grove of…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Coachella Valley Preserve (Thousand Palms Oasis) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.8254, -116.3057