Please review our hiker info page to familiarize yourself with hiker safety rules and our hike ratings so that you can select hikes that meet your level of fitness. Unless specified otherwise in the activity descriptions below, hikes have a 15 person limit, and they begin in the ABDNHA parking lot.
Hike: Fern Canyon, Vandeventer Loop
Leader: Robin Halford, ABDNHA Volunteer
This strenuous 6.1-mile loop in the Indian Canyons on the south side of Palm Springs is one of the most popular hiking areas in the Coachella Valley. This hike will include a desert wash, views of the San Jacinto Mountains, and a walk through one of the largest native palm groves in the Southwest. Expect uneven ground and possible soft sand in the wash. No charge. Call the Nature Center at 760-767-3098 to reserve.
Meeting Place: From downtown Palm Springs, drive south on South Palm Canyon Dr. to the fee kiosk; we will meet 300 feet past it. From Borrego Springs, it is a two-hour drive: go east on S22, turn left (north) onto Hwy. 86, then go west onto I-10. Take the Bob Hope exit, go left (south), then right (west) onto Ramon Rd. Go left (south) on Sunrise, then go right (west) on Hwy. 111 / Palm Canyon Dr., and then left (south) on South Palm Canyon Dr.
