Almost two years in the making, the Palms to Pines Birding and Nature Trail brochure is now available for FREE at various locations in and around the Coachella Valley, including the Gift Shop at the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center run by Friends of the Desert Mountains. 

This detailed guide and map highlights ten of the area’s best-known local birding sites.  Included for each site are directions and contact information, a list of habitats and signature bird species, wildlife viewing opportunities and other pertinent information. All ten stops are within a relatively short drive from the trail’s starting point at the National Monument Visitor Center located in Palm Desert on Highway 74.   

This resourceful guide and map, made possible by a grant from Southern California Edison to the Friends of the Desert Mountains, was written by College of the Desert professors Kurt Leuschner, Associate Professor of Natural Resources, and Ruth Nolan, Associate Professor of English.

Resident and visiting birders and nature enthusiasts will want to visit all ten stops and experience the natural wonders that make this area unique. 

Pickup your FREE Guide: Visit the National Monument Visitor Center and pick up your free copy today. For a map to the Vistor Center, click here.

FREE Guide via US Mail: The Friends will send you a copy of the Birding Guide FREE. Just send us an email with your mailing address and we'll send one out right away. click here.

Look at an on-line version: Petroglyph Books and EpiCenter Magazine have kindly added a section on their website that shows the Palms to Pines Birding and Natural Trail Guide. To see it, click here.