• CANCELLED: Indio Badlands Trail Full Moon Hike – 7pm Group

    Indio Hills Badlands Trail Golf Center Parkway, Indio, CA, United States

    DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND POOR AIR QUALITY, THIS HIKE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Strap on your hiking boots for a full moon hike on the first mile of the Indio […]

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  • CANCELLED: Indio Badlands Trail Full Moon Hike – 7:15p Group

    Indio Hills Badlands Trail Golf Center Parkway, Indio, CA, United States

    DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND POOR AIR QUALITY, THIS HIKE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Strap on your hiking boots for a full moon hike on the first mile of the Indio […]

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  • CANCELADO: Excursión Bajo la Luna Llena en el Sendero Indio Hills

    Indio Hills Badlands Trail Golf Center Parkway, Indio, CA, United States

    ESTE EVENTO HA SIDO CANCELADO. Póngase las botas de montaña para una caminata bajo la luna llena en el sendero Indio Hills. Mientras nos embarcamos en esta caminata, la luz […]

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  • CANCELLED: Indio Badlands Trail Full Moon Hike – 7:30p Group

    Indio Hills Badlands Trail Golf Center Parkway, Indio, CA, United States

    DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND POOR AIR QUALITY, THIS HIKE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Strap on your hiking boots for a full moon hike on the first mile of the Indio […]

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  • La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 7pm Group

    La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

    Experience the desert in the moonlight!Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all types […]

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  • La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 7:15p Group

    La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

    Experience the desert in the moonlight!Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all types […]

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  • La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 7:30p Group

    La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

    Experience the desert in the moonlight!Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all types […]

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  • CANCELLED: Night Sky Star Observations – La Quinta

    La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

    DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Friends of the Desert Mountains volunteer astronomers will be setting up their telescopes and are inviting you to their “star party”. […]

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  • La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 7:45p Group

    La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

    Experience the desert in the moonlight!Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all types […]

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  • CANCELLED: Yoga with a Ranger

    Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER FORECAST. Join a National Monument park ranger for an outdoor fun yoga flow for all skill levels. Connect with the landscape through […]

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  • CANCELLED: Rancho Mirage-Chuckwalla Trail Full Moon Hike

    Rancho Mirage City Hall Parking Lot 69825 California 111, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

    THIS HIKE IS CANCELLED DUE TO FORECAST INCLEMENT WEATHER. Grab your hiking boots and join Friends of the Desert Mountains volunteer docents on a full moon hike on the lower […]

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  • Pushawalla Palm Oasis Loop Trail

    Pushawalla Palms Trailhead Thousand Palms Canyon Road, Desert Hot Springs, CA, United States

    Join us for a MODERATELY STRENUOUS hike to Pushawalla Palms Oasis. This 4.8-mile hike involves an elevation gain of over 700 feet. The hike begins in a sandy wash that […]

  • Ed Hastey Garden Walk

    Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Enjoy the garden surrounding the National Monument Visitor Center.Enjoy strolling the Ed Hastey Garden Walk led by Friends’ volunteer docent. It is a great introduction to learn about native plants […]

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  • Bear Creek Wash/Oasis Trail Hike

    Cove Oasis Trailhead Parking Lot Calle Tecate and Avenida Juarez, La Quinta, CA, United States

    Enjoy a hike in La Quinta Cove!Join Friends’ volunteer docent for this strenuous, interpretive hike. The trail will climb to the scenic overlook of the San Jacinto Mountain and expansive […]

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  • VOLUNTEER ONLY: “For the Love of Chuckwalla” Bus Tour

    Sam’s Club Parking Lot 34220 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Volunteers – join us on this free fun bus tour of the new Chuckwalla National Monument. Enjoy a luxury bus tour of Box Canyon: Optional hike from the Mecca Grotto […]

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  • Randall Henderson Interpretative Hike – Partial Trail

    Randall Henderson Trailhead 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Explore this popular trail on the National MonumentGEOLOGY OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY!Hiking the Randall Henderson Trail makes the ideal place to talk about the Geology of the Coachella Valley. From […]

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  • Randall Henderson Interpretative Hike – Full Trail

    Randall Henderson Trailhead 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Explore this popular trail on the National MonumentGEOLOGY OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY!Hiking the Randall Henderson Trail makes the ideal place to talk about the Geology of the Coachella Valley. From […]

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  • Birding Walk-About, Desert Willow

    Desert Willow Golf Resort 38-995 Desert Willow Drive, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Calling All Birders!Grab your binoculars and join a Friends volunteer docent birding expert to look for our feathered desert residents. In this unique urban area, we are still able to […]

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  • Araby Trail Hike

    Araby Trailhead Southridge Drive, Palm Springs, CA, United States

    Our volunteers will take you on a guided hike through the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument!J. Smeaton Chase, an Englishman is credited with naming the Araby Trail. […]

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  • Bear Creek Wash Trail Hike

    Cove Oasis Trailhead Parking Lot Calle Tecate and Avenida Juarez, La Quinta, CA, United States

    Enjoy a hike in La Quinta Cove! Join us for this interpretative hike up the Bear Creek Wash. This hike is rated as easy with 4 miles round-trip and an […]

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  • Birding Walk-About, Desert Willow

    Desert Willow Golf Resort 38-995 Desert Willow Drive, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Calling All Birders!Grab your binoculars and join a Friends volunteer docent birding expert to look for our feathered desert residents. In this unique urban area, we are still able to […]

    Free
  • Ed Hastey Garden Walk

    Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Enjoy strolling the Ed Hastey Garden Walk led by Friends’ volunteer docent. It is a great introduction to learn about native plants and animals that inhabit our desert, and the […]

  • CANCELLED – VOLUNTEER ONLY: Boyd Deep Canyon Field Day

    Friends of the Desert Mountains 51500 California 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT. Expand your knowledge of the Desert Mountains and be a better “Friend”. We have arranged a special trip to the Boyd […]

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  • 2025 Wildflower Trail Run/Walk

    Santa Rosa-San Jacinto Mountains National Monument 51-500 California 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Families and friends, come out and start your day with a TRAIL RUN/WALK on the Randall Henderson Trail on Saturday, February 22. Registration begins at 7:30 AM, Trail Run/Walk starts […]

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  • Star Party in the Mountains

    Sawmill Trailhead Parking Lot HGHX+XQG, Pinyon Pines, CA

    Join members of the Astronomical Society of the Desert for fun “sky tours” and direct observations of the night sky through telescopes and binoculars. This is a family event. Minors […]

  • Randall Henderson Interpretative Hike – Partial Trail

    Randall Henderson Trailhead 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Explore this popular trail on the National MonumentWILDFLOWERS! HOW DO THEY SURVIVE IN A DESERT?Not every year in the desert produces a super bloom. So how do the seeds of […]

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