Palm Springs International Airport 1 hr 4
Tortoise Rock Casino (7 min.) Large casino providing slots table games & live entertainment plus a lounge & casual eatery. Keys Ranch (39 min) Park and desert Hidden Valley Nature Trail (35 min) Scenic 1-mi. hiking loop with huge rock formations to climb & views of Joshua trees & desert areas. Arch Rock Nature Trail (20 min) Hiking Desert Queen Mine (27 min) Mining and desert Arch Rock (20 min) Large natural rock formation some 30 ft. across along the 0.5-mi. Arch Rock desert loop trail. Wall Street Mill (31 min) Mining Oasis Visitor Center (5 min.) Visitor center with educational exhibits a water station & gift shop plus picnic tables & a trail. Sky S The Limit Observatory And Nature Center (8 min) Observatory Barker Dam (33 min) Small lake reservoir built by ranchers in early 1900s to store water part of a 1.5-mi. loop trail. Skull Rock (19 min) Skull-shaped desert granite rock formation with 2 depressions like eye sockets created by erosion. Fortynine Palms Oasis Trail (13 min.) Ryan Mountain (29 min) 5 456-ft. mountain offering desert plants & a 2.7-mi. trail to the top with views of Pinto Basin. Wonderland Of Rocks (21 min) Expansive range of monzogranite rock formations reachable by the Willow Hole Trail. |