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Best Easy Day Hikes Palm Springs and Coachella Valley includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

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Best Easy Day Hikes Palm Springs and Coachella Valley includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow hikes within an hour's drive of this year-round desert playground. Discover top-notch trails and preserves in the foothills of the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains, the Indian Canyons, and Big Morongo Canyon, as well as hikes reached from the Palms to Pines Highway. Look inside for:* One-hour strolls to half-day adventures* Hikes for everyone, including families* Mile-by-mile directions and trail maps* Trail Finder for best hikes for geology lovers, children, or dogs.* GPS coordinates

Author Biography

Bruce Grubbs has written more than twenty FalconGuides, including Best Easy Day Hikes to Albuquerque, Tucson, and Phoenix, as well as Hiking Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park Pocket Guide, and Basic Illustrated: Using GPS. He lives in Flagstaff, AZ.

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Best Easy Day Hikes Palm Springs and Coachella Valley includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

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[Setting] - Palm Springs and Coachella Valley, CA Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 42,807. Golf, swimming, tennis, horseback riding and hiking in the nearby desert and mountain areas are major forms of recreation in Palm Springs. Geographically, the Coachella Valley is the agricultural and recreational desert valley in Southern California, United States (U.S.), east of Riverside and San Bernardino. Populated by nearly 600,000 people, the valley is part of the 14th largest metropolitan area in the United States, the Inland Empire.[citation needed] The Coachella Valley is the second largest sub-region in the Inland Empire metropolitan area, after the Greater San Bernardino Area.

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