There are waterfalls, creeks and the world’s largest California fan palm oasis. Still, what's most compelling about the Tahquitz and Indian canyons of Palm Springs might just be the backstory.
This is good advice on many desert trails, and it’s doubly true on the outskirts of Palm Springs, where the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians owns several publicly accessible canyons. In Palm Canyon, you find the world’s largest California fan palm oasis. In Andreas Canyon, there’s a year-round creek. In Tahquitz Canyon, if the weather has been wet enough, you’ll reach a 60-foot waterfall and a pool where Jim Morrison once waded.
You can hear parts of that story on a hike with a ranger, as I did recently in Tahquitz Canyon, or hike on your own in Tahquitz, Palm, Andreas or Murray canyons .Before 2023 is done, you may also be able to soak up more history at the tribe’s long-awaited cultural plaza, which will include a museum next to a spa built around the waters that gave Palm Springs its name.“Some of my best memories are hiking Tahquitz Canyon,” Agua Caliente Tribal Chairman Reid D.
Agua Caliente Tribal Ranger Christopher Castro leads hikers through Tahquitz Canyon near Palm Springs.
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