Some Guidelines:
Please don't:
  • Light  campfires or light up a cigarette.
  • Bring your pet (dogs, cats, birds, turtles or any other).
  • Collect anything including rocks, flowers or plants.
  • Stray off marked trails ... open desert hiking is not allowed.
  • Bring your mountain bike or any other vehicle, motorized or not.
  • Leave anything behind, including abandoned pets or geocaches.
  • Swim or wade in any of the ponds or creeks.
  • Walk up onto any of the sand dunes.  The Vista Point/Moon Country trail skirts the
    sand dunes.  Try that trail instead.



Please do:

  • Enjoy a picnic on one or our picnic tables under the palms, at the Tamarisk Grove
    along McCallum/Moon Country Trail or on the benches up at McCallum Grove.  
    There is also a picnic table at Pushwalla.
  • Hike on one of our many hiking trails.  
  • Collect photographs of our scenery, plants and wildlife.
  • Bring your horse on one of the approved equestrian trails.  There are three
    equestrian trails.  (Please, no horses in any of the oases.)
  • Visit our Visitor's Center.
  • Enjoy an after-hours hike on Pushwalla, Hidden Palms, Indian Palms or Willis
    (McCallum and the Thousand Palms Oasis are closed once the gate is shut.)
  • Enjoy birdwatching.
  • Check out our geology and look for  fault features of the San Andreas Fault.
  • Watch for a variety of reptiles and mammals.