Tahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs, California

December 16, 2022

Tahquitz Canyon was a great one-and-a-half-hour hike that leads you up into the canyon.

This Canyon is on the Agua Calienti Reservation land so there is a cost and it is $15 per adult. We had $2.50 off each of us, because we went to another trail on reservation land, so they gave us the discount.

A good view of Palm Springs even at the bottom of the Canyon. If you look you can see thousands of Palm trees

There is free parking and a Visitor Center where you can watch a quick little movie about theTahquitz legend. There is a small gift shop and this is where the bathrooms are located. You have to have 16 oz of water per person on you or they won't let you up into the canyon. You can buy water there for $2 per bottle.

The rocks and the boulders here are sublime and I stopped numerous times just to stare at these gigantic things.

There are ancient irrigation systems up in this Canyon that the Agua Calienti used. There is a lot of history in these canyon walls.

In some areas, it's quite steep but there have been steps built into the rocks to make this climb a lot easier.

When you first come up to the pool at the bottom of the falls it is breathtaking.

The falls are supposed to be 60 ft but what you can see is only about 30 to 35 ft and it's very pretty. There is enough room to sit on the rocks and have a picnic up there if you so wish.

This Tahquitz Canyon Trail is well taken care of and well-managed and there are many Tribal Rangers on the property.

The falls are in the picture to the right.

It is the first time we have seen Maple trees in Palm Springs. These maple trees were at the highest elevation.

Due to the level of the elevation on this hike, you might want to bring a jacket because it can get cooler up at higher elevations.

There are supposed to be many ancient food prep areas scattered throughout the canyon and we did happen to see one. This rock below has water pooled in it but it once was where food would have been ground down by a mortar.

There's also supposed to be rock art up in the canyon but we didn't see it this time.

There is a creek that runs down the whole canyon length, so the sound as you walk up and down the Canyon is beautiful.