Upcoming Events

Yoga with a Ranger

Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

Join a National Monument park ranger for an outdoor fun yoga flow for all skill levels. Connect with the landscape through a sequence of physical postures, movements, and breathing techniques […]

Free

La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 7:30p Group

La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all types of night creatures along the […]

Free

Night Sky Star Observations – La Quinta

La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

Join us to view the night sky through telescopes. Friends of the Desert Mountains volunteer astronomers will be setting up their telescopes and are inviting you to their “star party”. […]

Free

La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 7:45p Group

La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all types of night creatures along the […]

Free

La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 8pm Group

La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all types of night creatures along the […]

Free

La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 8:15p Group

La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

Experience the desert in the moonlight! Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all […]

Free

La Quinta Full Moon Hike – 8:30pm Group

La Quinta Cove Trails Parking Lot Calle Tecate & Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA, United States

Experience a hike by moonlight! See the beauty of the shadows and wash of moonlight over our mountains. We will be looking for all types of night creatures along the […]

Red Hill Vista Hike

Box Canyon Road Box Canyon Road, Mecca, CA, United States

Join us for this STRENUOUS hike to Red Hill Vista in the Chuckwalla National Monument. The hike is a 4-mile loop with an elevation gain of 550 feet. Please read […]

Free

Ed Hastey Garden Walk

Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

Enjoy strolling the Ed Hastey Garden Walk led by Friends’ volunteer docent. It is a great introduction to learn about native plants and animals that inhabit our desert, and the […]

Free

Indio Badlands Trail Full Moon Hike – 7:30pm Group

Indio Hills Badlands Trail Golf Center Parkway, Indio, CA, United States

Experience the desert in the moonlight! Strap on your hiking boots for a full moon hike on the first mile of the Indio Badlands Trail. As we embark on this […]

Free

Indio Badlands Trail Full Moon Hike – 7:45p Group

Indio Hills Badlands Trail Golf Center Parkway, Indio, CA, United States

Strap on your hiking boots for a full moon hike on the first mile of the Indio Badlands Trail. As we embark on this hike, the moonlight casts enchanting shadows […]

Free

Excursión Bajo la Luna Llena en el Sendero Indio Hills

Indio Hills Badlands Trail Golf Center Parkway, Indio, CA, United States

Nuestros voluntarios lo llevarán en una caminata a la luz de la luna a través de las tierras baldías de Indio. Póngase las botas de montaña para una caminata bajo […]

Free

Indio Badlands Trail Full Moon Hike – 8:00p Group

Indio Hills Badlands Trail Golf Center Parkway, Indio, CA, United States

Experience the desert in the moonlight! Strap on your hiking boots for a full moon hike on the first mile of the Indio Badlands Trail. As we embark on this […]

Free

Palm Canyon to Indian Potrero Trail

Indian Canyons 38520 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California

Hike through the largest palm oasis in North America to Palm Canyon trail to Indian Potrero trail. We come to a beautiful meadow like area along the Palm Canyon Trail […]

Desert Mountains Art Fair

Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

Join us at our monthly Desert Mountains Art Fair! Mediums may include photography, paintings, ceramics, hand painted silks, and more. Support local artists and find beautiful and unique gifts and […]

Santa Rosa/San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: A Living Laboratory

Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

Enjoy lectures at the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountain National Monument Visitor Center.The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument has been a living laboratory for scientific research […]

Free

Randall Henderson Interpretative Hike – Partial Trail

Randall Henderson Trailhead 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

ENDANGERED ANIMALS OF THE MONUMENT! Explore the Randall Henderson Trail with a volunteer docent and learn about two of our federally threatened animals and the challenges they face in the […]

Free

Randall Henderson Interpretative Hike – Full Trail

Randall Henderson Trailhead 51500 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

ENDANGERED ANIMALS OF THE MONUMENT! Explore the Randall Henderson Trail with a volunteer docent and learn about two of our federally threatened animals and the challenges they face in the […]

Free

Birding Walk-About, Desert Willow

Desert Willow Golf Resort 38-995 Desert Willow Drive, Palm Desert, CA, United States

Grab your binoculars and join a Friends volunteer docent birding expert to look for our feathered desert residents. In this unique urban area, we are still able to find a […]

Free