Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
The Araby Trail begins beside a small parking area just off Highway 111.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
The trail begins by tracing a route between a mobile home park and a private development - please stay on the marked path.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
The trail soon begins climbing the mountains along Palm Springs' southern edge, heading up to views across the city.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
A few rocky lookout points sit along the route, providing great places to take breaks from the uphill climb.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
The track soon heads up along the folds of the landscape, paralleling the housing development.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
While residents of the private housing development can head straight up their road to the trail, hikers have already climbed several hundred feet by this point.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
The trail passes by the home where Bob Hope once lived.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
While hikers can continue as far up the network of trails as they would like, the Araby Trail soon meets several other trails and reaches a rocky high point overlooking Palm Springs.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/19/2023
Overlooking the San Jacinto Mountains from the top of the Araby Trail.