Palm Canyon Trail

One of my favorites. Although the trail is VERY easy and short, the inner canyon is absolutely beautiful. Four wheel drive needed to get in. Great for a quick hike - you can bring your truck right to the entrance of the canyon so if you don’t want to do any hiking and just look at the Palms, then this is a great option . Off of 95.

From the official trail brochure, available at the trailhead: "The narrow canyon ahead of the parking lot is Palm Canyon. A half-mile foot trail starts at the upper end of the parking area. The trail is easy to follow, but is rough most of the way due to large rocks and has some steep sections. Allow an hour to make the round trip." We found all this to be accurate.

Although AllTrails has the length at 1.6 miles, it's actually just 1 mile round trip to the slightly elevated area near the middle of the canyon from where you can see the native palm trees growing in a side canyon on the north side. We didn't continue up the canyon (another .3 miles of steep climbing) from there. Note that there is no water or restrooms at the trailhead.

More like a strenuous walk than a hike, but great destination. The palm trees are pretty outrageous, and you can nearly climb up to them (off-trail) to increase the difficulty. Dog-friendly. Nice way to spend an afternoon.

Nice trail to hike. At the end of the trail look up in the ridge of the mountain side and you will see the last of the palm trees native to Arizona. Dog friendly. Trail is usually empty. Bring water.

Easy off-road drive on a well maintained dirt road. Nice hike up in the canyon.

Nice drive, smooth dirt road with good parking lot. Good hike but not an easy one.

Rocky. Some parts hard to find. Bouldering!

The hike gets interesting AFTER the Palms sign. Quite a bit of bouldering and an pretty good view!