Situated in Magnesia Spring Canyon in the Santa Rosa Mountains (elevation 1830').
Magnesia Spring Canyon has many beautiful waterfalls to climb and palm oases to explore. Bighorn sheep live here.
I enjoyed a birthday morning hike to revisit the top of the canyon. The foliage was vibrant green and the waterfalls were again flowing after a recent rain.
The canyon is trailess, so navigation and rock scrambling required. Know your limitations. Start at Blixseth Mountain Park in Rancho Mirage. Roundtrip hike, or set up a car shuttle to loop with the Art Smith Trail or Dunn Road.
Cache is a glass jar, located above Magnesia Falls in a palm oasis deep in the canyon. Bring a pen.