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Moorten Botanical Gardens
Tahquitz too taxing? The Living Desert too far? The Moorten Botanical Gardens packs some 3,000 specimens of cacti, succulents and other desert flora into a small lot south of town. Founded in 1938, the garden became the life's passion of Slim Moorten, one of the original Keystone Cops, and his wife Patricia; today their son Clark is an expert on low-water vegetation.
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Mt San Jacinto Wilderness State Park
Take time (a day or two if you're a backcountry enthusiast) to enjoy the Mt San Jacinto Wilderness State Park. There are 54 miles of trails, including a nontechnical route up to the San Jacinto peak (10,804ft), for hiking in summer, and snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in winter. There are also several primitive campgrounds (free).
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Palm Springs Aerial Tram
Escape the summer heat by riding the gently rotating cars of the aerial tramway up Mt San Jacinto, all the way to the Mountain Station at 2597m (8516ft). It's an 15min journey through five climactic zones - the equivalent, in environmental terms, of a trip from Mexico to Alaska.
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