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Plan Your Visit
Trail Map

See trail descriptions below. To download a PDF trail map click here.
Trail Map


Desert Discovery Trail
Follow the brick path: take the Garden’s main trail, and learn the unique characteristics of desert plants from around the world. Featuring the Garden’s oldest plantings, this 1/3 mile trail features a rich variety of displays and exhibits, and leads to all trailheads and facilities.

NEW - Sybil B. Harrington Cactus & Succulent Galleries
Explore the great diversity of form, texture and color found in this wondrous array of cacti and succulents from around the world.

Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail
As desert dwellers, we interact with our surroundings, and this trail explores the many uses of desert plants for food, construction, tools, basket-making and more. Twist agave fibers into twine and pound mesquite beans to make flour on this 1/3 mile trail. Closed at sunset.

Sonoran Desert Nature Trail
Change your point of view on this 1/4 mile trail, which features dramatic vistas of distant mountains and close-up looks at the surrounding desert. A variety of fascinating exhibits focus on both the plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert. Closed at sunset.

Herb Garden
In the Garden's newest exhibit, the Herb Garden, you will become familiar with a variety of desert-adapted herbs. Highlights include: A Wildlife Garden, Picante Garden, Tea and Culinary Gardens, and a Medicinal Garden. Closed at sunset.

Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Trail
On this trail, you’ll see how wildflowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies (and people, too). Discover the beauty, color, and diversity of wildflowers in North America deserts, and how they play a role in the desert’s ecosystem. Closed at sunset.