There is no walking Palm Springs between 10 AM and 5 PM in July. The numbers don’t work; the pavement gets to 145°F and the wash air is 117°F. What works is the early window — 5:30 to 8 — when the eastern San Jacintos still throw the entire downtown into shadow and the palms are functional shade.
These three are picked for that pre-shadow grace period: under the palms, against the mountain, finishing at a patio before the sun crests the ridge. Stay Cool refuses to route you outdoors past 9 in July; tap a pick after that and we surface a covered route instead.