Fortynine Palms Oasis
Indian Cove, Joshua Tree NP · near Twentynine Palms · California Desert
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 3 miles
- Elevation gain
- 500 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Oct–Apr
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- $30/vehicle 7-day Joshua Tree NP entrance fee. No day-hike permit needed.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Dense fan-palm oasis · Barrel cacti · Ridge views over Twentynine Palms · Year-round seep
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- The ridge is fully exposed and radiates heat off dark rock — a cool-morning hike only. Don't walk among or touch the palms; the oasis is fragile.
The guide
A short but steep climb over a rocky ridge drops you into a startlingly lush pocket of dozens of fan palms fed by a year-round …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Fortynine Palms Oasis — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.1069, -116.1338