Hidden Valley Nature Loop
Hidden Valley, Joshua Tree NP · near Joshua Tree · California Desert
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- easy
- Route type
- loop
- Distance
- 1 miles
- Elevation gain
- 130 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Oct–Apr (tolerable spring/fall mornings)
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
- Rock-enclosed valley · Iconic monzogranite boulders · Cattle-rustler history · World-class climbing scenery
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Perfect for jet-lagged visitors and kids; go early, as the small lot fills by mid-morning in season.
The guide
The single best short walk in the park — a one-mile loop that threads through a gap in the rocks into a natural boulder-walled …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Hidden Valley Nature Loop — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.0117, -116.1668