Joshua Tree National Park
California Desert
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 795156
- Established
- 1994
parks detail
- Hook
- Where the Mojave and Colorado deserts meet among monzogranite boulders and namesake yuccas
- More
- Minerva Hoyt, a Pasadena desert-plant crusader, drove its 1936 monument designation after seeing cactus gardens looted for LA landscaping. World-class bouldering, dark-sky stargazing, and spring blooms; carry all your water — there is none in the park.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.901, -116.15