The main visitor center to the park houses a bookstore, cafe and restrooms. It's a good place to start your visit, pick up maps and find out what might be happening in the park that day.

Are you planning a trip to Joshua Tree National Park? Here are the best things to do in Joshua Tree with family and plenty of tips to help your plan your trip.

Climbers flock to Joshua Tree from around the world to tackle the literally thousands of routes open to them. There are challenges for all ability levels, with more than 8,000 climbing routes ...

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Expect a longer drive into and out of Joshua Tree National Park early in April with the busy west entrance closed to all traffic beginning 6 a.m. on April 7 until 6 p.m. April 10. The closure ...

Twentynine Palms, the small California desert city that’s home to 30,000 residents and the country’s largest Marine Corps base, has long been a bit quieter than the heavily visited towns of ...

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Paul Miller went out for a hike in Joshua Tree National Park on July 13, 2018, and never returned Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...

Meteor showers and an eclipse feature in the skies this spring See a dawn solar eclipse and two meteor showers in the sky this Spring ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in September 2021. We were 30 miles from our East Bay home in Rock City, a maze of towering oddly shaped boulders. Some rose overhead, looming ...