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Joshua tree national park
Information
Country	United States
Region	California
IUCN Category	II (National Park)
Location
33 ° 54 ′ 36 ″ N 115 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W
Official site
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the Joshua tree national park (English: Joshua Tree National Park) is a united states national park located south-east of the California, classified in 1994.

Understand

When you go to Joshua Tree, it can't be by chance ... you have to want it. The place is the start of the desert plateau.

Situation

• 225 km to the east of Los Angeles
• 281 km northeast of San Diego
• 346 km southwest of Las Vegas to Nevada
• 358 km West of Phoenix in Arizona

Circulate

By plane

The nearest airport is in Palm Springs.

• 33.8227-116.50731 Palm springs El Cielo Road (last update March 2018)
• Lots of small airports (12) exist around the Park (details on the map).

By car

• No gas station in the park.
• There's no of public transport to the park. We must avoid going off the slopes.

There are three entrances to the park:

• 34.091-116.2612 West entrance  – To the northwest, by California Highway 62 (the Twentynine Palms route), the western entrance is located at 8 km south of the junction of Hwy 62 and Park Blvd in Joshua Tree Village. This is the main entrance. (last updated Oct 2015)
• 34.102-116.0373 North entrance  – Via California Highway 62 (the Twentynine Palms route), the north entrance is at Twentynine Palms, 5 km south of the junction of Hwy 62 and the Utah Trail. (last updated Oct 2015)
• 33.675-115.8024 South entrance  – From Interstate 10, the south entrance near Cottonwood Spring is a point along Interstate 10, at 40 km east of Indio. (last updated Oct 2015)

Information

• List of Tourist Offices (Visitors center)  (last update August 2018)
• 34.1338-116.31541 Joshua Tree Visitor Center 6554 Park Boulevard, Joshua Tree, CA 92256,   1 760 366 1855 Open all year from 8 h To 17 h. – Located one block south of Highway 62. (last updated Nov 2015)
• 34.1284-116.0382 Oasis Visitor Center 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277,   1 760 367 5500 Open all year from 8 h 30 To 17 h. – Located at park headquarters: 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, at the junction of Utah and National Trail Park Drive. (last updated Nov 2015)
• 33.6786-115.80083 Cottonwood Visitor Center Cottonwood Spring Open all year from 8 h 30 To 16 h. – Located eight miles north of Interstate 10 in Cottonwood Spring. (last updated Nov 2015)
• 34.0741-116.39044 Black Rock Nature Center 9800 Black Rock Canyon Road, Yucca Valley, CA 9228,   1 760 367 3001 Open from October to May from8 h To 16 h, except Friday of 8 h To 20 h. – Located at 9800 Black Rock Canyon Road, Yucca Valley, CA 92284, at Black Rock Campground. (last updated Nov 2015)

Do

• Enjoy a natural, harsh and desert site where the Joshua tree grows in particular.

Housing

Camping

• 34.00169-116.019421 Beautiful Campground  20 $ (~16,57 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 18.31 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 24.8 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 10,860.71 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)
• 34.0713-116.39182 Black Rock Campground  20 $ (~16,57 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 18.31 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 24.8 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 10,860.71 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)
• 33.74528-115.812673 Cottonwood Campground  20 $ (~16,57 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 18.31 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 24.8 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 10,860.71 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)
• 34.01722-116.161674 Hidden Valley Campground  15 $ (~12,42 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 13.73 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 18.6 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 8,145.53 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)
• 34.09336-116.158795 Indian Cove Campground  20 $ (~16,57 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 18.31 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 24.8 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 10,860.71 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)
• 33.99164-116.062536 Jumbo Rocks Campground  15 $ (~12,42 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 13.73 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 18.6 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 8,145.53 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)
• 33.9829-116.15457 Ryan campground  15 $ (~12,42 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 13.73 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 18.6 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 8,145.53 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)
• 33.99967-116.120058 Sheep Pass Group Campground  35-50 $ (~41,41 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 45.77 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 62.01 - price of 04/27/2021) (~ 27,151.77 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)
• 33.98506-116.016599 White Tank Campground  15 $ (~12,42 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 13.73 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 18.6 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 8,145.53 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) by night. (last update March 2018)

Hotel

For hotels of all categories, it is only in the cities around the Park that you will find a suitable accommodation.

• To the north with Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley.
• To the south with Mecca, Coachella, Indio, La Quinta, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, Bermuda Dunes, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, Thousand Palms, Palm Springs.

Around

• 33.8252-116.54721 Palm springs  – 44,000 inhabitants. Opulent city. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 33.7179-116.21962 Indio  – 76,000 inhabitants (last update Feb. 2018)
• 33.6769-116.29883 La Quinta  – 24,000 inhabitants. One of the most beautiful and renowned golf sites in existence. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 33.7238-116.39344 Palm Desert  – 49,000 inhabitants (last update Feb. 2018)
• 33.7215-116.3395 Indian Wells  – 4,900 inhabitants. Renowned international tennis tournament. (last update Feb. 2018)

To join Las Vegas, here is an exotic itinerary, but requiring some precautions: - Fill up with fuel as soon as you leave the Park before going any further - Make sure you have a spare wheel - Have drinks (and even water for the vehicle depending on the temperature). Know that you will meet many more rabbits than vehicles in this deserted place which is very "Far-West".

• At the north exit of the Park at Twentynine Palms, turn right onto Amboy Road east which will go north up to Amboy.
• At Amboy, take the National Trails Highway CR66 east on the right for a few miles, then turn left north on Kelbaker Road (you will be spanned by the Needles Freeway Interstate 40), and continue to Kelso.
• In Kelso you will take on the right (east), the Kelso Cima Road until Cima.
• At Cima you will either take a left west or a right east to merge onto Interstate 15 from Barstow Freeway / Mojave Freeway to Las Vegas.