Mellow
12-27-2006, 01:10 PM
Location:
Joshua Tree National Park lies 140 miles east of Los Angeles, 175 miles northeast of San Diego, and 215 miles southwest of Las Vegas.
You can approach it from Interstate 10 and Hwy 62 (Twentynine Palms Highway).
The closest airport is in Palm Springs. Public transportation to the park is not available. (760) 367-5500
Date of visit:
September, 2006
Weather:
Very hot during the day but cooled off nicely at night, it was comfortable for sleeping.
Campground Condition:
There are many campground, we stayed at the Indian Cove campground which was probably the least scenic of the entire area but still very nice.
The sites are pretty much open areas with lots of sand.
The park roads are dirt/gravel/sand so be careful, again, this is mainly for the Indian Cove campground, many others in the main park area looked much nicer.Area Riding:
This was just a stop for the night on our way to Sequoia NP and then the coast so we did not have time to explore the area much but just the roads and veiws inside the park are INCREDIBLE.
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Additional Information:
National Parks and Wildlife Website Website (http://www.nps.gov/jotr/)Current Weather (http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/Twentynine_Palms.html?bannertypeclick=miniStates)
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Joshua Tree National Park lies 140 miles east of Los Angeles, 175 miles northeast of San Diego, and 215 miles southwest of Las Vegas.
You can approach it from Interstate 10 and Hwy 62 (Twentynine Palms Highway).
The closest airport is in Palm Springs. Public transportation to the park is not available. (760) 367-5500
Date of visit:
September, 2006
Weather:
Very hot during the day but cooled off nicely at night, it was comfortable for sleeping.
Campground Condition:
There are many campground, we stayed at the Indian Cove campground which was probably the least scenic of the entire area but still very nice.
The sites are pretty much open areas with lots of sand.
The park roads are dirt/gravel/sand so be careful, again, this is mainly for the Indian Cove campground, many others in the main park area looked much nicer.Area Riding:
This was just a stop for the night on our way to Sequoia NP and then the coast so we did not have time to explore the area much but just the roads and veiws inside the park are INCREDIBLE.
http://mellow.smugmug.com/photos/94730241-Ti.jpg (http://mellow.smugmug.com/photos/94730243-M.jpg) http://mellow.smugmug.com/photos/94730244-Ti.jpg (http://mellow.smugmug.com/photos/94730244-M.jpg) http://mellow.smugmug.com/photos/94730245-Ti.jpg (http://mellow.smugmug.com/photos/94730245-M.jpg)
Additional Information:
National Parks and Wildlife Website Website (http://www.nps.gov/jotr/)Current Weather (http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/Twentynine_Palms.html?bannertypeclick=miniStates)
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