Joshua Tree National Park is one of the most popular national park in Southern California. This national park offers a variety of activities such as rock climbing and camping. Many rock climbing enthusiasts love to come here due to the special rock formation in the national park. The camp site within the national park is also top rated sites for camping.
Joshua Tree National Park is only about 2 hours away from Los Angeles. We left home around 8AM in the morning to avoid traffic. After we enter the desert area, the wind started to blow really hard and felt like we were about to lose control of the car. So make sure you hold tight on your steering wheel.
We got to Joshua Tree National Park around 10AM. The park entrance fee is $25 per vehicle, which is not too bad. We also saw a Tesla Model 3 coming into the park, which was pretty cool!
The first thing we did was to hike on the Hidden Valley Trail. This is the first trail that you would encounter when driving on Park road and it is one of the most popular hiking trail and offers great picnic and barbecue area for day use.
After Hidden Valley Trail, we wanted to visit Barker's Dam. Unfortunately, when we got there, the parking lot was full! The park should build more parking spaces! There was only about 50 parking spaces there and we could not really park on the side o the road!
Then we decided to go to Lost Horse Mine Trail. The trail head is located at the end of the unpaved gravel road. It was not easy to get and when we got there, the parking lot was full again! The parking lot could only hold like 10 cars! We were really pissed. The gravel road was very narrow and so we could not park on the road either!
Since we were already here, we decided to visit Keys View, which is the highest point within Joshua Tree National Park. There is a plenty of parking spaces here! From Keys View, we could see the valley below the mountain and the haze over the valley. It was our first time seeing the dessert and we found it amusing.
After this, we went to Skull Rock Trail. Fortunately, there is a plenty of parking spaces for people to park on the side of the road. This is most likely the most popular spot for people to hang out since there is a big camp site here.
Overall, Joshua Tree National Park was a fun place to visit and it was our first time seeing a desert like national park. The rock formation within the park was quite interesting as well. Walking on the rock was no problem at all as the texture on the rock provides a lot of grip. One thing to note is that Joshua Tree National Park is gigantic! So make sure your car has enough gas before you enter the park!
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