Joshua Tree - Top Things To Do Joshua Tree NP - Best of Joshua Tree National Park
Rock formations, desert mounts, abanded gold mines, world-class rock climbing, cactus, desert Bighorn Sheep and trees that come right out of a Dr. Seuss book, Joshua Tree may be the most unique of all the National Parks. Located just east of Los Angeles (2hrs) and within eyeshot of Palms Springs and the Coachella Valley, it's no wonder that these boulders are a playground for some 3 million active people a year.
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1. Arch Rock
Arch Rock Joshua Tree desert loop trail is a short .3.7 mile loop takes you to one of the most famous rock formations in Joshua Tree National Park. The fun and easy hike and scrambling can be done by your whole family and can easily be done in 20mins or much longer depending on how long you're exploring the boulders.
2. Barker Dam Trail -
Hikers of all abilities will love this 1.1-mile loop Barker Dam Hike through the Wonderland of Rocks in Joshua Tree NP. If you’re lucky enough to be traveling in the winter or spring you’ll be treated to a rare sight in the desert, water. This Barker Dam was constructed in the 1900s and provides the only opportunity to photograph reflecting rock formations in its still waters. I suggest you arrive early and after a decent rain to ensure the best photograph results. However, if you’re here in the winter it can get quite cold and you may want to hike this trail in the middle of the day.
3. Ryan Mt Trail
If you're up for a little more of a challenge this 3 mile out and back hike gains over 1,000ft of elevation and gives you a birds-eye view of most of Joshua Tree National Park.
4. Keys View
Keys View is a fantastic vista that rests on the top of the Little San Bernardino Mountains and provides panoramic views of Palms Springs and the Coachella Valley. Its easy access by car makes puts this high on the list of things to do in Joshua Tree. From Keys View, you’ll be able to see the San Andreas Fault. You can also catch a view of Southern California’s two highest mountains, Mount San Jacinto and Mount Gorgonio. On a clear day, you can see California’s largest lake, the Salton Sea.
5. Rock Climbing -
Rock climbing in Joshua Tree National Park is world class and offers traditional crack climbing and bouldering. This high desert monzogranite climbing mecca is famous for its traditional-style crack, slab, and steep face climbing.
The Joshua Tree's has almost 800,000 acres of crack climbing. Thousands of options for sport climbers, slab climbers and a good number of multi-pitch classic routes. There are more than 10,000 climbing routes, 2,000 boulder problems and hundreds of rock formations to scramble on.
6. Cholla Cactus Garden - Joshua Tree
7. Wall Street Mill Trail
This easy 3-mile out-and-back to the Wall Street Mill
8. Hidden Valley
Hidden Valley is one of my favorite parts of Joshua Tree. The 1-mile stroll amongst the boulders and Joshua Trees is fun for the whole family. If you're up for a little more adventure I suggest going climbing.
9. The Chasm Of Doom -
The Chasm Of Doom a scramble, squeeze, craw and climb inside a granite maze amongst giant boulders. This secret set of tunnels and passageways is not for the faint of heart or the claustrophobic and It requires you to be comfortable climbing, scrambling and bouldering in the dark please exercise extreme caution.
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10. Stargazing
My favorite places to see stars are Ryan Mt, Arch Rock, and Keys View
11. Keys Desert Queen Ranch
You need to book a tour to see this ranch. Be sure to book in advance at the Visitor Center.
12. Lost Horse Mine
13. Geology Road
14. Skull Rock and Jumbo Rocks
If you're short on time Skull Rock can be seen from the road but that doesn't really do it justice. This 1.7-mile stroll in the park is part of Jumbo Rocks and the highlight of the rock formations is Skull Rock. Sure it's just rock formation that looks like a Skull...
15. 49 Palms Oasis Trail
16. Hall Of Horrors
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17. Split Rock
Joshua Tree National Park Rocks
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25ft Traverse in Joshua Tree National Park
March 30, 2017
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VanLife Day 11
More work at Starbucks after a beautiful sunrise.
Finally took down my climbing project. A 25 foot bouldering traverse in Joshua Tree National Park.
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Asteroid Crack | Joshua Tree National Park | Jeremy Schoenborn
After a summer of sport climbing in Wyoming, Jeremy dusts off the rack and fights his way up the stellar finger crack, Asteroid Crack, first climbed by John Bachar.
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RV Living | Climbing Headstone Rock | Joshua Tree
We were able to climb our first classic route ever! And it happened to be the iconic NW Corner route on Headstone Rock in Joshua Tree National Park. It was also the first time we climbed a route where the second climber HAD to be belayed from the top. Lots of firsts and a GREAT experience!
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Joshua Tree National Park - Wonderland of Rocks
This shaky point and shoot video is from a day hike in JTNP. The Wonderland is a very vast area of sub terrain cooled magma that formed millions of years ago. Weather and water erosion has left massive exposed monzogranite formations like geological skeletons of time that are now immortalized in desert form. The area has no trails except on the outer edges and requires a compass, technical ability, balance, and a very strong will to penetrate up into the jigsaw maze of boulders. Cant afford to get hurt here. The surronding area was more lush and inhabited 400 years ago by the Pinto, the Serrano, the Chemehuevi, and the Cahuilla indians. We climbed over 1500 feet, had a sweet campsite, saw a UFO, and found a very special treat during our second day return hike that fortunately remains undisturbed, unreachable and undiscovered by most. Leave no trace!
Will Stanhope Goes Solo On The Crack Climbs Of Joshua Tree | Hardliners, Ep. 3
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It must be something in the DNA of free soloists that makes them all unassuming, humble guys who you'd struggle to pick out of a crowd. Canadian trad climber and soloist Will Stanhope is no different. Hailing from British Columbia, Canada, Will has climbed all over the globe, relentlessly probing the extent of his exceptional talent with and without a rope. In this video, Will is in Joshua Tree and although he may have brought a partner in the form of Matt Segal, Will spends most of his time climbing by himself, regularly cranking out several routes before breakfast. Inspired by classic footage of Stonemaster John Bachar, Will solos a number of the area's super-classics before roping up to take on the laser-cut splitter 'Asteroid Crack' (5.13).
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RV Living | Arriving in Joshua Tree National Park
We made it to Joshua Tree National Park! We did some exploring, made some friends, and did some climbing.
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Rock Climbing in Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree California is a popular place for rock climbers because of the wide variety of beginner and advanced rock climbing rocks. Thousands of climbers pack up their rock climbing gear and head to go rock climbing in Joshua Tree. Nick Garner of went to a rock climbing camp and spoke to some climbers who explained why they came to the Joshua Tree campground, and described their rock climbing technique, and how they used a portable climbing wall and an indoor rock climbing wall to prepare for their trip to Joshua Tree. Check out Nick's rock climbing video to see what makes Joshua Tree travel so popular, including Joshua Tree Climbing School, where climbers can receive rock climbing lessons on a climbing wall. So, make your Joshua Tree reservations and pack up your rock climbing equipment, and head to the outdoor playground of Joshua Tree National Park.
Joshua Tree National Park
In this episode of Cheap Family Travel ( Nick Regan, Maggie, and Kate head to Joshua Tree National Park in CA. Joshua Tree California is a great family vacation spot because it provides miles of beautiful outdoor scenery, great temperatures, rock climbing adventures for all abilities, and all with the usual National Park affordability and Joshua Tree campgrounds. Planning for travel in Joshua Tree means coming prepared to dry camp as campgrounds are very rustic with no water. Joshua Tree also offers a Joshua Tree hotel or a stay in nearby Twentynine Palms. Climbing in Joshua Tree is the most popular activity, and there are rock climbing rocks for beginners and advanced climbers, and even easy rocks for kids to climb on all day long. Aspiring climbers can learn to rock climb at Joshua Tree Climbing School, where you'll receive rock climbing lessons to learn rock climbing technique and be outfitted with the best in climbing gear and climbing equipment. If rock climbing is too ambitious, hiking in Joshua Tree is also a great outdoor activity for the entire family. And the warm Joshua Tree weather makes it the perfect place to visit all year long. You can make Joshua Tree reservations easily at nationalparkreservations.com. Check out for a great rock climbing video with footage of climbers in action at Joshua Tree.
Iconoclast | Joshua Tree National Park | Jeremy Schoenborn
Jeremy gets an early season repeat of the beautiful arete Iconoclast. Probably the best position of any climb in the park. Warm up on Space Mountain and give this thing some burns!!
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One Week in Joshua Tree National Park (Vandwelling/SUV Camping)
I spent more than a week in the Joshua Tree area of Southern California, and this video is a compilation of things I saw and did that week. Joshua Tree is one of my favorite places in the country, and I hope this video helps convey why.
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Joshua Tree Rock Climbing
This climb is on the Short Wall in Indian Cove. It was pretty radi-cool.
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Joshua Tree Adventure (12.30.2015)
Just a quick day trip to Joshua Tree National Park.
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Hot rocks of Joshua Tree National Park. Radiation report.
Hiking Arch Rock Nature trail with Geiger counter.
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Can you sense a danger coming from the hot desert rocks?
It’s not just snakes...
This time we will venture to the desert, the Joshua Tree National Park. It’s relatively close to Los Angeles and kind of far from the San Francisco but still just one day drive away.
The park is considered by many to be a wonderful getaway, especially during Spring break for people from the coastal megacities.
We visited Joshua Tree few times already. This visit was a bit different because we had Geiger counter with us to measure radiation levels at various locations throughout the place.
We have been carrying it on our trips but did not really catch any levels to worry about. A few beaches, a fossilized shark tooth and a dinosaur bone. That was until we got to Joshua Tree and started to see a bit more interesting numbers. So, we thought, perhaps, it is worth making a short video about it.
We will go on the short walk the trail Arch Rock near White Tank campground to show you the gorgeous landscape and do some science on the way.
The campground has a small parking lot near restroom but it’s usually full. Before we visited the place we did not know that there is another spot for the short-term parking near the trail head.
It’s near the campsite number 9.
The park is extremely clean – not much dust and almost no trash, just natural landscapes and plenty of wildlife.
Most of the rocks in the park belong to various types of Monzogranite, an igneous intrusion formed deep underground approximately 75 to 200 million years ago. It was later uplifted by tectonic movements and surfaced after everything above was eroded away.
Granite in general has higher levels of natural radiation. Here we have a thick layers stripped clean from the protective coat of sedimentary deposits. The rocks are massive and that has probably a combining effect. Step away from the granite boulders and the radioactivity drops significantly. I also suspect that granite rocks emit radioactive gas radon formed during decay of radioactive elements such as uranium, radium, and thorium.
These layers of hard, often rectangular, rocks within the homogeneous matrix are called dikes. You will see few distinct examples on this trail. Dikes were formed when molted rock got into the cracks in the overlaying solid rock.
We kind of get lost on the way back. Perhaps we should have gotten back to the loop, but we were looking for the trail after we passed under the arch. That was probably our mistake.
The Nature is pristine at this park and it’s sometimes hard to follow the trail when the ground is covered with granite gravel.
Well, a bit more adventure does not hurt, right?
That’s if you eventually find your way to the car, of course.
The climbing is easy here - just watch your step and carry a whistle if you hike alone to have a way of sending a signal when you get lost or injured.
Remember, the mountain distress signals are based on groups of three – three blows and pause. And it’s six if you are in Europe, by the way.
We kept our Geiger counter running and were listening clicks every time a particle hit the detector.
To be fair, the reading of the instrument were WITHIN a range of a natural or background level of radiation but, here is the catch, “natural” does not automatically mean “safe”.
Let’s put it into perspective by making comparison.
Average world-wide annual exposure doze is 2.4 millisievert, which corresponds to 0.27 microsievert per hour or 27 microroentgen per hour.
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Our instrument showed 33 microreontgen per hour, which is 22% above average exposure worldwide meaning that you would only have 22% higher chances of getting adverse effects if you would be exposed the whole year around.
But in the place we live the readings are usually 2 or 3 times lower than those in Joshua Tree National park. So, technically, we had to tolerate the 2-3 fold increase in the risk.
Radiation effects depend on cumulative dose meaning that the contribution from hot rocks will be diluted and few days at higher level may have negligent effect on the annual dose.
Another comparison, the levels of radiation on the flight from New York to London is 5 microsivert per hour or 15 times higher than in Joshua Tree.
Please note that we are not making any conclusions. It’s just one report. More detailed studies with carefully calibrated instruments would provide reliable information.
Still, an important thing to remember, the further you get away from the boulders, the lower is the radiation levels. In fact, the levels at the motel we stayed were much lower.
If you get the spot and stay in the camp, you will be rewarded with an amazing display of stars thanks to dry air and distance from the cities. Thanks for watching and please stay safe on your trips.
The Cutting Edge 5.13d (3rd+4th ascents)
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Fam!
???????? To celebrate the end of 2019, FrictionLabs athletes Jeremy Schoenborn and Robbie Phillips, along with filmmaker @buyused, dropped their latest “ode to JTree-old-school-test-pieces” film featuring Scott Cosgrove’s 5.13d stunner, The Cutting Edge.
Put up by Coz in 1989, this JTree king line went unrepeated for almost 30 years!
This year, @frictionlabs Pro Keenan Takahashi clipped the chains ⛓ for the 2nd ascent while Jeremy nabbed the 3rd, and Robbie followed with the 4th. ✅ A perfect vid to keep you psyched through those holiday food comas... ????
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Traditional Climbing: 22. Coarse & Buggy (5.11b) in Joshua Tree | Climbing Tech Tips
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Scrambling around Joshua Tree
Our brief stop off in Joshua Tree between Palm Springs and Williams (near the Grand Canyon). We didn't stay for long, we just parked in a picnic area and headed for the desert...
Climbing in Joshua Tree National Park!
We took off to Joshua Tree for the weekend where we camped out and climbed the walls of Joshua Tree National Park. This was our first outdoor climb and just some snippets of one of the climbs we did. Of course we had to document it! Such a rad and humbling experience. Can't wait to go back! Enjoy our adventure!
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RV Living | Hiking 29 Palms, Split Rock, and Ryan Mountain - Taking Friends Climbing | Joshua Tree
We had a busy couple days while we were staying in Joshua Tree! We hung out with Sam and Brenden from Life Among Pines and Steve and Tess from The More We Explore. We did a few hikes and introduced them to climbing!
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