From hiking and biking to offbeat art and drive-in movies, the California desert park and its surroundings offer plenty of family adventure.

Keeping kids engaged and entertained at Joshua Tree National Park is often a matter of simple pleasures like camping in the desert, watching the heavens through a microscope, or scrambling between ...

Joshua Tree National Park is often described as an out-of-this-world experience or healing for one’s soul, says Donovan Smith, the park’s public information officer. “With blue sunny skies ...

Joshua Tree National Park already represents the southernmost and hottest portion of the western Joshua tree’s range, according to Lynn Sweet, an assistant research ecologist at UC Riverside and ...

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 ...

The best way to get around Joshua Tree National Park is by car. To reach Joshua Tree, most visitors fly into Palm Springs International Airport (PSP), which is about 50 miles east, or via Los ...

The best time to hike in Joshua Tree National Park. Joshua Tree National Park is utterly oppressive during the summer when midday temperatures frequently hover above 100°F.

The vast majority of Joshua Tree National Park visitors never reach Covington Flats, which isn't near any of the park's main entrances and is only accessible via bumpy dirt roads or treks on foot ...

According to the National Park Service, Joshua Tree National Park is home to around 870,000 of its namesake trees. It’s made for one of the most visually distinctive parks in the country, a ...

There’s something truly special about a night spent camping under the stars, but did you know that some places are deemed ...