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Joshua Tree
National Park
Located in Southern California’s High Desert Region near the Morongo
Basin destinations - Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley;
plus Coachella Valley destinations - Palm Springs, Palm Desert, and
Indio. Discover where the Colorado River Desert and Mohave Desert
meet, experience ancient Joshua Trees, magnificent sunrises and
sunsets, palm oases, phenomenal rock formations, desert big horn
sheep, rock climbing, hiking, and more.
The desert is always an
amazing place to visit to those with an eye for nature and respect for
the power of the elements. Joshua Tree National Park is probably
one of the most interesting desert areas --- a place where two
ecosystems come together. The contrast of the Mohave Desert, the high
desert, with it's moister and cooler air, home to the Joshua Tree and
Fan Palm on the western side of the park meets the Colorado Desert,
the low desert below 3000 feet, an arid land with stands of ocotillo
and the "jumping Cholla" cactus.
The
park has some of the most intriguing geological sites found in
California's deserts. Great granite monoliths and twisted rock
formations give a rare insight to the power of the earth forces that
created and shaped this seeming stark, arid land. Yet it is home to a
myriad of mammals, beautiful plants, over 240 species of birds and a
variety of reptiles. It is a land of surprising fragility and
complexity. It has been home to some of the earliest cultures that
have left us pottery and rock paintings by which to remember them by
and well as to explorers, cattlemen, miners and homesteaders.
Now, it is a space of
800,000 acres where you can enjoy clean air, great starry skies,
tranquility, peace, and the opportunity to reflect on the kaleidoscope
of nature's appearance. Spring time with adequate rainfall brings the
flowering of the desert dandelion, lupine, chia, phacelia and many
other wildflowers that completely change the look of the park. The
hills, flats, canyons and washes are home to the Mohave yucca,
creosote bush, jojoba, holy cross cholla and bladderpod. There is also
Ironwood, palo verde, smoketrees, brittlebush and ocotillo. There is
the Cholla Cactus Garden with a self-guided nature trail.
Verdant palm oases,
springs, and man-made water impoundments help the wildlife survive the
arid conditions. The birdlife includes species of quail, pelicans,
grebes, loons, herons, ducks and geese, hawks and vultures, falcons,
doves, cuckoos, owls, kingfishers and woodpeckers, flycatchers,
swifts, swallows, jays and crows, wrens, thrushes, nuthatches,
starlings, warblers, tanagers and more. Wildlife includes coyote,
jackrabbit, kangaroo rats, bobcat and antelope and bighorn sheep.
There are hikes, remnants
of the gold mining eras to explore, a tour of the Desert Queen Ranch
(an early 1900 ranch), scenic drives for mountain bikes and 4-wheel
drive vehicles that take you to Joshua Trees, Jumbo Rocks, pinyon
pines, and views of Palm Springs and the surrounding mountains, old
mines, the Eagle Mountains and more. There are nine campgrounds.
Blend Radio Interviews & Articles
Joe
Zarki, Chief Information Officer of Joshua Tree National Park was a
guest on Champagne Sundays on March 8, 2009. To meet the rest of the
guests and listen to the entire show, please
click here. To listen to
Joe talk about the wildflower season, please double click on the Play
Button below. Early Rains -
Do We
Predict
Superb Desert Wildflowers?
Joe Zarki,
Chief Information Officer of Joshua Tree National Park was a guest on
Champagne Sundays on December 7, 2008. To listen to the entire, unedited
show, please click here.
To listen to Joe's interview, please double click on the Play Button
below.
Joshua
Tree National Park Information
Address: 74485
National Park Dr., Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 Tel: (760) 367-5525.
Web:
www.nps.gov/jotr or www.joshuatree.org
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Joe
Zarki, Chief Information Officer of Joshua Tree National Park was a
guest on Champagne Sundays on March 8, 2009. To meet the rest of the
guests and listen to the entire show, please
