2–3 DAYS

185 MILES/300KM

GREAT FOR...

JB

BEST TIME TO GO

February to April for

wildflowers and cooler

temperatures.

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ESSENTIAL

PHOTO

Sunset from Keys

View.

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BEST FOR

SOLITUDE

Hike to the Lost Palms

Oasis.

MOMATIUK - EASTCOTT / CORBIS ©

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Palm Springs

& Joshua Tree

Oases

Southern California’s deserts can be brutally hot, barren

places – escape to Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National

Park, where shady fan-palm oases and date gardens await.

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DesertHot

Springs

Twentynine

Palms

Indio

Joshua

Tree

Coachella

Valley

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Hidden Valley

Cool off inside Joshua

Tree National Park

50 miles

Keys View

Capture sunset

panoramas sweeping

from summit to sea

60 miles

Cottonwood Spring

Where fan-palm trees

shade the desert sun

120 miles

Palm Springs

Fabulously hip resort

town with Mid-Century

Modern style

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TRIP HIGHLIGHTS