California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

(Dana P.) #1
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

0 miles

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