On November 12, a day after the shutdown wrapped up, a ranger at Joshua Tree National Park ventured on a tour of the park. He ...

A hiker was involved in a wildfire that scorched 72 acres within Joshua Tree National Park last month, a communications ...

A firefighter with the National Park Service says a fire wiped out more than a thousand Joshua trees amid the government ...

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 ...

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Reporting from Joshua Tree National Park, Calif. — In this high desert enclave, Rand Abbott is a well-known man of action. He’s a paraplegic rock climber; a vocal lightning rod at town hall meetings; ...

Even though most of my Joshua Tree National Park memories are from hiking and rock climbing during the day, my favorite memory there happened in the dark. In November 2021, I ran a night half-marathon ...

I have found the rock of truht (sic), but you probably won’t. Oh, it’s out there, one of several hippo-size stones in the sea of rocky desert that is Joshua Tree National Park. Just walk about three ...

This short trail is an easy 0.4-mile loop which takes visitors through Joshua tree woodlands and between unique rock formations. The trail is located at the junction of Park Boulevard and Keys View ...

A popular stop along the drive through the park is Skull Rock, which as its name suggests, resembles a human skull. According to the National Park Service, the granite rock face was formed by water ...