Along Joshua Tree National Park’s eastern boundary, there is a missing piece. In 1936, the U.S. government removed thousands of acres from the park (originally named Joshua Tree National Monument) for ...

A wildfire burning near the California-Nevada border has ravaged parts of the Mojave National Preserve's famed Joshua tree forests, and experts worry that the massive blaze will forever change the ...

It's the perfect time of year to start exploring the desert near L.A. These hikes are closer than Joshua Tree National Park, and a lot less crowded.

For the Joshua tree — an internationally recognized symbol of California — fire has become an existential threat. When they burn, they burn fast. And they rarely survive.

It’s close to Joshua Tree’s restaurants and quirky tourist attractions, from the Crochet Museum to Desert Christ Park, as well as vintage stores and health food shops.

Long a draw for artists, creatives, and seekers, Joshua Tree and the surrounding High Desert towns offer no shortage of chic hotels, restaurants, and shops.

Joshua Tree has “few facilities” and covers 800,000 acres of desert land, the national park’s website says. Elevation greatly varies in the park, ranging from 536 feet to 5,814 feet, and the ...

Citation: 'Fire whirls' threaten Joshua tree desert in scorching US (2023, July 31) ... Study pinpoints changes in circulation and wind patterns. Mar 13, 2025.

A cylindrical, concrete shade structure designed with the aesthetics of the surrounding desert landscape in mind was recently unveiled at Joshua Tree National Park. The Carapace Pavilion — named ...

In 2020, a 43,273-acre wildfire burned through the Joshua tree woodland of California's Cima Dome, destroying as many as 1.3 million Joshua trees and leaving behind a plant graveyard, according to ...

Thousands of yuccas and Joshua trees are burned by the York fire along Ivanpah Road, within the Mojave National Preserve, on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in California.