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Sat, Aug 29 · 8:30pm
Joshua Tree Stargazing Night
Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua Tree
Day tripJoshua Tree National Park, boulders, dark skies, high desert.
Joshua Tree, California
National park day trip an hour north
Joshua Tree is the most common day trip from Palm Springs, about an hour to the West Entrance.
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The high desert sits 2,000–4,000 feet above the valley floor, which makes it noticeably cooler. Cottonwood Spring is the closest entrance to Indio; the West Entrance in the town of Joshua Tree is closest to Palm Springs.
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