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Joshua Tree National Park is made up of two desert systems, the Colorado and the Mojave.  The Colorado which is on the eastern side of the park is 3,000 feet below where temperatures are higher making the Colorado sparse and scattered with creosote bushes, flowering ocotillo and cholla cactus.  Giant yuccas on sandy plains marked by giant monoliths and rock piles make up the Mojave which is on the western side of the park.

How to Get There

The west and north entrances are in the towns of Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms accessed from Los Angeles by taking I-10 east to California 62, Twentynine Palms Highway.

 The south entrance is located at Cottonwood Springs, which is 25 miles east of Indio off I-10.