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Your first trip to Joshua Tree goes better when someone who lives here hands you the list. Here’s ours.

1️⃣ The park is only half the hiking. Inside, Ryan Mountain, Lost Horse Mine, and Mastodon Peak are the right amount of effort for the view you get. Outside the park, @pioneertownmountainspreserve, @bigmorongo_canyonpreserve and @whitewaterpreserve are quieter and just as good. 49 Palms ends at the base of large palms that you won’t see coming.

2️⃣ Make the reservation. @thecopperroom1957 and @lacopinekitchen in Yucca Valley, @kitcheninthedesert29 in 29 Palms, and the new @nicedream.yv open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Check their days before you go.

3️⃣ Ride a horse. @cascadetrails_jt is minutes from @masomenosbar, so the coffee or cocktail after is already sorted. @knobhillranch guides you into the national park itself.

4️⃣ Meet the @mojaveminidonkeys. Sunrise hike with the herd, or book Burros + Brunch and they come to you. Ask Ashley about her new foundation for wild burros @mojavedonkeyleague 

5️⃣ Leave room in the suitcase. @all_roads_studio, @thepitstopyv, @pioneertowngeneralstore @thedustyblueshop, @jttradingpost, and @rootedjoshuatree. Then go to the source: @aleksandrazee and the @hwy62arttours roster. Plenty of the artists are here year round.

6️⃣ Walk into the @beautybubblesalon. It’s a working salon in downtown Joshua Tree and a time capsule of vintage beauty history, floor to ceiling. Nothing else out here looks like it.

Send this to the friends you’d road trip to the desert with.

Plan ahead or try your luck last minute. 

Either way, go ahead. Check availability.
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