On Foot In Joshua Tree National Park

A comprehensive guide that includes more than 100 hikes in Joshua Tree National Park. Hikes include trails as well as an extensive selection of x-country routes to mountain summits and other highlights. The book includes over 40 photographs and illustrations, color topographic maps, and reference charts. Introductory pages feature the history and natural aspects of the park as well as general park information.

Hiking Joshua Tree National Park contains detailed information about 38 of the best day hikes and extended backpacking trips in Los Angeles' closest national park. Supplemented with GPS-compatible maps, mile-by-mile directional cues, rich narratives, and beautiful photographs, this is the only book you'll need for this land of enchanting granite rock formations and, of course, the enchanting symbols of the park, the Joshua trees.

Includes Black Rock and Indian Cove, topo maps and trail descriptions for the best hikes, maps of campgrounds, history of the park, geology, ecology, wildlife, wildflowers, and more.