Tour of JOSHUA TREE National Park's Many Things to See | California

[@KitschyTravels]

Love me some Joshua Tree!

[@CactusAtlas]

Us too! Fell in love with the place.

[@bweaver760]

You are too funny as everywhere you look there is a split rock!!!

[@bweaver760]

It would be cool that if the US government ask us where we had a choice of where 10 % of our federal taxes would go to, how many people would write in to keep the National Parks or even create more National Parks!

[@thomasjml82]

Hit me up. I have a 40 acre ranch in Joshua tree. I’ll show you old Indian well

[@angellacanfora]

Fun vid! JTNP is one of my fave places. A heads-up - jumping cholla is a distinct species from the teddy bear cholla you see here that has much bigger barbs. You can find jumping cholla throughout the park. It is so named because clusters of its needles break off and drift in the wind. They can be tough to see but easy to feel like when a needle pierces the side of your shoe (she said, wincing!).

[@CactusAtlas]

Oh, yeah. Jumping cholla is no joke. Any plant with those very fine needles are no joke. Like you said... can't see them, but sure can feel them. 😱

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Great video. Joshua Tree is amazing. It was pretty interesting to see the empty campsites. It seems like every time we head through its packed and no camp spots available.

[@CactusAtlas]

I guess that's the advantage of going to places when it is off-season. Low crowds! The disadvantage is dealing with uncomfortable temps. I've no doubt Joshua Tree gets very crowded with campers. It's a lovely place and the sites look great. One day! 😄

[@thomasjml82]

Creosote. I’m impressed!

[@P.T.A.655]

I’m definitely going here soon. Thanks for the info

[@CactusAtlas]

Any time! How you have a fun time there. 😄👍

[@karen-mr8je]

You missed the heart rock… it’s by the arch rock

[@CactusAtlas]

I know. Another couple was out there searching for it and I wanted to find it but time was tight. Next time!

[@2ndexodusmove]

Nice!

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you! 😊

[@washedupwarvet2027]

Thanks for the video. Those were some really cool looking campsites. I love how it's enclosed with rocks for privacy. You don't see that often and I'd love to spend a few nights at that spot.

[@CactusAtlas]

Thanks! It's high on our list of campgrounds to check out more eventually. Arch Rock campground in Nevada (which we also visited) has some really enclosed sites as well. Really cool spot! Thanks for watching! 😄

[@TheEvergreens]

Beautiful video of Joshua Tree...I loved checking it out through your eyes! We were just there last month too and uploaded our vlog this morning. Cheers and keep up the great vlogging :)

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you! Will do! We made one other video from our Joshua Tree a couple weeks ago and are releasing our 3rd and last tomorrow. 😀

[@SwiftyTravels]

‘-Your unprepared tour guide’ 😂😂 I just have to tell you I can certainly relate- on many occasion Ive been out to film without doing my research ahead of time. Only so many hours in the day!

[@CactusAtlas]

Ain't that the truth! And even the best effort to research can sometimes prove to be wrong! 😂

[@tinabeane]

I've driven through there a few times but have not done many of the trails. Those baby Cholla do jump and will get you when the wind picks up. ;) If you have the NPS App you can download park info and maps to access later. Thanks for taking us along, glad you avoided some of the crowds.

[@CactusAtlas]

Good to know about the NPS app! Keep thinking of downloading it but never have. Thanks for watching. 😄👍

[@SomeplaceOrAnother]

Looks like a nice place 😀 skull rock looked pretty cool 😎

[@CactusAtlas]

Definitely! Thanks for watching.

[@Kbxtrn]

Couldn’t agree more with your statement! Went to Joshua tree a week ago and I truly underestimated its beauty. Hope to go again soon! Great video by the way!

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you so much! We're already itching to go back to Joshua Tree. 😅

[@TonyStark-or3er]

Thanks for sharing...one of my favorite parks. Lots of ancient pictographs & petroglyphs all throughout the park. 4,000. - 6,000 years old. Most of them unpublished & the park rangers won’t tell you about them (too many idiots vandalize these priceless artifacts). Some of them pretty easy to get to & near areas that people frequent, but others are well off the beaten trail and much harder to find.

[@CactusAtlas]

Very cool! Always a shame when these old petroglyphs just aren't left alone. Thanks so much for watching and the comment! 😀

[@bweaver760]

“Sometimes the best times to be in a place is when no other people are around”. You can use that quote! I like your video!

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you so so much! 😄 We appreciate it.

[@JillianCampsArizona]

Woah, I didn’t realize all that was out there! Definitely have a lot to add to my list now!

[@CactusAtlas]

The park is HUGE. I'm sure there's so much more we missed too! 😅

[@FAULTDUDE]

Hello!

[@robertallen6710]

I swear split rocks like that talk to me...lol...another great video sir! Thanks.. 😎

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you so much! 😄

[@SwiftyTravels]

A beautiful park! I always enjoy coming along!!

[@CactusAtlas]

Always glad to have ya! 😄

[@fatmanhikes]

You are lucky to have visited this place! Great video!

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you so much! 😃

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

Loved skull rock! Creepy but cool. Can't wait until you share the follow-up episode on that big group of rocks toward the end.

[@CactusAtlas]

Ah, yes! The Hall of Horrors! I actually just finished editing that one this week. That one will be released closer to Halloween. 😄🎃 And that skull is so odd, isn't it? Haha!

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

@@CactusAtlas Perfect! I was thinking Halloween as well. My favorite time of the year.

[@thomasjml82]

You still missed the best spots.

[@CactusAtlas]

Sadly very easy to miss things when you only have a super limited amount of time. 😔 That's unfortunately how a lot of our trips go. Lots of filming, multiple destinations, and many videos to create in a short amount of time between days spent at a day job.

[@tpseeker3367]

So much Pareidolia going on with the rocks. Odd question: in the Cholla Garden was there a fire there or is that just old growth turning black?

[@CactusAtlas]

The skull made it easy, but yeah... they seem to always be there. 😄 Funny you should ask about the cholla as we too were curious and asked a ranger that very question in the Visitor Center. What we were told was that the change to black is a natural process. Didn't really get the details if it is old growth or not but it apparently isn't because of a fire (which was our first thought).

[@tpseeker3367]

Thanks so much for all that you are doing & Sharing @@CactusAtlas. Thought I remembered hearing of a few fires recently in grassland areas & pleased to hear that wasn't one of the areas. Watching your Bristlecone Pine Forest now & just, just Breathtaking. Keep up the Great Work. ps When planning on High Elevation trips take an aspirin Before hitting high altitudes & take more breaks than usual to let the noggin get used to pressure.

[@CactusAtlas]

Ah! Thank you for the advice!

[@tpseeker3367]

Doc told me after Unwanted spinal taps from epidermal steroid shots that when travelling through mountains take an aspirin & keep a bag of UNOPENED chips, when the bag looks like it's getting bigger get ready for headaches to start soon or get to lower elevations Fast@@CactusAtlas . Gotta love changes in air pressure