Joshua Tree National Park Audio Driving Tour

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Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, California audio tour: Joshua Tree National Park Audio Driving Tour

This is a 28.8mi driving tour

It takes an average of 60 mins to complete.

Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, California

The United States

$19.99

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About the Tour

This is an audio driving tour for your journey into Joshua Tree National Park. Rather than fumbling through the maps and guide books, let our geology experts take you into the park and show you all the highlights.

To make your journey into the park not only interesting but educational, this audio guide has been designed to put a professional guide into the car with you to explain what you're seeing every bit of the way. Learn where the largest Joshua Tree is. Find out where to go to see a view from one of the highest points in the park with your car. Optional hikes are pointed out as well. More importantly, this audio guide will enrich your personal experience by teaching you the early cowboy history and the ancient geological history of the forces that made this place.

Tour Producer

Gerard Sybers

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I am an avid geologist and adventure traveler. I have provided tours to thousands of people to share my knowledge of nature. I have worked in both Joshua Tree National Park and Yellowstone National Park. I have studied Geology at the University of Montana and the Desert Institute in Joshua Tree National Park. My moniker is to "Think OUT OF THE BOX, you must first GET OUT of the box."

Preview Location

Location 1

Start Point - West Entrance

Welcome to Joshua Tree National Park. You should be in the small parking lot just after the official entrance to the park. Behind you is the pay station and visitors' centre, and in front of you the open road – but don't start driving just yet.

This audio tour has been desi... Welcome to Joshua Tree National Park. You should be in the small parking lot just after the official entrance to the park. Behind you is the pay station and visitors' centre, and in front of you the open road – but don't start driving just yet.

This audio tour has been designed to guide you through this famous desert park. As you travel through the park, I'll provide you with information about several major sites. If the weather is good, you can stop at some of the limited parking spots these locations offer. You'll get a better grasp of the raw nature outside of the armor of a car.

This audio tour will feature information drawn from the Joshua Tree National Park tours, conducted by Outdoor Adventures. We'll also include expert information from geologists and professional eco-guides who know the Indian and pop-culture history of this place.

[1,5 SECOND PAUSE]

When you're ready to get going, start driving away from the visitors' centre. We'll be following this road for quite some time. VoiceMap uses GPS to pinpoint your location and trigger the relevant audio while you drive. This means you can put your phone down now, and relax. I will tell you where to go. Some silence is normal – we're just between locations. Simply continue driving straight, unless I tell you otherwise.

[2 SECOND PAUSE]

U2 came here to write their songs and were in the company of many a poet and musician that came to the high desert to escape the mania of the city below.

Here in Joshua Tree National Park, you enter one of the most inhospitable places for life. The park receives less than 3 inches per year of rainfall, and is the boundary between 30 million people and the largest collection of city roads and highways on the planet. Here in the Mojave, the population falls to practically zero, and the land stretches some 150 miles to Las Vegas before human influence arises again.

Keep following the road straight ahead. I'll catch up with you as you continue through the park, giving you helpful hints and information along the way. I will even show you some nice areas for a small hike to see things up close.   Read More

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Major Landmarks

Keys Ranch
Skull Rock

Getting There

Route Overview

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Start location
64101-64189 Park Blvd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252, USA
Total distance

46km
Final location
7263-7251 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, USA
Distance back to start location

21km

Directions to Starting Point

This audio tour begins at the West Entrance Station of Joshua Tree National Park. This is located on Park Boulevard traveling East from Hwy 62 in the city of Joshua Tree.

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Tips

Places to stop along the way

Plan on going on a side trip from this audio guide to Keys Point to see a view that spans the Palm Springs area. Situated at one of the highest points in Joshua Tree you can get to by car, this detour is well worth it!

Best time of day

Mornings are great for the longer suggested hikes.
If you choose an afternoon visit, enter at least an hour before sunset and go to the end of Keys Road to Keys View to watch the most spectacular sunset. You can see all the way to Mexico from this point on a clear day.

Precautions

There are no services in the park. Be careful to fill your tank with gas and take with you water, snacks and and maybe a sack lunch. Also remember to bring good walking shoes and layered clothing as temperatures can drop 20 degrees in the higher elevations.
Download the entirety of this app BEFORE entering the Park. There is no cell phone service in Joshua Tree National Park and the app relies on your phone's GPS in order to operate. Be sure to first:
1.) Enable location on your phone, and
2.) Set for High Accuracy
3.) Download app before reaching Park entrance

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“Great app. walk around at your own pace, stop where you want, move on or speed up when you want. Read the script before you go or during the commentary, speed it up or replay it. Repeat the tour whenever you like.”

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4.3 / 5

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