Our final stop at Joshua Tree National Park during our March 2018 trip to California was at the Joshua Tree Visitor Center in the community of Joshua Tree. Located at 6554 Park Boulevard, the center is one block south of California 62 and five miles northwest of the West Entrance Station of the park. The visitor center contains the usual elements of an information desk, book store, exhibit area, and restrooms. The exhibit area has been remodeled and upgraded since our previous visit in February 2015. The small theater area is now part of the exhibit space. The 15-minute clip from the excellent 2011 park video, Joshua Tree: The Desert Forest, is no longer shown at any of the park's three visitor centers. The small paved parking area has spaces for two handicap placarded vehicles and about twenty passenger vehicles. An overflow gravel lot has space for another twenty vehicles. Free parallel parking on the street is also available. If space is available, RVs may be parked on the street as well.
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| Parking area |
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| Entrance area |
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| Information desk |
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| Book store |
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| More of the book store |
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| Entering the exhibit area |
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| Everything you wanted to know about the Joshua Tree |
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| Rock climbing |
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| Artists in Residence program |
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| Habitats |
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| The former theater corner now showcases a Mojave and Colorado Desert exhibit |
Entrance to Joshua Tree National Park requires an entry fee of $25 per passenger vehicle for a 7-day pass. Any of the America the Beautiful passes may be used instead.
The park website is https://www.nps.gov/jotr.
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