After leaving the park via the north entrance, we stopped at the Oasis Visitor Center in Twentynine Palms. On our previous visit in February 2015, the Oasis Visitor Center was undergoing seismic remediation. A double wide office trailer served as the temporary visitor center. The renovated visitor center is now open. It is located 3½ miles north of the North Entrance Station of the park and ½ mile south of California 62 on Utah Trail. Parking for two handicap placarded vehicles, two RVs or buses, and over 40 passenger vehicles has been provided.
The visitor center houses the usual components of a NPS visitor center, including an information desk, book store and gift shop, exhibits and artifacts, and restrooms. There is no theater and the excellent 2011 park video, Joshua Tree: The Desert Forest, is no longer shown at any of the visitor centers.
We visited in March 2018.
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| A wide variety of desert plants are identified in this garden outside the visitor center |
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| Entrance area |
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| Book store and gift shop |
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| More merchandise |
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| Candles |
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| Tote bags |
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| Exhibits |
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| Interactive relief map |
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| Compare and Contrast the Colorado and Mojave Deserts |
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| More interactive exhibits |
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| Human artifacts |
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| Small wildlife display |
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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