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Sunday, April 22, 2018

Pinto Basin Road - Joshua Tree National Park


Our March 2018 visit to Joshua Tree National Park continued north on Pinto Basin Road from Cottonwood Visitor Center to Pinto Wye and its junction with Park Boulevard. There are several pullouts along the route with wayside displays and a couple of trail heads.

Rock outcrop above a wash

Pinto Basin and Pinto Mountains
 
Pinto Mountain peaking over another ridge

Creosote bush in bloom (Larrea tridentata)

Coxcomb Mountains (25 miles)

Creosote bushes below Pinto Mountain (10 miles)

Rock jumble

Eagle Mountains (12 miles) with Coxcomb Mountains in the distance

Twentynine Palms Mountain (4576' 18 miles)

Coxcomb Mountains

Looking back at the Eagle Mountains

Ocotillo and Pinto Mountain

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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