Joshua Tree National Park is one of the most visited parks in the United States. This huge park takes up 790, 000 – 790,640 acres and was named a National Park of the United States in 1994 under the California Desert Protection Act. The Park is a beautiful and vast desert of (Joshua) trees and rock formations that are thought to have been formed 100 million years ago. Joshua Tree is an amazing place to hike, take photographs, climb, and stare at the stars. The dark sky makes for amazing visibility and the interesting rock formations make for a dynamic bouldering and scrambling at all levels.

There is something about this park that makes it special, the desert landscape stretching as far as your eyes can see makes you feel at peace and the beauty that surrounds those who enter is often thought to have a spiritual quality. The dryness of the park is surprisingly accompanied by an abundance of wildlife and plant species, not just Joshua Trees, which makes the park and exciting place to learn about adaptations to the desert climate.

Joshua Tree was one of my favorite National Parks I've ever visited. I found the environment so unique and so like nothing I have ever seen before that I was constantly amazed, entertained, and grateful during my weekend there. I very strongly recommend visiting this park to gain more of an appreciation for nature in its many forms, and you'll get some cool photos as well.