Hva som skjer i Joshua Tree National Park (Joshua Tree), United States gjennom året

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Regel

  Campsites book six months out

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  Reservable sites are released six months ahead to the day and the cool-season weekends go in minutes. A couple of the campgrounds keep first-come sites, and those are taken by Friday afternoon. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Climbing season (1. okt – 15. mai (vanligvis)), Christmas and New Year (20. des – 3. jan)

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Natur

  Desert bloom

  15. feb – 30. apr · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The low Colorado desert around Cottonwood flowers first, in late February, and the higher Mojave side follows into April. How much of it there is depends entirely on the winter rain.

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Climbing season (1. okt – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Spring break and festival weekends, Spring break i United States

• Helligdag

  Spring break and festival weekends

  1. mar – 25. apr · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  March and April are the park's busiest weeks, and the two Coachella weekends in Indio empty every rental in the high desert. Entrance queues at the west gate run an hour on those Saturdays. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Spring wind season

  1. mar – 15. jun · vanligvisRisiko

  Afternoon wind funnels in through the pass at the west end all spring, pulling tents out of the ground at Jumbo Rocks and sandblasting anything belayed in the open. Mornings are usually still. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Desert bloom (15. feb – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Climbing season (1. okt – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Spring break and festival weekends

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Desert bloom (15. feb – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Spring break and festival weekends (1. mar – 25. apr (vanligvis)), Spring wind season (1. mar – 15. jun (vanligvis)), Climbing season (1. okt – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Joshua Tree Music Festival

• Festival

  Joshua Tree Music Festival

  8.–20. mai · vanligvisMye folk

  A small camping festival at the lake north of the park, held twice a year in May and again in October. It books out the high-desert rentals for its weekends without touching the park itself. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Desert summer heat

  25. mai – 20. sep · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  Afternoons over forty degrees, no shade to speak of and no water anywhere in the park. Rangers do not recommend a summer trip without desert experience, and they are right. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Spring wind season (1. mar – 15. jun (vanligvis)), Climbing season (1. okt – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Spring wind season (1. mar – 15. jun (vanligvis)), Desert summer heat (25. mai – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Monsoon flash floods

  1. jul – 15. sep · vanligvisFlomsesongStengninger

  Summer storms drop a season's rain in an hour and wash out the dirt roads and the washes people park in. Pinto Basin Road closes for it more often than anyone expects. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Perseids and new-moon nights

  25. jul – 20. aug · vanligvisMørkhimmelsesong

  The park is a designated International Dark Sky Park and August's meteor shower is the busiest night of its year, with the pullouts along Park Boulevard taken by dusk. In summer nobody is out before dark anyway. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Desert summer heat (25. mai – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Desert summer heat (25. mai – 20. sep (vanligvis)), Monsoon flash floods (1. jul – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Perseids and new-moon nights (25. jul – 20. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Desert summer heat (25. mai – 20. sep (vanligvis)), Monsoon flash floods (1. jul – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Sesong

  Climbing season

  1. okt – 15. mai · vanligvisStisesong

  Eight thousand routes on monzogranite that is only grippable when it is cool, so the season runs from October to May and stops dead in June. October and November are the best of it. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Night Sky Festival

  1.–31. okt · vanligvisStor festivalBestill tidlig

  A weekend of telescopes, talks and night photography in the park each autumn, tickets released well in advance. The park is a designated dark-sky place and October gives long nights without the cold. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Thanksgiving break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Climbing season (1. okt – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  20. des – 3. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  Los Angeles drives out for the fortnight and every campsite in the park is taken. Nights drop below freezing, which surprises people who packed for a desert. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Campsites book six months out (1. jan – 31. des), Climbing season (1. okt – 15. mai (vanligvis))