Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Joshua Tree National Park (Joshua Tree), Verenigde Staten

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

• Regel

  Campsites book six months out

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Climbing season (1 okt – 15 mei (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (20 dec – 3 jan)

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Natuur

  Desert bloom

  15 feb – 30 apr · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Climbing season (1 okt – 15 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Spring break and festival weekends, Spring break in Verenigde Staten

• Feestdag

  Spring break and festival weekends

  1 mrt – 25 apr · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Spring wind season

  1 mrt – 15 jun · meestalRisico

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Desert bloom (15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)), Climbing season (1 okt – 15 mei (meestal))

Druk — Spring break and festival weekends

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Desert bloom (15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)), Spring break and festival weekends (1 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)), Spring wind season (1 mrt – 15 jun (meestal)), Climbing season (1 okt – 15 mei (meestal))

Druk — Joshua Tree Music Festival

• Festival

  Joshua Tree Music Festival

  8–20 mei · meestalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Desert summer heat

  25 mei – 20 sep · meestalExtreme hitte

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring wind season (1 mrt – 15 jun (meestal)), Climbing season (1 okt – 15 mei (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring wind season (1 mrt – 15 jun (meestal)), Desert summer heat (25 mei – 20 sep (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Monsoon flash floods

  1 jul – 15 sep · meestalOverstromingsseizoenSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Perseids and new-moon nights

  25 jul – 20 aug · meestalSterrenhemelseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Desert summer heat (25 mei – 20 sep (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Desert summer heat (25 mei – 20 sep (meestal)), Monsoon flash floods (1 jul – 15 sep (meestal)), Perseids and new-moon nights (25 jul – 20 aug (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Desert summer heat (25 mei – 20 sep (meestal)), Monsoon flash floods (1 jul – 15 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Seizoen

  Climbing season

  1 okt – 15 mei · meestalWandelseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Night Sky Festival

  1–31 okt · meestalGroot festivalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Climbing season (1 okt – 15 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  20 dec – 3 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Campsites book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Climbing season (1 okt – 15 mei (meestal))