36 backcountry hikes and 4WD trips in Joshua Tree National Park and the surrounding area.

“Base of Queen Mountain” Pictograph Boulder
Back in 2012, I decided to go out to Joshua Tree National Park and see if I could find a ...
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“Bighorn Boulder” Camp
Back in 2012, one of my mine exploring trips got canceled at the last minute, so I suddenly had some ...
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“Black Hands” Pictographs
I found these solitary black pictographs hidden under a pile of granite boulders out in Joshua Tree National Park. The ...
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“Born Again” Pictographs
Hidden a few miles into the monzogranite maze wilderness of the Joshua Tree National Park lies the “Born Again” Pictograph site. It ...
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“Boundary Island” Petroglyphs
Off in a far-flung corner of Joshua Tree is an isolated boulder outcrop with a few dozen petroglyphs on it ...
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“Circle Sun Ledge” Pictographs
Hidden on a small and inconspicuous ledge, deep in the Joshua Tree wilderness, is an interesting pictograph site. When we ...
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“Hidden Handprint” Pictographs
Deep in the Wonderland of Rocks is a special rock shelter. Once used by the Serrano, it is a sacred ...
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“Hidden Indian Cave” Pictographs
A few years ago, I went out in search of this well-hidden rock shelter full of pictographs. It is one ...
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“Hollow Rock” Pictographs
Back in 2010, we came across an unassuming large isolated granite boulder in Joshua Tree. There is no shortage of ...
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“Keystone Signpost” Petroglyphs
This lone petroglyph boulder is way out in a wash deep into the Joshua Tree wilderness. We suspect it served ...
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“Lost Pick” Prospector’s Camp
While hiking way out in the backcountry wilderness of Joshua Tree National Park, exploring buddy JP and I stumbled upon ...
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“Monolith Alcove” Pictographs
Not too long ago, I met up with DarthJenni and JP to do some exploring in the backcountry of Joshua Tree. We went ...
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“Moss” Mine
Back in 2004, We met up with our friends Dan, Annie and Micah to explore an old mine out in the ...
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“Pleasant Valley” Pictographs
While hiking in the backcountry of Joshua Tree over the winter, the good folks over at Peregriff and I came across this ...
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“Ram on Rocks” Pictographs
Recently, I visited a very small native site in the backcountry of Joshua Tree. There is a larger habitation site not ...
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“Red Lady” Pictographs
A while back, we visited a couple of pictograph sites in Joshua Tree. Both of these sites have red female ...
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“Sky Cross” Pictographs
Deep in the wilderness of Joshua Tree National Park is a site that I call the “Sky Cross” Pictographs. This is a ...
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“Southern Eagle” Pictographs
The Dzrtgrls led a group of us on a trip to the southern Eagle Mountains to see an area they ...
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“Surprise Rock” Pictographs
In early 2013, I was out hiking in the backcountry of Joshua Tree National Park and came across this solitary boulder with ...
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Alister’s Cave Pictographs
Alister’s Cave is a known pictograph site in the Wonderland of Rock area of Joshua Tree. The cave (really a ...
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Last Updated on January 29, 2021 by Guy Starbuck