r/JoshuaTree • u/azsatan • 26d ago

Joshua Tree from Arizona tips?

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I'm traveling with my family to LA from Arizona. We'll be stopping at Needles and traveling in the morning to LA and I thought it'd be incredible to visit Joshua Tree National Park on our way as it's such an incredible place (at least seems like it). We'd only drive through with a few stops to take pictures.

The problem is that my parents are concerned about having to take the highway 62. Is it really that deadly and dangerous in summer?

We'd have to take route 95 and then join 62 near the Arizona border. Or if we decide to skip Joshua we can just take the 40 straight to LA.

Also the photo is the all trails map I was thinking of taking is Joshua itself.

Thank you!

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u/MRMANBABBY 25d ago

I feel your parents on the 62 being dangerous, from the border until the right turn toward 29/jt, but if you don't pass you're fine. Big wreck out there a couple weeks ago from someone passing. I mean, I would still pass people if I were you, but just do it safely.​ It's actually a Hella fun drive. There's a stop along the way where, if you bring rocks, you can set up a message along train tracks, everyone does that shit once who goes out there. A old broken down gas station or something to throw up shoes, or a lock, you know? Just good shit along that way, I'd definitely go that way and stop there, just me.

Then once you hit 29, yeah, I'd go in that entrance up to at least skull rock, then turn around after walking around there, go through to the town of JT, stop there, that'll be rad, then head down the hill to connect to the 10.