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Jul 11, 2017 · Trail through teddybear cholla. NPS / Brad Sutton Approximately 12 miles (20 km) south of the park’s north entrance is the 0.25 mile (0.4 km) Cholla Cactus Garden Nature Trail; this flat loop leads hikers through nearly 10 acres (4 hectares) of landscape dominated by the teddybear cholla.
Cholla Cactus Garden. Easy • 4.7 (2248) Joshua Tree National Park. Photos (2,007) Directions. Print/PDF map. Share. More. Length 0.2 miElevation gain 9 ftRoute type Loop. Try this 0.2-mile loop trail near Twentynine Palms, California. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of 4 min to complete.
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Jan 16, 2020 · Cholla Cactus Garden is one of Joshua Tree National Park’s one-of-a-kind features. Located at the merger of the upper Mojave Desert and the lower Colorado Desert, this level quarter-mile loop provides access to an intense concentration of cholla cacti. The trail through Cholla Cactus Garden.
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- Pinto Basin Road, Joshua Tree National Park, 92277, CA
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Situated in a transitional zone (between the Mojave and Colorado Desert), Cholla Cactus Garden looks unlike any other stretch of Joshua Tree National Park. Fields of cholla cacti, arranged in neat lines and rows like a large desert nursery, fill up a small swatch of the Pinto Basin. Cholla are sharp cacti. Their nickname, teddybear cholla, suggests...
The best time to visit Cholla Cactus Garden is between March to May and October to November. During these months, Joshua Tree National Park’s temperatures relax. But Cholla Cactus Garden’s path is so short, so unobstructive, you could realistically visit this scenic turn-in late spring too, under the cool of pre-dawn.
The sun is slow to rise. It takes its time, a full half hour to balloon past a backdrop of slopes. Only a few vestiges of dawn remain: a cool blue sky, a hazy wash of orange, harsh red light baked into the dirt. It’s in this moment the cholla start to glow, their wayward tubes incandescent under the softness of sunrise. I feel like I’m walking thro...
The Cholla Cactus Garden trail is a short and flat loop, mostly dirt (though there is a little boardwalk area). The quarter-mile hike(it’s really more of a leisurely stroll) curls past dense thickets of cholla. In the distance, you’ll see the cholla taper off and disappear into a creosote-brushed landscape.
Cholla Cactus Garden is roughly twenty to forty minutes away from each entrance (I recommend entering through The West Entrance if you’re visiting in the morning and The Oasis Of Mara entrance if y...Print out a map of Joshua Tree National Park before you leave (this is the one I used). You can also use Google Maps and type in Cholla Cactus Garden (just be sure to go to Settings -> Offline Map...Bring a water bottle.The hike is short and easy, but the air is still crisp and dry (you’ll be craving water). You’ll want to leave your water bottle in the car though as there are bees here, and t...On that note, watch out for bees. Although I didn’t see any while hiking, I have heard that they live in the area and can be quite aggressive.Apr 4, 2024 · Quick Facts. Location: Joshua Tree National Park. Amenities. 6 listed. Stroll through the Cholla Cactus Garden along a flat 0.25-mile loop trail. Hike through thousands of teddy bear cholla cactus and enjoy scenic mountain views. The Cholla Cactus Garden is in the Pinto Basin, part of the transition zone between the Colorado and Mojave Deserts.
Hike Cholla Cactus Garden Nature Trail. Joshua Tree National Park. Get the eGuide. 0.3 Mi. loop. 30. Minutes. 10. Gain (ft) Quality. Easy. Difficulty. Welcome to Joshua Tree’s most dangerous hike! It’s not rugged trails or exposed ridges that make this trail so treacherous; it’s the Teddy Bear Cholla that you need to watch out for.
With a spectacular variety of cacti and other desert plants, the Cholla Cactus Garden Nature Trail takes you on a short footpath alongside the beautiful desert vegetation. The trail boasts a number of interpretive signs throughout its length to help inform you about the greenery surrounding you.
