| Trail |
Mileage |
Starting Point |
Features |
| Arch Rock |
.5-mile loop |
White Tank Campground,
opposite site 9 |
geology, including a natural arch |
Bajada All-
Access |
.25-mile loop |
South of Cottonwood; one-half mile from the southern entrance to the park |
accessible; plants of the Colorado Desert |
| Barker Dam |
1.3-mile loop |
Just north of the Barker Dam parking area |
water tank built by early cattle ranchers |
| Cap Rock |
.4-mile loop |
Cap Rock parking area, at the junction
of Park Blvd. and Keys View Road |
accessible; boulder piles, Joshua trees, and other plants of the Mojave Desert |
| Cholla Cactus Garden |
.25-mile loop |
20 miles north of Cottonwood Visitor Center |
dense concentration of Cholla Cactus |
| Cottonwood Spring |
1 mile |
Cottonwood Spring parking area |
palm oasis, cottonwood trees, plants and animals of the Colorado Desert |
| Hidden Valley |
1-mile loop |
Hidden Valley picnic area |
rock-enclosed valley rumored to have been used by cattle rustlers |
| Hi-View |
1.3-mile loop |
Northwest of Black Rock Campground |
views of Mt. San Gorgonio |
| Indian Cove |
.6-mile loop |
West end of Indian Cove Campground |
plants, including desert willows and Mojave yuccas, animals, and Indian habitation |
| Keys View |
.25-mile loop |
Keys View |
views of the San Andreas Fault, Mt. San Jacinto, Mt. San Gorgonio, and the Salton Sea |
| Oasis of Mara |
.5-mile loop |
Oasis Visitor Center, Twentynine Palms |
accessible; introduces an oasis habitat used extensively by early residents in the area |
| Skull Rock |
1.5-mile loop |
Jumbo Rocks Campground |
boulder piles, desert washes, and a rock formation known as Skull Rock |
