Offered on weekends, programs include ranger-led walks, talks and illustrated evening programs covering a variety of topics and themes.

Ranger Programs: Spring 2009 (PDF, 155 KB)

Hole-In-The-Wall Evening Program
Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Hole-in-the-Wall Information Center (meet inside if conditions are poor)
After dinner, spend part of your evening with a National Park Ranger exploring the preserve as "Someplace Special". Share one Ranger's impressions of the Mojave Desert through his words and pictures. Viewing photographs of this unique place in America might give you new destinations to discover. So gather behind the visitor center at the amphitheater and munch on some popcorn (provided) while we talk of special places in this lovely, lonely desert.

Geology Talk
Sundays at 9 a.m., Hole-In-The-Wall Visitor Center
The rocks here can tell stories. Let a Mojave Ranger fill you in on goings-on around Hole-In-The-Wall; like how the holes came to be, the carving of Banshee canyon, and the mover and shaker behind all this, the Woods Mountains caldera. Come early for coffee or hot chocolate with the National Park Ranger. Stay late to explore more on an optional short ranger-led hike.

Ranger-Led Hike: Petroglyphs: Rocks that Talk
Saturdays at 3 p.m., Hole-in-the-Wall Information Center
For thousands of years the Mojave Desert has been home to diverse cultures. The artifacts they left behind are both beautiful and mysterious. Discover how previous cultures survived in this harsh desert climate and the meanings of the rock art they left behind. This easy 1/4-mile walk (one-way) will take about one hour.