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Trailhead: Barker Dam Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 Parking: Parking lot at Barker Dam Trailhead or nearby street parking. Joshua Tree does have a $30 entrance fee. More about the park fees HERE. Distance: 1.6 miles loop for Barker Dam, and 3 miles out & back for Wall Street Mill (Over 4.6 miles total if doing both) Barker Dam and the Wall Street Mill trails are technically two different trails. However, Barker Dam is really more of a nature walk that stays relatively fla

Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA Parking: Parking lot at Lost Horse Mine Trailhead or nearby street parking. Joshua Tree does have a $30 entrance fee. More about the park fees HERE. Distance: 4.4 miles out & back (or 6.8 miles loop). The start of the Lost Horse Mine trail is at the end of a long dirt road. The parking lot at the trailhead is not that big so there is a chance you'll need to park somewhere along that dirt road and walk but it really d

Trailhead: Ryan Mountain Trail. Park Blvd, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 Parking: Parking lot at Ryan Mountain Trailhead. Joshua Tree does have a $30 entrance fee. More about the park fees HERE. Distance: 3 miles out & back. While much of Joshua Tree National Park is relatively flat, Ryan Mountain provides a great opportunity to get up above it all and get a 360 degree view of the vast park. It is also a bit of a strenuous hike as it climbs over 1,000 feet in elevation in about