Super helpful place. You can get your park map here along with passport stamps. The gift shop is also located here.

Great place to stop and get information.

Very informative ranger. Wonderfully priced gift shop. Clean facilities.

A nice visitor center with a wonderful walking path with lots of palms and some stories.

Cute visitor center that provides a lot of info about the park and a great selection of Joshua tree products to support the park.They have a beautiful cactus garden in the front. Staff is friendly and bathrooms are very clean which is a plus!!

Friendly and knowledgeable staff were able to engage with my son so well. He loved it here and got his first Jr. Ranger badge to boot.

Lovely, friendly knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff & rangers.Lots of very useful info gleaned prior to our visit into the park.

Clean space, nice paved path for a short stroll.

Such a great stop to get info on the parks. Super friendly staff

Like all National Parks only the gift shop is open. There was at least a ranger with maps and some info. There is a nature path.

Great i formation. Appreciate very much the attention to customers needs, health regulations and mandates being suggested and curteously guided by the staf throughout example.

Excellent information! The staff was very helpful.

We had great time visiting the park and the kids really enjoyed it. Its not just whole bunch of rocks but full of adventure and funs. The free shuttle service is great but just make sure it will take you back where you leave your car and you are picked up. We had a little trouble with it but the park rangers were very nice and kindly took me back to the shuttle stop where I left my car.

Nice little shop, and the rangers were helpful!

Very nice and educational. Spent there 30 mins.

Awesome and super friendly

Quick but lovely trail around the Oasis. We learned a lot about Joshua Tree inside the visitor center. Recommend stopping by if you get a chance.

Great little Visitor Center in 29 Palms entrance of Joshua Tree. Nice selection of souvenirs. Very helpful staff. Lots of info on the Park can be found here as well.

Nice park, ladies seemed tired and it was busy, but she still greeted us kindly

Nice gift shop with info about Joshua Tree. They also schedule the tours here too. There is also station to fill up your water containers for camping. The day we were there, several artists were selling jewelry, paintings, photos, etc

Great place to take photos of the night sky use your phone with a tripod

Oasis Visitor Center is a beautiful place to walk,shop or just breathe the fresh air! The people are wonderful and so helpful! You can also schedule to go on outings in the park,so Awesome!! Enjoy your day

This is the northern visitor center to Joshua Tree National Park. Nice and helpful employees/rangers inside to guide you to see what youd like. Its also a gift shop for the park and has a few things to see. Also has water and bathrooms. Right before the entrance to the park.

Good start for visiting Joshua tree National park

Nice paved path with beautiful views and sounds. The gift shop is awesome. Great desert scents and stuffed animals. Great info in maps and books.

Friendly staff, helpful and happy to teach you about the park.

Joshua Tree National Park is so amazing. The visitors center is well worth stopping. Nice souvenirs and historical books.

Very helpful Rangers and worth stopping by on your way into the park for maps and information. There is a paved nature walk path you can walk on, but I docked one star because the nature trail had some strange signage that is part of an art exhibit that was pretty weird for kids.

Beautiful cactus garden. Super friendly & informative ranger. Enjoyed our time here.

Its got this cool little trail that tells a story when you walk around it. Has an oasis thing thats pretty neat

Nicely stocked. Friendly workers.

Incredible staff, clean and highly informative facilities, EASY entrance into the park, and ample parking. If youre heading into Joshua Tree National Park, use this visitors center and entrance.

Rangers at this visitor center were much friendlier and willing to answer questions than at the West entrance one. The displays are visually pleasing and you learn the basics about the wildlife to expect. There is a small gift shop that is very popular. In the back there is an interpretive trail but it is still recovering from the fire so we didnt see as much as with previous visits, for example no quail this time although we heard some, but they used to be all over the place. The signs along the trail are meant to be engaging by telling the story of a young woman.

Staff is always friendly.

The secret entance to Joshua Tree National Park. Just 17 minutes away from the main entrance this point of entry has far fewer cars and puts you closer to split rock and skull rock and puts you counter to the normal traffic flow so less traffic in front. While a little smaller and slightly different exhibits it also is the trail head to an oasis walk that is paved.

Very nice and helpful staff

Nice visitor center.

The sunset is wonderful ,beautiful colors

Love the visitor centers in National Parks! The rangers are so helpful!

Good place to stop and get questions answered before going into Joshua Tree National Park. Nice gift shop too.

The Park staff are knowledgeable about the history as well as living with all the wonderful wonders that surrounds us.

Great history of the oasis and visitor center.

Great visitor center, kind and professional staff. They even spoke Italian, so I guess other languages wont be a problem.

Very helpful people inside and some nice swag

One of the best desert Visitor Centers. A great intro to the Park, lots of informed park personnel on site, and a wide selection of souvenirs to choose from. If you are with a pet as we are, you can walk your dog along the guided pathway behind the center. Its a nice walk through the desert, and tells a cool little story/legend along the way. Fun for your kids too!

Great spot to grab a souviner or a gift for someone who loves national parks or Joshua trees!

Nice place to get park information and souvenirs. Friendly staff, clean environment.

Well it was open and we bought a toy rabbit.

Great place to visit before and during a visit to Joshua Tree NP. Free wifi, flushing restrooms and a place to fill up water jugs (there is no water in the park itself). The visitor center is also the place to hop aboard the free road runner shuttle, which enables visitors to ride into and access the park without paying the admission fee. The Oasis of Mara trail also leads from the visitor center, a good intro hike for the rest of the park

The oasis is a joke.

Looks to be smaller and less busy than the visitor center in Joshua Tree town, but the staff are just as nice. Staff helped us identify a gopher snake that was just happened to wake from hibernating and passing through. Even the volunteers at this center were so knowledgeable and kind; they helped us understand where best to go in the park.

Though the main visitor center in the park has more in the way of exhibits, this once has some good info as well. Its less crowded here, and the entrance gate up the road is less busy as well. Standard visitor center offerings, books and shirts and magnets and such. No food offered here, nor did I see even a water bottle, so dont expect to provision here. Bathrooms are clean though and the rangers have been knowledgeable and helpful any time Ive stopped in.

Water jug fill up. Watched 3 kids become junior rangers. Learned about the Colorado and Mojave desert.

Very helpful rangers, nice maps and gift shop.

The staffs are helpful and very informative...

A guiet place, great display well done.

This center is the best one in JTNP. It has a nice, brief concrete walk through plants and lizards. And the center has many displays about JTNP flora and fauna. The best part is that the center gives an overview of JTNPs geology - that is, how things got formed.

Beautiful place to go with the family and friends to explore..plenty of trails

Good place to visit before going into the park.

This is a very nice visitor center in 29 Palms

Great place to visit to learn more about Joshua Tree National Park.

Always clean bathrooms and nice selection of souvenirs.

Friendly staff!

Jushua tree get away. not much mammals oit at this time of the year but we hot to finally see a road runner....good experience for the kids

A nice Visitor Center with all the basic information. Worth a stop.

Friendly staff. They sell some souvenirs too at a reasonable price.

Good little museum, picnic tables, nice restrooms. Oasis is scenic.

Will go back again!

Cozy, helpful staff.

So clean and great to get any information you might need for your trip. They have water if you need, bathrooms are clean and lots of maps and the people are so kind.

Great place to take your kids or dogs out for a stroll.

Classic national park experience at Joshua Tree

The man that was working behind the register on Wednesday, April 3rd, should be ashamed. He was really rude to a man asking questions about wildflowers and then proceeded to share with the next two customers the stupid questions he gets asked about the weather and where the Oasis is. I expect much better from those employed with the Forest Service, though this guy was not dressed in ranger clothing. It was a very negative experience.

Clean and friendly. We picked up a junior ranger book and used the facilities. A+!

There are huge tables behind the parking lot and people just love to stay there and have a snacks and enjoy the views though it was very hot

Very helpful information. They guided us to a wonderful day in a unique and beautiful national park. Thanks to everyone who works there.

A gas station in the middle of nowhere. While the facility is clean that is pretty much the only positive. Higher prices are understandable for the location, but the level of service was poor. Even with four people at the counter we were not greeted. The employees were too busy talking to each other to be helpful or polite. The store is filled with snarky signs telling the customers not to complain. You can also not pay at the pump, so you have to leave your card at the counter or pay in cash. You have to spend a minimum amount to use a card. Try to have enough gas to make it to the next town and just skip the Oasis.

I really like this place just because of all the pokestops and poke gyms. An interesting walk with bonuses! ️

Friendly park staff helped me plan out two days in Joshua Tree and pointed me toward good areas for stargazing. The Oasis of Mara thats at the same location is a short walk, but doesnt give you enough of the Joshua Tree experience or the variety of scenery to consider only stopping here. Give the Oasis a quick warmup walk then head into the park.

Ive lived just a block north of this for about 20 years of my life, and have always loved it as a convenient, simple retreat when I need to get away. Has a nice, short nature walk with informational plaques spread throughout. The actual Oasis only holds water during rainy seasons (sometimes there are small frogs!). Despite damage from an arson incident a couple years ago, the spot is still popular and a great sneak peek at the parks desert landscape. Theres a visitor center, and also an office for other recreational opportunities. Summers in the desert easily surpass 110 degrees Fahrenheit, so be sure to dress accordingly, wear skin protectants if needed, and bring plenty of water. There are separate male and female restrooms located in the front entrance near the parking lot, as well as a water refill station.

Great place to stop and get info. Also, they are currently running a FREE shuttle into the park to leaves from here. This shuttle also gets to into the park for free. This is a great way to save money and about the parking hassle.

All good. Helpful staff

The rangers are really helpful, the toilets flush, there is s patio that is shaded, and they sell bottled water! There is s board that tells what is going on that day and what time. Pleanty of parking.

Great JTNP stuff there.

Buetiful place nature is beutiful

Great visit, spoke with friendly and knowledgeable staff, toured the information and learning area, walked the oasis, and made some purchases at the retail store. The arson damage is sad to see, but it doesnt change the fact that one gets to walk inside a real-life oasis. Its a special feeling, and the life coming back to the area is wonderful.

Great Place to visit....and hike.

Would like if it were cleaned up a bit. We could hear running water but the fronds from the trees were all over and you couldnt see through.

We love going to every National park. Joshua Tree NP is vest visited in winter. Summer can hit 120°. Ive been all times of year, my favorite was this Feb 2017. Went hiking at some great spots my brother in law picked out 2 days in a row. Really took some great shoots. Walking sticks extremely helpful!

They have the best breakfasts and lost of it.

Great information center. If this is your first time exploring Joshua tree national Park, especially if you are in the mood of exploring... INFORM yourself before venturing into the desert.

Clean bathroom ! Trying to close at 5 pm .seemed good to kids in there

If it was promoted better, it would be used more. Nice walk thats handicap accessible! Ask for donations!

This center is adjacent to 29 palms; the other visitor center is south of the park and closer to the highway i10. the center is a great opportunity to acquaint yourself of the park before venturing in. it has very informative exhibits regarding the park. youre also able to buy your entry day pass here. do take a moment to walk around outside the grounds; its also very informative. from my observation, all the nps ranger officers/staff were friendly, knowledgeable, and approachable. do stop by!

Beautiful visitors center!

Place was cool but the lady at the front deskWas not nice.

Very nice nature walks around the visitor center. Has a lot of information and displays regarding the park and the desert and desert life in it. The rangers are more than willing to help and love to answer your questions about Joshua Tree.

Small visitors center with good displays, helpful staff, short informational walk, and interesting items for purchase. Well located if entering Joshua Tree National Park from the east (29 Palms.)

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