heading fromLos AngelestoJoshua Tree, the IMAX scene before our rental car began to shift — the bright city lights faded in the distance, the streaming streak of cars tapered off one by one, the stillness grew louder. Sporadic roadside dives supplanted trendy restaurants and bars, ...
Joshua Tree National Park, the “nearest convenient place to go stargazing” for the 18 million people living in LA, hosts a night sky festival every fall. As luck would have it, this year’s dates overlap with a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. From Joshua Tree, the moon will appear ...
planned a West Coast road trip around a moonless night in Joshua Tree National Park. “Coming from a place where it’s mostly light polluted, it was essential for me to find a spot where I could see the stars or even the Milky Way.” Check out designated stargazing areas in Hidden Vall...
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·Joshua Tree National Park—October 13-14 Joshua Tree National Park, as the International Dark Sky Association notes, is the "nearest convenient place to go stargazing under a relatively dark sky" for the 18 million people who live in the Los Angeles area. It became an official dark sky p...
Camping in Joshua Tree Pitch a tent and escape the city lights in Joshua Tree National Park, home to several first-come, first-servecampsitesand some of the best dark night skies in the country. Nothing says chill like sleeping under a blanket of twinkling stars (s’mores, please!) surrou...
Joshua Tree National Park, as the International Dark Sky Association notes, is the "nearest convenient place to go stargazing under a relatively dark sky" for the18 million people who live in the Los Angeles area. It became an official dark sky park in 2017, and each year, it hosts a ni...