We climbed the equivalent of 24 floors and 6,000 steps but it wasn’t strenuous. If adventuresome, you can climb rocks of all sizes. We mostly stayed on the path. Darrel of Desert Tours was our guide and he is very knowledgeable. Wear good shoes for the approximate one mile hike. Plenty of picnic tables there for eating. Visitor center for Joshua Tree is in town if seeking a souvenir.
We took the Hidden Valley hike in early April and it was excellent, with very comfortable temperatures in the high 60s. Although the Park itself is fantastic, we found it to be a bit repetitive after a while, and not as diverse as other national parks (with much of the same flora and scenery throughout). This short one-mile loop packs a lot of the Park's highlights in one enjoyable hike. It's also always very nice to walk on a loop trail that brings you back to where you started without going back and forth in the same route. Highly recommended!
One of the best areas to see Joshua Trees in abundance. We were here as part of a nature and landscape photography workshop. The surroundings feel like something from when dinosaurs walked the earth. Just beautiful.
A very good hike that was both beautiful and enjoyable. The rock formations were abundant, so were the Joshua Trees and other nature.
Short hiking loop, but the enclosed nature of Hidden Valley means that you feel a long way away from civilisation very quickly. The access point is narrow and stepped, opening out into a film set-like landscape of boulders and relict pine/juniper trees. Grippy granite good for climbing, but TBH just a wonderful place to sit on a rock, and be. Recommended.
