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Palm Springs is located 120 miles east Los Angeles. The Colonial Spanish heritage, the powerful influence of Hollywood stars and Los Angeles wealthy people in the architecture and lifestyle of this town, and the omnipresence of the desert around, turn Palm Spring an exotic oasis and a top travel reference in south California.

Joshua Tree National Park, just an hour drive of Palm Spring, with its amazing and unique landscape, is a top travel destination in this desertic region.

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Best time to visit & travel to Palm Springs and Joshua Park
When not to go to Palm Springs and Joshua Park
What to visit in Palm Springs and Joshua Park
Hotels and flights to Palm Springs and Joshua Park

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WHAT TO VISIT IN PALM SPRINGS AND JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

Palm Springs
Palm Springs downtown is an excellent example of old Spanish colonial architecture, mixed with hundred of modern shops, art galleries, restaurants, hotels and cultural references.

Other highlights in Palm Spring town:
- Moorten Botanical Gardens
- Palm Spring Desert Museum and Palm Springs Air Museum (near the airport)
- McCallum Theater

For those who don't intend to restrict their visit to Palm Spring, the outskirts of the city offer some tasty short trips in the periphery of the desert, namely:
- Indian Canyons: a must for hikers and bikers, just a couple of miles out of Palm Springs.
- Palm Canyon and Andreas Canyon, also just a couple of miles out of Palm Springs(these tours demand jeeps and four-wheel vehicles).

Joshua Tree Park

Extraordinary sunsets and sunrises, a unique flora (and between it the «Joshua Trees») and fauna, and coloured and strangely shaped landscapes turn this park a popular travel destination in California. The Park western entrance is an hour's drive from Palm Spring, in the town of Joshua Tree where you will find a Visitor's Centre and plenty of information about the Park and its highlights.

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BEST TIME TO VISIT PALM SPRINGS AND JOSHUA TREE PARK

Spring and Autumn are the best seasons to tour Palm Springs, Joshua Tree National Park and the Low Desert. The high season runs through the Winter and Spring and Autumn months.

Summer is the off-peak period. You must be planned and careful if you intend to visit Joshua National Park in the summer months: temperatures may easily climb above 100ºF/38ºC from mid-April through mid-October...

If you intend to go to the Low Desert and Palm Spring in summer, plan your outdoor visits to early morning, and chose indoor activities for midday.

WHEN NOT TO GO TO PALM SPRINGS AND JOSHUA NATIONAL PARK

Do not forget temperatures in Palm Springs and Joshua National Park: from mid-May to October temperatures commonly run above 120ºF/48 ºC in the desert (see Weather Table for the region below).

Unless you are as most visitors and do not intend to leave the proximity of Palm Spring pools, and if you really intend to visit the desert and the Joshua National Park, it's better to avoid Summer.

If you want to avoid crowds, then avoid also weekends, the Spring Break and holidays.

PALM SPRING Weather Data

PALM SPRINGS - CALIFORNIA
Temperature Fahrenheit	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
High (average)	68	72	80	89	95	103	109	107	102	92	80	71	89
Low (average)	40	44	47	53	58	64	73	71	66	57	48	40	55,1
Average	54	58	64	71	77	84	91	89	84	75	64	56	72
Temperature Celsius	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
High (average)	20	22	27	32	35	39	43	42	39	33	27	22	32
Low (average)	4	7	8	12	14	18	23	22	19	14	9	4	13
Average	12	14	18	22	25	29	33	32	29	24	18	13	22
Humidity	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Humidity and discomfort	Low or medium (July and Auugust)
Precipitation	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Number of wet days	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	2,42
Snow	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Snow in inches	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Snow in mm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red: Too cold, too hot, too humid, too little sun, too rain or too snow

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Hotels (and flights) are centred in Palm Spring. The hotel offer is high in the expensive category and low in the budget. As expected, accommodation prices falls in the off-season: the Summer.

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