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Originally Posted by BrianSD_42
Ex Marine or military family I presume? No one wants to go to 29 Palms.
Anyways you can drive all of Joshua tree and still visit 29 Palms in the same day but two days is probably a good pace.
Not sure if you use Backcountry navigator app for Android but you will want to get some kind of an offline iOS or Android app for GPS. Joshua Tree has terrible to non existent cell coverage and little to no signs at all on the back roads.
A few years ago a mother and young son died because their phone GPS directed them out in the desert when they thought they were going to town. The roads go out into the desert for hours and it is easily confusing. They ran out of gas and got stranded. The national Park service advises specifically do not use cellular smart phones for GPS in Joshua tree. Get an independent app for your phone, one that works with only GPS enabled.
Anyways .... I also have a .gpx file with lots of drop points and trails there. Let me know if you want to use it.
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Thanks so much. I am looking at off-line apps now. Yes, former Marine - LOL only the crazy ones liked the Stumps.
I do rucking and the like and was in Tucson beginning of March met a friend to hike Sabino Canyon. She's from Tucson so knows the trails... but since I'm not familiar with the West it's intimidating to hike around solo.
I do have a compass if all else fails.
I'll hit you up for some of those trails. I have an iPhone currently.
Appreciate the help and advice.