With a desert landscape covering 3,237 sq km, Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California is located between the Mojave and Colorado deserts and became a national park in 1994. The locals affectionately refer to it as "J-Tree," and what makes this place so spectacular are its extraordinary night skies and unique rock formations. In addition to the stunning night sky, the park has roughly 500 km of hiking trails, nine campgrounds, and the namesake Joshua Trees. In fact, these species only grow at elevations between 600 and 1,800 metres and strictly within the Mojave Desert of California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.