Desert Hills Premium Outlets® is home to the largest collection of luxury outlets in California. The outdoor shopping center features 180 designer stores including Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Coach, Gucci, Kate Spade New York, Prada, Fendi, Saint Laurent Paris and many more. There are several dining options at Desert Hills Premium Outlets such as Blaze Pizza, Five Guys Burgers & Fries, and Panda Express.

The 25,500-acre Pioneertown Mountains Preserve descends from the high piney 7,800-foot ridges into the Pioneertown Valley. The small community of Pioneertown is surrounded by conservancy-owned volcanic mesas, the Sawtooth Mountains, and Preserve lands leading to the San Bernardino National Forest. The Preserve has year-round riparian corridors in Pipes Canyon and Little Morongo Canyons. It is an important landscape linkage between Joshua Tree National Park, San Bernardino National Forest, and the Big Horn BLM Wilderness.

Sky’s The Limit is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing hands-on learning opportunities for the people of and visitors to the Joshua Tree Gateway Communities. We provide a place where the honest pursuit of knowledge enriches the lives of all willing to participate, whether to view the smallest objects on the Earth, or observe the colossal displays in the sky.

Nestled in the Little San Bernardino Mountains, the desert oasis at Big Morongo Canyon is one of the 10 largest cottonwood and willow riparian (stream) habitats in California. Water draining from the surrounding mountains flows into a river through the canyon, and ground water rises up along the Morongo fault to form the marsh habitat, which is a great attractor for wildlife.

Joshua Tree National Park is open year-round. There are few facilities within the park's approximately 800,000 acres, making Joshua Tree a true desert wilderness just a few hours outside Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. About 2.8 million visitors come to the park each year to enjoy activities such as hiking, camping, photography, rock climbing, and simply enjoying the serene desert scenery. You have lots of things to do out here: backpacking, biking, birding, climbing, slacklining, hiking, horseback riding, photography, ranger-guided activities, stargazing, and wildflower viewing.​

The top 3 Filming locations in Joshua Tree, CA right now are Lucious Cactus Gardens with Huge Boulders & valley, Straw bale house in the desert with views and SPACE AGE 1974 AURORA. Movies have been filmed in Joshua Tree National Park: Seven Psychopaths (2012), The Big Year (2011), A Lot Like Love (2005), The Satan Bug (1965), Road Rules (1995–2007), Zombie Nation (2004), BlackBoxTV (2010–2015), Ghost Ship (1992).

Located in a transition zone between the Sonoran and Mojave deserts, the 4,760-acre Mission Creek Preserve has a rich species composition with flora and fauna representing both deserts. Visitors are surprised to discover the center of the Preserve is a lush wetland with a backdrop of eroded painted hills and Mount San Gorgonio looming in the background. The wetlands are important habitat for the endangered least Bell’s vireo and southwest willow flycatcher. It is a great place to spot colorful summer tanagers and vermillion flycatchers. The Preserve hosts deer, bear, big horn sheep and mountain lions, and has spectacular displays of spring wildflowers in wet years. The trail system leads onto the Pacific Crest Trail, which is two miles from the Stone House Group Campground.​

Whitewater Preserve is 2,851 acres surrounded by the Bureau of Land Management’s San Gorgonio Wilderness and includes the year-round Whitewater River. Rich riparian habitat hosts the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher and least Bell’s vireo, and provides opportunity to see migrating summer tanagers and vermilion flycatchers. The canyon has a robust population of bighorn sheep, deer and bear, and is an important wildlife corridor between the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains. The Wildlands Conservancy purchased an additional 3,200 acres in the Whitewater corridor that were donated to the Bureau of Land Management. These donated lands include sand dunes that are home to the endangered fringe-toed lizard at Windy Point, which lies at the confluence of the Whitewater and San Gorgonio Rivers.​