Friendly Hills Hike — Attraction in Joshua Tree

We agree with the reviewer who said it was more of a walk than a hike. Specifically, it climbed very gradually up and then went very gradually down and it is pretty flat. Often you have to walk thru a dry flood creek - as a fun activity you can support your partner going up one side of the creek while you are going up the opposite side.

There is a problem with the map at the trail head. It looks like the walking path loop does not connect back with the main trail. Rest assure it does and the trailhead map is just slightly inaccurate.

There are two signs pointing towards each other saying "visitor parking" it is not at all obvious that you can park off the road there, but thats what the signs indicate. There is also on street parking just a few hundred feet away at the first right...

Beautiful yet decievingly tough and steep. Thankyou to the firefighters for every old growth still standing. Good job. UPDATE: It is no longer safe to use access from Prescott and Outpost, which I have used for the past 30 years 😩🙄The resident on the corner says that he owns all of it. He is very rude and his signs border on entrapment. The interesting part of it is that he claims to own a parcel that isn't a parcel. MDLT, could you please do what you all do best and straighten out this issue for my confused NEIGHBOR? Or atleast go check out his signage and laugh amongst...

Such a cool hike; it's not inside Joshua tree national park so it's a little more accessible and dog friendly. The entrance to this hike was like 5 minutes drive from the air bnb I'm staying at but the views and the vegetation are totally nuts, it feels like a movie set on an alien planet or something. Parking is on the left side of the road as you're approaching the entrance, there's a tiny hard to see sign that says...