Turkey Flats is a picturesque stop along Pinto Basin Road with a small parking area. It is a great place to take in sweeping panoramic views and see the contrast between the lower elevations and the higher elevations in the northwest region of the park. From the parking area, Pinto Mountain can be seen standing nearly 4,000 feet tall. The parking area includes an interpretive wayside sign educating visitors about the area.
For those interested in astronomy, Turkey Flats is an ideal place for stargazing in Joshua Tree National Park due to its remote location and exceptionally dark skies.
There are no established or maintained trails in the Turkey Flats area.
Is there something we missed for this itinerary?
Itineraries across USA
Acadia
Arches National Park
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Channel Islands
Congaree
Crater Lake
Cuyahoga Valley
Death Valley
Dry Tortugas
Everglades
Gateway Arch
Glacier
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Basin
Great Smoky Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains
Haleakalā
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes
Hot Springs
Indiana Dunes
Isle Royale
Joshua Tree
Kenai Fjords
Kobuk Valley
Lassen Volcanic
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Mount Rainier
North Cascades
Olympic
Petrified Forest
Pinnacles
Rocky Mountain
Saguaro
Shenandoah
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Voyageurs
White Sands
Wind Cave
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Zion