Free & Cheap Things to Do in Joshua Tree, CA

  • The list below includes 29 free or cheap things to do in or near Joshua Tree, California, including 56 different types of inexpensive activities like Hiking Trails, Art Gallery, Art Museum and Specialty Museums.
  • From Joshua Tree Adventures - Day Tours to Carey's Castle, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Joshua Tree and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City.
  • The list below includes 29 free or cheap things to do in or near Joshua Tree, California, including 56 different types of inexpensive activities like Hiking Trails, Art Gallery, Art Museum and Specialty Museums.
  • From Joshua Tree Adventures - Day Tours to Carey's Castle, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Joshua Tree and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City.
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35.8 Miles
60% 5 votes
Camping Site PO Box 518, Idyllwild, CA 92549 MoreLess Info
Situated inside the San Bernardino National Forest, Fern Basin Campground is open throughout the summer and intor fall for camping in a primitive setting. Sites within the campground can be reserved four days in advance from the National Park Service.
35.9 Miles
94% 17 votes
Hiking Trails Mill Creek Road, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315 MoreLess Info
Located within the San Bernardino National Forest, Pine Knot Trail features oak and pine trees, wildflowers and views of Big Bear Lake. The trail is nearly six miles long and is suitable for hiking, biking and horseback riding.
36.0 Miles
100% 9 votes
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AstroCamp

Observatories & Planetariums 26800 Saunders Meadow Road, Idyllwild, CA 92549 MoreLess Info
Idyllwild's AstroCamp offers one and two week programs that let kids learn about and experience some aspects of astronaut training. The camps are also focused on science education, allowing campers to look through powerful telescopes and participate in hands-on activities.
36.0 Miles
- 0 votes
Movie Theaters 26364 Saunders Meadow Road, Idyllwild, CA 92549 MoreLess Info
Cafe Cinema is home to the Classic Film Society of Idyllwild. In business for over a decade, the cinema stages classic and art house film showings throughout the community, and hosts regular screenings in-house.
36.2 Miles
94% 68 votes
National & State Parks Palm Springs, CA MoreLess Info
With plenty of hiking trails, a thriving desert vegetation, a visitor centre offering various recreational activities, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument are worth a visit. To avoid heat, it is best to visit during fall or spring.
36.2 Miles
100% 1 votes
Specialty Museums 1901 W Wilson Street, Banning, CA 92220 MoreLess Info
Visitors of the Gilman Ranch Museum can learn about the history of late 1800s California. The location's main items of attraction include an overland stagecoach, a chuck wagon, and prairie schooner.
36.3 Miles
100% 4 votes
History Museums 11911 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa, CA 92399 MoreLess Info
The Oak Glen School House Museum offers visitors the chance to learn about past education standards through a collection of desks, textbooks, and teaching materials. The schoolhouse itself operated for 38 years.
36.5 Miles
67% 3 votes
Camping Site 39570 Glen Road, Yucaipa, CA 92399 MoreLess Info
Pilgrim Pines Camp is a camping and conference center located on a 151 acre site with an abundance of cedar, oak, and pine trees. The center hosts a variety of youth, family, and adult camps.
36.6 Miles
89% 9 votes
Historic Sites 12261 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa, CA 92399 MoreLess Info
With actors dressed up in period clothing from America's past, Riley's Farm's Living History offers visitors an interactive experience where they can relive history through participating in old fashioned crafts. It has a river where visitors pan for gold.
36.7 Miles
79% 58 votes
Marinas 603 Landlock Landing Road, Big Bear Lake, CA 92314 MoreLess Info
The Pleasure Point Marina is a public marina that rents out pedal boats, wave runners, kayaks and canoes, and fishing charters. The marina also has pontoon boats available for rent.
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