Cottonwood Spring Nature is a 3-mile out-and-back foot trail in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Difficulty: moderate, estimated from distance. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 1.42 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone. The figure is for the Park Service's “Hike Cottonwood Spring” hike, which uses this trail.
Hike Cottonwood Spring
The trail can be continued past cottonwood spring to mastodon peak (3 miles roundtrip) and lost palms oasis (7.5 miles roundtrip).
Read the official NPS description
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