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Joshua Tree, California

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Music in Joshua Tree

Songs About Joshua Tree

Moon Over Mexico
Luke Combs
43%
"Hear the waves and the breeze and the Joshua trees"
Dime Store Cowgirl
Kacey Musgraves
8%
"Slept in a room with the ghost of Gram Parsons"
I Dream a Highway
Gillian Welch
6%
"Now you be Emmylou and I'll be Gram"
Where The Wild Things Are
Luke Combs
6%
"and the Joshua Tree"
5%
"To feel Gram's ghost on the desert breeze"
Legends
Aaron Watson
4%
"and Gram Parsons on a boat"
El Cerrito Place
Charlie Robison
3%
"There's a Joshua Tree grows that little place you always liked"
Hellbent For Leather
Ray Wylie Hubbard
2%
"Gram Parsons was right about the 31st floor"
Desert High
Billy F Gibbons
1%
"The Joshua Tree"

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Everything Near Joshua Tree

9 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Joshua Tree, CA · 1.9 mi · Local history

    Joshua Tree's story is one of rugged individualism, etched in the landscape by those seeking opportunity and resilience. Drawn initially by the promise of mining and cattle ranching, early settlers shaped the region's…

  • Keys Desert Queen Ranch · 9.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Imagine carving out a life in the harsh desert – that's exactly what Bill Keys did at this very spot. William Franklin Keys, born in 1879, arrived here and established the Desert Queen Ranch around 1910. He was a…

  • Pioneertown, CA · 10.7 mi · Local history

    Pioneertown sits nestled in the stark beauty of the high desert, a landscape forged by millennia of geological drama. The altitude, a dry 4,280 feet above sea level, thins the air and sharpens the light, revealing a…

  • Wall Street Mill · 11.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Ever wonder what a real gold rush looked like? This is it: the Wall Street Mill. Built in 1930 by Bill Keys, the Wall Street Mill was the last operating gold mill in the area. It processed ore from the Desert Queen Mine…

  • Integratron · 12.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Approaching the Integratron, you might wonder: could this dome really rejuvenate your cells using alien technology, as its creator claimed? In 1959, George Van Tassel, a ufologist, began building this unique structure…

  • Ryan House and Lost Horse Well · 13.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Imagine staking your claim in this unforgiving desert, hoping to strike it rich. This is the story of the Ryan House and Lost Horse Well, a testament to hard work and ambition in what is now Joshua Tree National Park.…

  • Twentynine Palms, CA · 14.8 mi · Local history

    Twentynine Palms owes its modern identity to two powerful forces: the United States Marine Corps and the stark beauty of the Mojave Desert. The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, established during World War II, has…

  • Desert Queen Mine · 15.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over here a sec. This barren landscape holds a secret: the Desert Queen Mine, one of the most successful gold mines in this part of the California desert. The Desert Queen Mine is most associated with two colorful…

  • Morongo Valley, CA · 16.2 mi · Local history

    Morongo Valley, nestled between the Little San Bernardino Mountains and the vast Mojave Desert, might seem like a quiet desert community. But scratch the surface, and echoes of fame and infamy ripple through the sand.…

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