Joshua Tree National Park encompasses a significant portion of this high-desert landscape in Riverside County. The terrain is defined by the elevation changes between the Hexie Mountains in the north and the Cottonwood Mountains to the south. Arid drainage patterns are clearly marked by substantial ephemeral watercourses, including Washington Wash, Smoke Tree Wash, and Pinkham Wash, which carve through the Mojave Desert floor. These washes dictate the natural transit corridors through the interior, eventually feeding toward the Cottonwood Basin.
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1904 · Indio
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1940 · Cottonwood Spring
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1941 · Coachella
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Coachella
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Pinkham Well
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Cottonwood Spring
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Pinkham Well
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Pinyon Well
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1947 · Santa Ana
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1949 · Santa Ana
USGS Topo · 1:250,000