United States California Twentynine Palms

Barker Dam

A historic water reservoir built by early cattle ranchers in the early 1900s, now a hiking destination with petroglyphs within a national park.

Joshua Tree Parkway
(760) 367-5500
https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm

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Joshua Tree is home to a variety of unique desert birds and Barker Dam is one of the best spots in the park to spot them. Roadrunners, cactus wrens, rock wrens, mockingbirds, and verdins are a few popular ones you can spot year-round.

nicolejordan 3 years ago