Getting to Joshua Tree.

Stargaze Escape is in Yucca Valley, a couple of minutes from La Copine on Highway 247 and about 25 minutes from the west entrance of Joshua Tree National Park and about 50 minutes from Palm Springs. Most guests drive in from Southern California, and most routes end the same way: Interstate 10 to Highway 62, up through Morongo Valley into Yucca Valley, then north on Highway 247.

The pages below cover each route on its own: the highways, how long it usually takes, when to leave to miss traffic, where to stop for fuel and food, and the sights worth a stop on the way. If you are flying, there are pages on the airports guests use most.

Two king bedrooms, a stock-tank pool, a hot tub, a gas fire pit and a 1950s car bed with a custom stargazing roof, about 25 minutes from the park's west entrance.