How to Enjoy the Beautiful, Remote High Desert of Joshua Tree Maxwell Williams © Schroptschop/Getty Even as interest in national parks has exploded and the area has become a destination for artists and musicians, somehow, Joshua Tree still feels like a hidden getaway. It’s got that rugged, High Desert charm mixed with a mystical vibe. Just 128 miles East of Los Angeles up into the high elevations of the Mojave Desert, J-Tree is the kind of place where you can plan to go for a weekend and end up buying a cabin. That’s how it happens for most of the arty types who live out...