The center is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It's located south of U.S. Highway 62 (Twentynine Palms Highway) on Park Boulevard in the village of Joshua Tree. The center is free to visit.

The General Sherman Tree – the world's largest tree by volume – stands 275 feet tall and measures more than 36 feet in diameter at its base. Visitors call the tree magnificent and humbling ...