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Joshua Tree National Park Ranger Programs
andmdash; Keys Ranch Tour (1 hours, mile) Purchase tickets ($5 regular and $2.50 for kids and seniors) at the Oasis Visitor Center or, space available, at the ranch gate. To find the ranch, pass the entrance to Hidden Valley Campground, turn left at the Y-intersection, follow the road approximately two miles to the locked gate. Your guide will meet you there (easy).
andmdash; Joshua Tree National Park (30 minutes) A video tour of some of the most beautiful scenery on earth. Meet at the Oasis Visitor Center.
andmdash; Barker Dam Nature Hike (1 hours, 1 mile on a mostly flat trail with some rock steps) Join a ranger for a discovery hike around the dam. Meet in the parking area at Barker Dam, #4 on the park brochure map.
andmdash; Evening Program (1 hour) Park Jeopardy at Cottonwood Campground amphitheater.
andmdash; Evening Program (1 hour) Old Josh: Story of a Joshua Tree at Jumbo Rocks Campground amphitheater.
; Birding at Cottonwood Spring (1 hours, mile) Bring your binoculars and meet at the Cottonwood Spring parking area.
Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock in the midcoast region, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and Machias Seal Island and Petit Manan Island off the downeast coast provide habitat for more than 4,000 puffins each summer.