Explore beyond Hawk & Mesa

Historic Pioneertown, California

We are 15 minutes from Pioneertown, California, which started life in 1946 when Western movie stars Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, along with a group of investors, bought an elaborate movie set built to look like a typical Old Western town of the 1800’s. More than 50 films and several television shows were filmed in Pioneertown throughout the 1940’s and 1950’s. John Wayne and Roy Rogers still have their names on the rooms of an old hotel in town. After the film studios stopped using Pioneertown as a back lot it was turned into a real town. Learn more here.

Live Music

Hawk and Mesa is your outpost to Coachella, Joshua tree Music Festival, the Desert Daze, and the world famous Pappy and Harriet’s Music Palace where you can see everyone from Paul McCartney to the Melvins.

Pappy and Harriets Calendar

Joshua Tree State Park

We are 25 minutes from the park entrance

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Photo by Jarek Tuszynski

Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Nestled among the Little San Bernardino Mountains in the Sand to Snow National Monument, the desert oasis at Big Morongo Canyon is one of the 10 largest cottonwood and willow riparian (stream) habitats in California. The upstream end of the canyon lies in the Mojave Desert, while its downstream portion opens into the Colorado Desert’ - Big Morongo Web Site

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Pioneertown Mountain Preserve

Yes it snows in the desert and its spectacular to see.

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Photo by.Kerry Puckett

Noah Perifoy Foundation

An outdoor museum of the artist’s sculptures.

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The Integraton

Public and private Sound Baths for body and soul.

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Other Things You Should See

Giant Rock - It’s really, really big and its history is shrouded in alien conspiracies and Indian legends.

The Salton Sea - ‘The Salton Sea is one of the most important places for birds in the Western United States.’- The Auduban Society

Smith's Ranch Drive-in Theater - One of the last ones and its a good one.

Sky Drive-in Swap Meet Yucca Valley - This is like no other swap meet you have ever seen with even better people watching. It draws out the best of the desert collectors, hoarders, and characters.