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Hall of Horrors, Joshua Tree National Park, California

A short family walk to Joshua Tree's hidden slot canyon: what the name really means, how the boulders formed, the climbers who named the rocks after horror films, and how to find the slot without getting lost.

6 min of audio · 1 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Welcome to the Hall of Horrors. Start at the trailhead; the first story plays when you arrive.
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    4. You're ready to explorePark at the Hall of Horrors lot on the north side of Park Blvd, just west of the Ryan Mountain trailhead (vault toilets, fills early). There is no cell signal: download first. Press Start at the lot, walk to the left around the big rock pile, and put your phone away.

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    Facts from the National Park Service (Hall of Horrors, geology, scrambling and safety pages), Mountain Project (Hall of Horrors and Real Hall of Horrors areas, name-origin forum thread), and published trip reports (Earth Trekkers, Quirky Travel Guy, Live That Adventure, Flying Dawn Marie, 10Adventures). Slot location from matching coordinates in those sources and OpenStreetMap. Trail geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Music: Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Musopen (public domain). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.