WanderList: Joshua Tree’s Hicksville Trailer Palace

December 5th, 2012 • BY

The tiny, adventure-oriented town of Joshua Tree (pop. 7,414), which sits at the entrance to Joshua Tree National Park, is home to a hillbilly funk sensibility where would-be John Waters movie extras and ripped rock climbers find common ground. The sky-bent, twisted limbs and pom-pom palm fronds of the indigenous Joshua trees add to the otherworldly atmosphere of the nearly 48,000-square-mile Mojave Desert, which makes the lore of energy vortexes and UFO sightings somehow feel all the more real.

Hicksville Trailer Palace is at the center of it all. Designed as an escape for weary Lala Land artists and actors, it’s also an affordable, kitschy base camp for adventurers and climbers tackling Joshua Tree’s renowned rock climbing and bouldering. It’s also on the down low—its location is kept mum until reservations are made.

The fenced-in, solar-powered mini-resort is several dirt roads from town and made up of eight trailers—single-wide, Airstream, train car, and even a teepee for sleeping al fresco. For filmmakers and editors, the New World trailer is set up with a 30-inch monitor and Mac Pro stocked with up-to-date editing programs. For the rest of the guests, it’s a matter of choosing between themes like The Sweet (a ’70s-style trailer, from $225/night), The Fifi (shown here, as girly as it gets, from $100/night), and The Pioneer (for the Western man, from $100/night).

While the ambiance is total camp, it’s Hicksville’s activities that are pure summer camp—or at the very least, a scene from a Wes Anderson movie. Haystack and tin can targets make for easy sport at the archery and BB gun range. Horseshoes and darts further hone hand-eye coordination, while a saltwater pool, stocked jukebox, barbeque, and a fire pit (ready for roasting marshmallows) help guests unwind after a day of hiking or bouldering in Joshua Tree National Park.

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Rachel Sturtz is a freelance writer and expat New York editor living in Denver, where she can finally test gear somewhere other than Central Park. When not covering health and fitness for mags like Women's Health, Fitness, Shape, and Running Times, she travels to places like Moscow to write about surly ballerinas for Hemispheres and interviews celebs like Tom Colicchio about how to cook the perfect steak for Allure. Sturtz's preferred— More about this author →