TV channels & antenna towers in Joshua Tree, California

With roughly 7,410 residents, Joshua Tree is a town in California. Our map shows 57 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 3 full-power, 6 Class A, 24 low-power and 24 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 2 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 27 transmitters are within 25 miles, 7 between 25 and 45 miles, and 23 farther out. Three of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Palm Springs, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Palm Springs's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are CBS on channel 38 (KPSP-CD), NBC on channel 36 (KMIR-TV), Fox on channel 33 (KDFX-CD), PBS on channel 24 (KVCR-DT), CW on channel 2.3 (KESQ-TV), Telemundo on channel 15 (KUNA-LD) and Univision on channel 41 (KVER-CD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KABC-TV in Los Angeles, CA, 100 miles to the west. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (fair signal).

Point your antenna SSW, at about 201°. The main network towers for Joshua Tree sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KMIR-TV, KPSP-CD, KESQ-TV, KDFX-CD and KVER-CD, transmit from the same tower site about 20 miles south of Joshua Tree (201° SSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Joshua Tree at fair strength or better, 83% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Joshua Tree, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Joshua Tree is KDFX-CD (Fox), 20 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KVCR-DT (PBS), 57 miles west, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 16 stations at fair strength or better, Joshua Tree ranks 742nd of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 20 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

48% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Yucca Valley, 7.0 miles away.