The Twentynine Palms Public Cemetery was founded in 1934 by a World War I veteran who had moved to the desert in hopes to improve his health after the war. The cemetery is 30 acres and buries about 50 people each year. The first person to be

The cemetery is quite austere. Rows of graves rest in long, slightly raised white plots. Individual graves are framed by bricks and filled with small white rocks. Well-manicured trees and bushes dot the spaces between the graves.

There’s a rose garden on the property where visitors can rest on a memorial bench that reads:

Dedicated to:

Those who love the desert

Those who have lost a loved one

Those who need a quiet place to think

In memory of:

The pioneers of Twentynine Palms and to those who have followed them to this final resting place…

Remember them for their good deeds and the happy times they made possible

5350 Encelia Dr, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277