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About Cottonwood Campground (CA)
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Parking
Pet friendly
Picnic Table
Pull Through Site
Restrooms
Fire Pit
Site Setup and Access
- Pull Through Site
Water and Hygiene
- Restrooms
Cooking and Fire
- Picnic Table
- Fire Pit
Parking and Transport
- Parking
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (1155)
What Guests Are Saying
Cottonwood Campground offers a stunning location for stargazing and has clean, well-maintained restroom facilities with running water. Many visitors enjoyed the peaceful, quiet atmosphere and nearby hiking trails, making it a great spot for outdoor activities. Some challenges included noise from nearby restrooms, close campsites, and limited parking options, but overall, guests had a positive experience and expressed a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Cottonwood Campground offers a stunning location for stargazing and has clean, well-maintained restroom facilities with running water. Many visitors enjoyed the peaceful, quiet atmosphere and nearby hiking trails, making it a great spot for outdoor activities. Some challenges included noise from nearby restrooms, close campsites, and limited parking options, but overall, guests had a positive experience and expressed a desire to return.
Review Summary
Connie P
VerifiedFebruary 4, 2024 • Stayed at: A01, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Wonderful location to tent camp. The drive around Joshua Tree National Park was amazing! Loved the exhibit/informational pull offs. Loved that you could walk marked trails or just sit back from your vehicle and see the beautiful scenery.
Judith J
VerifiedFebruary 3, 2024 • Stayed at: A10, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
This campground is well cared for and planned. Plenty of room for plants between the sites and beautiful vistas. Good tables and fire pits at each site. Website for reservations is hard to use and you have to leave the park to get a signal to use it. You cannot stay longer without leaving g the park to get a signal and registering again. Trails near Cottonwood are numerous and easy. Wish the park had elevation gain listed for each trail and a printed map available to carry along. The drive through the park to other features is long and magnificent! I will come again.
Judith J
VerifiedFebruary 3, 2024 • Stayed at: A10, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
This campground is well cared for and planned. Plenty of room for plants between the sites and beautiful vistas. Good tables and fire pits at each site. Website for reservations is hard to use and you have to leave the park to get a signal to use it. You cannot stay longer without leaving g the park to get a signal and registering again. Trails near Cottonwood are numerous and easy. Wish the park had elevation gain listed for each trail and a printed map available to carry along. The drive through the park to other features is long and magnificent! I will come again.
Glenn W
VerifiedFebruary 2, 2024 • Stayed at: A25, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Really enjoyed our stay, beautiful campground. We were in A35 which was not level, had a great view, near bathrooms. Site was long enough for our 25' Airstream and truck to fit. Site was a pull in. Loved it here. Great hike with informative signs!
Glenn W
VerifiedFebruary 2, 2024 • Stayed at: A25, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Really enjoyed our stay, beautiful campground. We were in A35 which was not level, had a great view, near bathrooms. Site was long enough for our 25' Airstream and truck to fit. Site was a pull in. Loved it here. Great hike with informative signs!
Jake H
VerifiedFebruary 1, 2024 • Stayed at: B15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Our campsite, B-15, is on a curve and not properly described by ReserveAmerica. It is not appropriate for a 5ht wheel with slide outs but there are plenty other sites that are.
Thank goodness we had an accommodating ranger as the staff has not way to help with reservations. That is wrong.
MICHAEL H
VerifiedFebruary 1, 2024 • Stayed at: A15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Beautiful location!
Jake H
VerifiedFebruary 1, 2024 • Stayed at: B15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Our campsite, B-15, is on a curve and not properly described by ReserveAmerica. It is not appropriate for a 5ht wheel with slide outs but there are plenty other sites that are.
Thank goodness we had an accommodating ranger as the staff has not way to help with reservations. That is wrong.
MICHAEL H
VerifiedFebruary 1, 2024 • Stayed at: A15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Beautiful location!
Jennifer E
VerifiedJanuary 30, 2024 • Stayed at: A07, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Loved this spot! You could fit two cars but there was parking! Right next to the bathrooms! I recommend
Location & Directions for Cottonwood Campground (CA)
74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 United States
Getting There
<p>The park headquarters address is not the physical address of the campground. To get to the campground, take Interstate 10 to the I-10 exit 168 Mecca/Twentynine Palms exit and follow signs to Joshua Tree National Park. The exit is 25 mi east of ...
The park headquarters address is not the physical address of the campground. To get to the campground, take Interstate 10 to the I-10 exit 168 Mecca/Twentynine Palms exit and follow signs to Joshua Tree National Park. The exit is 25 mi east of Indio, California.
Highway access
Cottonwood Campground is accessible via Interstate 10, with the I-10 exit 168 Mecca/Twentynine Palms exit located approximately 25 miles to the west.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
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