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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
Abe P
VerifiedJanuary 19, 2024 • Stayed at: B17, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Quiet campground on the less active side of the park. Nice to have a water source. Mastadon Peak was a nice close hike to view stars (in addition to the campground). You can see some light pollution from Palm Springs and 29 Palms, but less than any other spot in the park.
austin g
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2024 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The campsite was nice but with a few caveats. To start the worst part of this site and this site only that I noticed was the table, it's very lopsided and crooked making it very hard to cook on the table and very uncomfortable to sit at, I took a walk around and was checking out the other campsites and all the other tables where nice and level I recommend bringing an extra table to cook at and maybe some chairs. My next thing with this site was the overall setup, I car camp so the side pull-off parking spot wasn't a real issue but the campfire and table were far from one another making it kinda uncomfortable in the colder months since where you cook and eat is pretty far from the warmth of the fire. But besides that, the campground as a whole is nice your in a wide open area so the stars at night are plentiful and the hiking trail is very close which's a plus, the bathrooms here are flush type unlike the vault-style bathrooms in other campgrounds in the park so there's little to no stink with the added plus of a sink to wash your hands!
austin g
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2024 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The campsite was nice but with a few caveats. To start the worst part of this site and this site only that I noticed was the table, it's very lopsided and crooked making it very hard to cook on the table and very uncomfortable to sit at, I took a walk around and was checking out the other campsites and all the other tables where nice and level I recommend bringing an extra table to cook at and maybe some chairs. My next thing with this site was the overall setup, I car camp so the side pull-off parking spot wasn't a real issue but the campfire and table were far from one another making it kinda uncomfortable in the colder months since where you cook and eat is pretty far from the warmth of the fire. But besides that, the campground as a whole is nice your in a wide open area so the stars at night are plentiful and the hiking trail is very close which's a plus, the bathrooms here are flush type unlike the vault-style bathrooms in other campgrounds in the park so there's little to no stink with the added plus of a sink to wash your hands!
Daryl B
VerifiedJanuary 13, 2024 • Stayed at: B26, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Sites are very sloped. Be prepared with levelers and blocks or drive north to Belle.
Daryl B
VerifiedJanuary 13, 2024 • Stayed at: B26, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Sites are very sloped. Be prepared with levelers and blocks or drive north to Belle.
Steven S
VerifiedJanuary 12, 2024 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Exactly what we expected. It's a wide-open space with no shade and can be windy. The bathrooms were basic but they were cleaned daily.
Almost every site is spacious for tenters. RV'ers need to choose sites carefully as many sites have size limitations, or are parallel-parking sites with no room for slide-outs. Some RV'ers didn't respect the time restrictions on generators, and enforcement seemed lax. The best views from campsites are toward the east or south sides of the loops.
The most scenic parts of the park are north of the campground by 20 minutes or more, so make sure you can travel that direction either on a spare day or on your way out.
Steven S
VerifiedJanuary 12, 2024 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Exactly what we expected. It's a wide-open space with no shade and can be windy. The bathrooms were basic but they were cleaned daily.
Almost every site is spacious for tenters. RV'ers need to choose sites carefully as many sites have size limitations, or are parallel-parking sites with no room for slide-outs. Some RV'ers didn't respect the time restrictions on generators, and enforcement seemed lax. The best views from campsites are toward the east or south sides of the loops.
The most scenic parts of the park are north of the campground by 20 minutes or more, so make sure you can travel that direction either on a spare day or on your way out.
Julia C
VerifiedJanuary 10, 2024 • Stayed at: B15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Great campground away from all the noise! Beautiful views and functional services.
Chris I
VerifiedJanuary 10, 2024 • Stayed at: B06, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Very nice campground. Relatively flat campsite and close proximity to several trails. Flushing bathrooms and running water were a plus. Would definitely go back.
Julia C
VerifiedJanuary 10, 2024 • Stayed at: B15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Great campground away from all the noise! Beautiful views and functional services.
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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