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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
Rita H
VerifiedMarch 18, 2024 • Stayed at: A25, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Best time to be here is on the weekdays. Weekends the campground is full of young groups who come to party, BUT they do turn it off by 10 pm. I am happy to see kids out enjoying camping and nature, but weekends are much louder and smokefilled than the weekdays. Beautiful location, hikes to Mastodon peak and Palm Oasis are good day walks. It is very far from anything else in the park, but we love it that way.
John S
VerifiedMarch 18, 2024 • Stayed at: A18, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The facility has everything a camper needs but there are some limitations. I do not recommend the pull through sites because they have a slight slope and are not comfortably wide if you have a slide out on the drivers side.
Jose B
VerifiedMarch 24, 2024 • Stayed at: B10, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
This is the best campground inside Joshua tree NP.
It's conveniently tucked away from all the busy attractions on the upper side of the park.
Bunch of flowers, bees, hummingbirds and even coyotes howling at night.
Loved it .
Jose B
VerifiedMarch 24, 2024 • Stayed at: B10, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
This is the best campground inside Joshua tree NP.
It's conveniently tucked away from all the busy attractions on the upper side of the park.
Bunch of flowers, bees, hummingbirds and even coyotes howling at night.
Loved it .
emilie s
VerifiedMarch 25, 2024 • Stayed at: A21, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Very friendly and helpful campground hosts! Made me feel very welcome. Many thanks.
My not five is because of usual campground problems--campfire smoke, noisy neighbors.
Beautiful spot.
emilie s
VerifiedMarch 25, 2024 • Stayed at: A21, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Very friendly and helpful campground hosts! Made me feel very welcome. Many thanks.
My not five is because of usual campground problems--campfire smoke, noisy neighbors.
Beautiful spot.
Brian W
VerifiedMarch 27, 2024 • Stayed at: B15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Great campground there is a restroom and drinking water available. If you are car/tent camping a shade shelter is useful as there is no real shade from any trees or brush here. Usually a cool breeze comes through in the afternoon.
Jonathan G
VerifiedMarch 27, 2024 • Stayed at: B05, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Beautiful campground! It was very clean, very quiet, and the sunsets and sunrises were amazing!
Brian W
VerifiedMarch 27, 2024 • Stayed at: B15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Great campground there is a restroom and drinking water available. If you are car/tent camping a shade shelter is useful as there is no real shade from any trees or brush here. Usually a cool breeze comes through in the afternoon.
Jonathan G
VerifiedMarch 27, 2024 • Stayed at: B05, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Beautiful campground! It was very clean, very quiet, and the sunsets and sunrises were amazing!
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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