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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
John S
VerifiedDecember 21, 2025 • Stayed at: B17, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Not the prettiest part of the park but a good campground and superb for star gazing
Nathalie D
VerifiedDecember 21, 2025 • Stayed at: A11, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The restrooms are clean, with toilet paper always stocked, and the water is not freezing cold, even in the winter! It isolated from most of the other hikes/campsites in the park, but there are a few hikes in the area. Great for stargazing!! I recommend checking out the campsite on Google Maps first to see if the area in the campsite is big enough for your tent(s) first though; not all sites have a big clear area, especially for 6-person tents.
John S
VerifiedDecember 21, 2025 • Stayed at: B17, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Not the prettiest part of the park but a good campground and superb for star gazing
Nathalie D
VerifiedDecember 21, 2025 • Stayed at: A11, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The restrooms are clean, with toilet paper always stocked, and the water is not freezing cold, even in the winter! It isolated from most of the other hikes/campsites in the park, but there are a few hikes in the area. Great for stargazing!! I recommend checking out the campsite on Google Maps first to see if the area in the campsite is big enough for your tent(s) first though; not all sites have a big clear area, especially for 6-person tents.
Loren S
VerifiedDecember 20, 2025 • Stayed at: B19, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Cottonwood is a very nice campground. It would be perfect if it had hot showers. Self check-in was a bit confusing and all the sites are marked reserved even if free. The rangers do not seem to have access to the reservation system.
Jeffrey W
VerifiedDecember 20, 2025 • Stayed at: A15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The camp are was amazing. Just go!!! Don and his partner were amazing and fun camp advisors. Felt great to have them around.
Loren S
VerifiedDecember 20, 2025 • Stayed at: B19, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Cottonwood is a very nice campground. It would be perfect if it had hot showers. Self check-in was a bit confusing and all the sites are marked reserved even if free. The rangers do not seem to have access to the reservation system.
Jeffrey W
VerifiedDecember 20, 2025 • Stayed at: A15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The camp are was amazing. Just go!!! Don and his partner were amazing and fun camp advisors. Felt great to have them around.
Maxime B
VerifiedDecember 18, 2025 • Stayed at: A28, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Easily accessible from the freeway. Facilities include drinking water, restrooms with sinks and soap, and flush toilets. My campsite was great for camping with a tent, but I noticed that some other campsites were not really suitable to camping with a tent, but I think they're marked as RV sites online.
Otherwise, very pleasant place. Plan for a 40 min drive to the "main sites of Joshua Tree"
sean m
VerifiedDecember 18, 2025 • Stayed at: A05, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The ranger was extremely helpful and the camping area was well kept.
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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