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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
Sean S
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2024 • Stayed at: B19, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Great space. We went for star gazing and photography and were not disappointed. Nearby hike was great. Bring plenty of water!
Would be cool if Visitors Center had a few amenities to buy other than boxed water.
Toilets were spotless until our last morning when I woke to find the mens room unusable. Always someone to spoil things.
Would come again!
Sean S
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2024 • Stayed at: B19, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Great space. We went for star gazing and photography and were not disappointed. Nearby hike was great. Bring plenty of water!
Would be cool if Visitors Center had a few amenities to buy other than boxed water.
Toilets were spotless until our last morning when I woke to find the mens room unusable. Always someone to spoil things.
Would come again!
Donna B
VerifiedOctober 7, 2024 • Stayed at: B09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Beautiful area, with clean bathrooms and drinking water. Some sites need to be leveled more, so look for that. Nice hike to the oasis.
Donna B
VerifiedOctober 7, 2024 • Stayed at: B09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Beautiful area, with clean bathrooms and drinking water. Some sites need to be leveled more, so look for that. Nice hike to the oasis.
Lorenz H
VerifiedOctober 10, 2024 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
This might be one of the most beautiful campgrouds during our trip. I would especially recommend to take a bath in the river right next to the campground.
Karen P
VerifiedOctober 10, 2024 • Stayed at: A05, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
There is no choice for not applicable. We didn’t stay at Cottonwood despite our reservation. It was simply too hot.
Lorenz H
VerifiedOctober 10, 2024 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
This might be one of the most beautiful campgrouds during our trip. I would especially recommend to take a bath in the river right next to the campground.
Karen P
VerifiedOctober 10, 2024 • Stayed at: A05, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
There is no choice for not applicable. We didn’t stay at Cottonwood despite our reservation. It was simply too hot.
Stephanie B
VerifiedOctober 11, 2024 • Stayed at: A15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Cottonwood is perfect for night sky viewing (our favorite of our cross country trip!) and is conveniently close to Cottonwood Spring and one of the visitor centers. Unfortunately the bees are unbelievable, even in early October. The palm trees seem to be their hives and they start buzzing past you as you begin to hike the trail that cuts past the spring- keeping us from hiking the trail more than a few hundred feet. They weren’t too bad at the campground, but they do bother you in the restrooms and are all over the RV dump station and kept us from using that as well. Over all it was a great campground for one night, but I wouldn’t want to stay more than a few days if the dump and water aren’t safely usable.
Stephanie B
VerifiedOctober 11, 2024 • Stayed at: A15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Cottonwood is perfect for night sky viewing (our favorite of our cross country trip!) and is conveniently close to Cottonwood Spring and one of the visitor centers. Unfortunately the bees are unbelievable, even in early October. The palm trees seem to be their hives and they start buzzing past you as you begin to hike the trail that cuts past the spring- keeping us from hiking the trail more than a few hundred feet. They weren’t too bad at the campground, but they do bother you in the restrooms and are all over the RV dump station and kept us from using that as well. Over all it was a great campground for one night, but I wouldn’t want to stay more than a few days if the dump and water aren’t safely usable.
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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