Cottonwood Campground (CA)

The campsites were good, bathrooms clean. Only complaint is that it appears locals use this as a party campground. Loud talking and laughter till 2AM with campsites fairly close. Not just 1 or 2 campers but many. Might be better during weekdays? The sunsets and sunrises and scenery in general are great. Star viewing also great.

Clean and flat campground which provides a great spot for stargazing. Very close to city if you stay multiple days and might need to do shopping. While more inside the park campgrounds are more scenery either close to Joshua trees or big rocks but they mostly don’t have flashed toilets like here.

Plenty of space, flash toilets, hiking trails nearby.

Great area with clean bathrooms

The campsites were good, bathrooms clean. Only complaint is that it appears locals use this as a party campground. Loud talking and laughter till 2AM with campsites fairly close. Not just 1 or 2 campers but many. Might be better during weekdays? The sunsets and sunrises and scenery in general are great. Star viewing also great.

Clean and flat campground which provides a great spot for stargazing. Very close to city if you stay multiple days and might need to do shopping. While more inside the park campgrounds are more scenery either close to Joshua trees or big rocks but they mostly don’t have flashed toilets like here.

Good change of pace at JT. It's a more secluded campground and based at the SE part of the park. So the entrance is off I-10 instead of having to climb to a higher elevation to enter at the main gate.

Good change of pace at JT. It's a more secluded campground and based at the SE part of the park. So the entrance is off I-10 instead of having to climb to a higher elevation to enter at the main gate.

Someone stole my campsite and I could not camp. The site was clearly marked as reserved as all others were. They refused to move and there was no one to contact at the visitor center and there was no camp host. I decided not to call 911 and left to avoid a potentially violent confrontation in a remote are. You should not sell campsite reservations if you cannot enforce the rules.

Someone stole my campsite and I could not camp. The site was clearly marked as reserved as all others were. They refused to move and there was no one to contact at the visitor center and there was no camp host. I decided not to call 911 and left to avoid a potentially violent confrontation in a remote are. You should not sell campsite reservations if you cannot enforce the rules.