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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
Elizabeth B
VerifiedJanuary 8, 2025 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
If you want a quieter campground at Joshua Tree this is the one to stay at. It's in the southern part of the park and away from most of the main attractions that people go to see. It has flush toilets, has water and the campsites are nicely spaced out. Easy to get in and out of from I-10. I would stay there again, but the drive from this site to say Jumbo Rocks or Skull rock it's a good 45 - 1 hour drive from this campsite.
Fateme G
VerifiedJanuary 7, 2025 • Stayed at: B20, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
We still had some light pollution com8ng from behind the mountains
Laura S
VerifiedJanuary 7, 2025 • Stayed at: B18, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
A beautiful campground and we loved our stay here. There are great hiking trails right from the campground. We loved watching sunrise and sunset right from the campground.
Fateme G
VerifiedJanuary 7, 2025 • Stayed at: B20, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
We still had some light pollution com8ng from behind the mountains
Laura S
VerifiedJanuary 7, 2025 • Stayed at: B18, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
A beautiful campground and we loved our stay here. There are great hiking trails right from the campground. We loved watching sunrise and sunset right from the campground.
Oscar M
VerifiedJanuary 6, 2025 • Stayed at: A24, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Love how most people are respectful of the area. Restrooms are clean but don’t have light at night. Big dumpsters are nearby. There is paved parking on site for Car/Suv camping. A bench and fire ring is nearby. Gets dark enough to see the stars.
Antonin T
VerifiedJanuary 6, 2025 • Stayed at: B15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
It's 2025... interior of restrooms should have motion detector LED lights. I respect the need for non-obtrusive lighting in the desert.
Also find the parking lot curbs are unnecessary tripping hazard since there are no lights outside either. Maybe painting hi-vis yellow?
Oscar M
VerifiedJanuary 6, 2025 • Stayed at: A24, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Love how most people are respectful of the area. Restrooms are clean but don’t have light at night. Big dumpsters are nearby. There is paved parking on site for Car/Suv camping. A bench and fire ring is nearby. Gets dark enough to see the stars.
Antonin T
VerifiedJanuary 6, 2025 • Stayed at: B15, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
It's 2025... interior of restrooms should have motion detector LED lights. I respect the need for non-obtrusive lighting in the desert.
Also find the parking lot curbs are unnecessary tripping hazard since there are no lights outside either. Maybe painting hi-vis yellow?
Jennifer W
VerifiedJanuary 4, 2025 • Stayed at: A04, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
The trash cans were overflowing, but everything else was wonderful.
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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