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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.
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Pet friendly
Picnic Table
Pull Through Site
Restrooms
Fire Pit
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- Pull Through Site
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- Restrooms
Cooking and Fire
- Picnic Table
- Fire Pit
Parking and Transport
- Parking
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- 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
Antonin P
VerifiedNovember 3, 2025 • Stayed at: A19, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Nice and quiet campground, with a nice trailhead.
Access to water and dump station make it perfect for camper vans !
Toilets were clean.
Claire T
VerifiedNovember 3, 2025 • Stayed at: A29, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Wonderful campsite with great trails nearby. Not as crowded as the campgrounds in the northern part of the park. A bit of a drive to get to other areas, but overall beautiful and would definitely stay again.
Antonin P
VerifiedNovember 3, 2025 • Stayed at: A19, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Nice and quiet campground, with a nice trailhead.
Access to water and dump station make it perfect for camper vans !
Toilets were clean.
AMY B
VerifiedNovember 8, 2025 • Stayed at: A11, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
End of October is a wonderful time to visit the park. the campground is very clean, spaces are spread out, you are not on top of other campers. nice hike just outside the campground. I highly recommend this campground.
Rob E
VerifiedNovember 8, 2025 • Stayed at: B23, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Quiet , great people around, views. VERY comfortable
AMY B
VerifiedNovember 8, 2025 • Stayed at: A11, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
End of October is a wonderful time to visit the park. the campground is very clean, spaces are spread out, you are not on top of other campers. nice hike just outside the campground. I highly recommend this campground.
Rob E
VerifiedNovember 8, 2025 • Stayed at: B23, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
Quiet , great people around, views. VERY comfortable
Tammy C
VerifiedNovember 9, 2025 • Stayed at: B18, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
We were in loop B @ 18B- the fire pit is to close to bushes thought this was a hazard, really close to neighboring tents, no lights in the women’s restroom, and the noise levels were very high. Kids running and screaming. We stayed on a Saturday night. It did make it so we could stay in the southern part of the park though.
Tammy C
VerifiedNovember 9, 2025 • Stayed at: B18, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
We were in loop B @ 18B- the fire pit is to close to bushes thought this was a hazard, really close to neighboring tents, no lights in the women’s restroom, and the noise levels were very high. Kids running and screaming. We stayed on a Saturday night. It did make it so we could stay in the southern part of the park though.
Paul M
VerifiedNovember 15, 2025 • Stayed at: B28, Loop: COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND (CA)
I loved the dark sky’s and the proximity to Lost Palms Oasis. Located within a 10 minute drive from a gas station where you can buy wood, water, and other supplies. However, the campground was noisy at night and morning with the weekend warriors arriving on Friday. Not a great place to stay if you want peace and solitude in the evening.
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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