About Cottonwood Group
Number of accommodations: 3
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
Campground Amenities
Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
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Reviews (106)
What Guests Are Saying
Joshua Tree offers a fantastic camping experience with large, well-maintained sites, clean facilities, and great hiking opportunities. Campers appreciate the availability of shade, potable water, and flushing toilets, enhancing the comfort of their stay. While some faced issues regarding vehicle access for group sites, the overall feedback is positive, highlighting the beautiful scenery and cleanliness of the campground.
What Guests Are Saying
Joshua Tree offers a fantastic camping experience with large, well-maintained sites, clean facilities, and great hiking opportunities. Campers appreciate the availability of shade, potable water, and flushing toilets, enhancing the comfort of their stay. While some faced issues regarding vehicle access for group sites, the overall feedback is positive, highlighting the beautiful scenery and cleanliness of the campground.
Review Summary
Jim G
VerifiedMay 28, 2025 • Stayed at: G03, Loop: Group Area
Wonderful campsite. Well maintained We just wish there was a shower.
Jim G
VerifiedMay 28, 2025 • Stayed at: G03, Loop: Group Area
Wonderful campsite. Well maintained We just wish there was a shower.
Ulises N
VerifiedMay 4, 2025 • Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
Very large site with plenty of room for multiple tents, when the wind is blowing hard there are a couple of spots that have large vegetation that can act as a wind guard (we had 40+mph gusts). Restroom is a few yards away and was really clean. Couple of Kangaroo Rats seen around the site. Scenery is great, there is a small hill next to the site that acts as a platform that overlooks the landscape and gives clear views of the sunset and sunrise. At night you will be treated with a very clear view of the sky (weather permitting) as light pollution is cut out well here. It gets so dark during a new moon. Bring a tarp for windy days and hang it from the shelter to block the wind. Ground is small rock/sandy. This was our second visit to this park and will be returning.
Ulises N
VerifiedMay 4, 2025 • Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
Very large site with plenty of room for multiple tents, when the wind is blowing hard there are a couple of spots that have large vegetation that can act as a wind guard (we had 40+mph gusts). Restroom is a few yards away and was really clean. Couple of Kangaroo Rats seen around the site. Scenery is great, there is a small hill next to the site that acts as a platform that overlooks the landscape and gives clear views of the sunset and sunrise. At night you will be treated with a very clear view of the sky (weather permitting) as light pollution is cut out well here. It gets so dark during a new moon. Bring a tarp for windy days and hang it from the shelter to block the wind. Ground is small rock/sandy. This was our second visit to this park and will be returning.
Michael M
VerifiedFebruary 14, 2025 • Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
The group site has shade ramadas, potable water, and a restroom with flush toilets.
Michael M
VerifiedFebruary 14, 2025 • Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
The group site has shade ramadas, potable water, and a restroom with flush toilets.
Taka I
VerifiedJanuary 13, 2025 • Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
This was a bit of a frustrating experience to be honest. We brought a church group and confirmed multiple details like fires, bathrooms, etc. We confirmed that half our group would be car camping and they said that was no problem to bring the cars to the campsite. On the first night, the park Ranger came by and told us we couldn’t be there. He said he would get back to us. Two hours later, the police came with lights flashing and set the car campers to the side, frisked us and threatened to give us citations and said we should be grateful they’re only letting us off with a warning. They understood that we were given wrong information but showed no compassion or understanding. After nearly an hour, we were left with a warning and had to remove all vehicles to the parking area. Some of our people had to leave to go home because they were not set up to do anything else. Several of us just slept in our vehicles in the parking lot. Very much a non-ideal situation. We did our due diligence and confirmed details and penalized anyways. The irony is that the individual campsites were 100 feet away and all of them are able to have vehicles at their campsite. Just not apparently at the group site that we were at even though we were told that we could.
Taka I
VerifiedJanuary 13, 2025 • Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
This was a bit of a frustrating experience to be honest. We brought a church group and confirmed multiple details like fires, bathrooms, etc. We confirmed that half our group would be car camping and they said that was no problem to bring the cars to the campsite. On the first night, the park Ranger came by and told us we couldn’t be there. He said he would get back to us. Two hours later, the police came with lights flashing and set the car campers to the side, frisked us and threatened to give us citations and said we should be grateful they’re only letting us off with a warning. They understood that we were given wrong information but showed no compassion or understanding. After nearly an hour, we were left with a warning and had to remove all vehicles to the parking area. Some of our people had to leave to go home because they were not set up to do anything else. Several of us just slept in our vehicles in the parking lot. Very much a non-ideal situation. We did our due diligence and confirmed details and penalized anyways. The irony is that the individual campsites were 100 feet away and all of them are able to have vehicles at their campsite. Just not apparently at the group site that we were at even though we were told that we could.
Uday Kiran B
VerifiedDecember 22, 2024 • Stayed at: G01, Loop: Group Area
It was a great experience overall except Group site 1 and 2 were very close and there is no privacy between the two.
Uday Kiran B
VerifiedDecember 22, 2024 • Stayed at: G01, Loop: Group Area
It was a great experience overall except Group site 1 and 2 were very close and there is no privacy between the two.
Location Cottonwood Group
Address:
74485 National Park Dr
Twentynine Palms, CA, 92277
United States
The address below is not the physical address of the campground. To get to the campground, take Interstate 10 to the Mecca/Twentynine Palms exit and follow signs to Joshua Tree National Park. The exit is 25 miles east of Indio, California.
The campground is accessible via Interstate 10, with the nearest exit being the Mecca/Twentynine Palms exit, which is approximately 25 miles east of Indio, California.
Latitude & Longitude: 33.75 / -115.825
Policies & Rules
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
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Last updated: June 3, 2026
