About Sheep Pass Group
Number of accommodations: 6
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (131)
What Guests Are Saying
Sheep Pass Group Campground offers an excellent experience with spacious sites, clean restrooms, and beautiful views, making it ideal for large groups. Visitors appreciate the quiet atmosphere, rock scrambling opportunities, and access to nearby attractions. Some minor issues include wind and occasional noise from neighboring campers, but overall, guests report a memorable stay and look forward to returning.
What Guests Are Saying
Sheep Pass Group Campground offers an excellent experience with spacious sites, clean restrooms, and beautiful views, making it ideal for large groups. Visitors appreciate the quiet atmosphere, rock scrambling opportunities, and access to nearby attractions. Some minor issues include wind and occasional noise from neighboring campers, but overall, guests report a memorable stay and look forward to returning.
Review Summary
Erik C
VerifiedDecember 6, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
Can be a bit windy, but if you have a calm weekend, itβs the best. Park your car across the entrance to your campsite to cut down on randos showing up late night without a reservation, dude you have a 80k van, go away.
ANDREW S
VerifiedNovember 20, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
This site was beautiful. However the park employee - Tristan W - was extremely rude. He made strange remarks to my people in my group and we felt unsafe by his presence.
Jenna W
VerifiedOctober 28, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G06, Loop: Group Area
We loved our stay at Sheep Pass Group Campground! The site was spacious enough for our group of 30, with plenty of room to spread out. Having two fire pits was a great bonus for gathering at night. The nearby rocks were perfect for scrambling and exploring during the day. Bathrooms were clean and well-maintained.
Jinglei C
VerifiedAugust 25, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G04, Loop: Group Area
This is the big place. I have lots of fun here with my friends and kids. Cool!
Krystel F
VerifiedJune 3, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G04, Loop: Group Area
This is the best camping spot we have ever experienced with a large group. The camping sites are so spacious with plenty of space for cars, tents, 3 eating tables, a fire pit, a bbq, and a kitchen table. Not only are the spaces incredible and located extremely close to the large clean restrooms, but the sites in sheepβs pass are surrounded by perfect boulders that kids and teenagers a like can spend hours upon hours a day exploring. We loved how close this site was to the weather entrance as well as to skull rock and hall of horrors and we had such an incredible time looking up at the brightest night sky we had ever seen at night. Loved this spot so much! Canβt wait to be back here again :)
Jens F
VerifiedJune 1, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G03, Loop: Group Area
Love Joshua tree. Kids had a great time exploring, scrambling and stargazing.
Dena C
VerifiedMay 18, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G02, Loop: Group Area
This is our 14th stay at Sheep Pass and it was wonderful as usual. Great camp sites. Itβs well located to climbing areas and hiking. We will be coming back again next year.
Kathleen H
VerifiedMay 7, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G05, Loop: Group Area
Beautiful, Quiet, Dark, clean restrooms, toilet paper o plenty. Awesome campsite with 2 fire pits one up and behind some big rocks. Great site!
Wing L
VerifiedMay 4, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G06, Loop: Group Area
Group Site 6 is large enough to hold 8 vehicles and up to 30 people. It's the first campsite on your left as you enter into Sheep's Pass. The site is split by a large rock formation so that you have a fire ring on either side of the boulder. 2 regular concrete picnic tables with bench seats are on each side of the boulder. A single concrete table without seats is on the eastern side of the rock formation. That concrete table without seats is essential to prevent mice from climbing up to eat your food. Plastic totes are essential to storing your food items to prevent rodent damage. There are a lot of fat mice living along the rock formation. Don't leave your car doors or trunks open at night as the mice will enter into the car for food. Clean fixed port a johns are to the east of the campsite. Another bonus is that if you have AT&T as your carrier, you're able to obtain a signal from the western side of the rock formation.
Elizabeth W
VerifiedMarch 26, 2025 β’ Stayed at: G03, Loop: Group Area
the rangers at black rock were awesome and very helpful. we are grateful for your hard work and dedication. this was an amazing spot and so glad we got to enjoy it.
Location Sheep Pass Group
Address:
74485 National Park Dr
Twentynine Palms, CA, 92277
United States
Take Interstate 10 to Route 62. From the town of Joshua Tree turn south on Park Blvd. and continue through the West Entrance. The campground is 13 miles from the entrance station and the city of Twentynine Palms.
Latitude & Longitude: 33.9992 / -116.118
Elevation: 1388 feet
Policies & Rules
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Download the NPS app prior to visiting the park β trail maps and more! |
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Reservations required and can be made the day of visit on Recreation.gov depending on availability. Please claim a site only if a reservation has been made and be prepared to show your reservation confirmation via screenshot or printout. |
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No-Shows
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Each visitor may only reserve 3 group sites for a specific date. |
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For changes, cancellations or refunds call Recreation.gov at 888-448-1474. For specific campground questions call 760-367-5554. For additional park information visit www.nps.gov/jotr |
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This campground is limited to tent camping only; recreational vehicles and habitable trailers are prohibited. |
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There is no overflow parking. You are responsible for reading the details for the campsite you reserve. The number of vehicles allowed in group sites varies depending on the space available. |
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$30 per vehicle entrance fee is in addition to camping fee. Passes can be purchased ahead of time here. |
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Potable water is available at the Oasis Visitor Center or West Entrance, 13 miles away. |
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Pets are not allowed on trails but are welcome in the campground, on any dirt road or within 100 feet of any road. Pets must be on a leash no more than 6 feet long at all times. Pets may not be left unattended or tied to an object; leaving pets in unattended vehicles is strongly discouraged β especially on warm days. |
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Donβt Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near the park and burning it on-site, and do not use park vegetation, living or dead, for fuel. |
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All organized events require a special use permit and must be held in designated areas; contact the Special Park Use Coordinator, jeannie_wilson@nps.gov |
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FIRE BAN fire restriction are currently in effect that prohibit charcoal fires, wood-burning fires, and charcoal grills. NO Fires! Only gas or propane stoves are permitted. Starting June 15, ending October 1st of every year. |
