Black Rock Campground

This is a very nice campground and not far from the west entrance to Joshua Tree National Park with easy access to town for supplies. Beautiful landscape with Joshua Trees throughout. We were there the first week of March and the campground was less than half full, so very quiet. Sites are dirt and vary in size. There is no electricity or sewer, but there is a dump station with potable water, and water spigots interspersed throughout the campground. Sites are dirt, and sizes vary widely. Some are quite close together, and others are larger with a little more breathing room. The majority of sites are not level, with many being quite challenging. Most of the roads within the park are terrible. A few have been repaved, but the majority are very narrow and full of potholes. We had a pull-through site which was long and large enough to accommodate our 26 ft travel trailer and truck and not be on top of our neighbors. However, given all the challenges of the park, I'm not absolutely sure we would stay again.

There's a lot of deferred maintenance here, especially the roads and the broken door to the women's room. Not much you can do to level the campsites without damaging the land. Once we got our campervan leveled, the site was lovely. Good views, good access to trails, and relatively private.

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Nice campground, and we had a great campsite. Great location, bathrooms were clean. We didn't see the ranger patrolling but the campground was mostly very quiet. Most people were very friendly and considerate. One person with a large RV had 5 little yappy dogs in a small corral outside that were annoying. However, after the first night we assumed they were brought inside as we didn't hear them. Nice visitor center. I like Black Rock because it is a little out of the way and less touristy than other spots in Joshua tree. Great scenery and nice to have some vegetation in contrast to the rest of the park. One complaint, the signage on trails was terrible. Practically non-existent. Lots of trails around the campground and really hard to figure out what's what. We ended up on a steep trail that was probably not even a maintained trail because nothing was marked. And we're very experienced hikers.

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Nice campground, and we had a great campsite. Great location, bathrooms were clean. We didn't see the ranger patrolling but the campground was mostly very quiet. Most people were very friendly and considerate. One person with a large RV had 5 little yappy dogs in a small corral outside that were annoying. However, after the first night we assumed they were brought inside as we didn't hear them. Nice visitor center. I like Black Rock because it is a little out of the way and less touristy than other spots in Joshua tree. Great scenery and nice to have some vegetation in contrast to the rest of the park. One complaint, the signage on trails was terrible. Practically non-existent. Lots of trails around the campground and really hard to figure out what's what. We ended up on a steep trail that was probably not even a maintained trail because nothing was marked. And we're very experienced hikers.

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While the other JTNP campgrounds have interesting rock formations, Black Rock is nice too, with the best & biggest Joshua Trees I've ever seen. Good campground, & not as far from the other sights as I expected.

While the other JTNP campgrounds have interesting rock formations, Black Rock is nice too, with the best & biggest Joshua Trees I've ever seen. Good campground, & not as far from the other sights as I expected.