Black Rock Campground

The campground is in a very beautiful canyon. The campground is clean and has running water in the bathrooms, which is great.
Downside, to the campground being in a canyon is sound travels. You can hear a lot of noise from town. And if you're unfortunate enough to be next to a noisy neighbor, be ready to hear everything.
Navigating, the campground was also more difficult than other campgrounds I have stayed at. Overall a good experience though.

Great location outside of the park. Beautiful views of the sky and sunsets. Well maintained overall, but the roads are a little rough and a couple bathroom faucets are not working. Still nice to have flush toilets, water, recycling etc. Park rangers at the visitor center in campground were awesome and very helpful in providing info about the park. Looking forward to staying again!

Great location outside of the park. Beautiful views of the sky and sunsets. Well maintained overall, but the roads are a little rough and a couple bathroom faucets are not working. Still nice to have flush toilets, water, recycling etc. Park rangers at the visitor center in campground were awesome and very helpful in providing info about the park. Looking forward to staying again!

I was camping in fishbowl. there was literally nowhere to go to be unseen. Apparently all the party people from LA come here and party and play music and put on a ton of lights and are loud well past 10 o'clock.. the restrooms weren't close and then I was told by the Ranger not to put any water except in the restroom sink. Sorry, but I'm I'm all about leave. No trace but that's excessive to walk to a restroom which is normal near my campsite to simply dump a slightly bit of use water no toxins OK. . Anyway, it's a decent location kind of outside of town and there are nice trails, but I'm not coming back to Joshua tree anytime soon. I'll find something more private. peaceful experience. I mean on Sunday the campground was empty and some dude rolled up and next to my campsite with all his lights and party music . He had the whole campsite to choose from. Why didn't he pick one that nobody was next to him?? I enjoyed the park and I also did some hiking in Whitewater, which is actually pretty cool. I don't know why they allow loud music in the campground. I mean why allow music at all . But I guess it'd probably be hard to enforce with the crowd there. There is also a decent trail adjacent to the campground. Bathrooms, where fine but not super close to me anyway..

I was camping in fishbowl. there was literally nowhere to go to be unseen. Apparently all the party people from LA come here and party and play music and put on a ton of lights and are loud well past 10 o'clock.. the restrooms weren't close and then I was told by the Ranger not to put any water except in the restroom sink. Sorry, but I'm I'm all about leave. No trace but that's excessive to walk to a restroom which is normal near my campsite to simply dump a slightly bit of use water no toxins OK. . Anyway, it's a decent location kind of outside of town and there are nice trails, but I'm not coming back to Joshua tree anytime soon. I'll find something more private. peaceful experience. I mean on Sunday the campground was empty and some dude rolled up and next to my campsite with all his lights and party music . He had the whole campsite to choose from. Why didn't he pick one that nobody was next to him?? I enjoyed the park and I also did some hiking in Whitewater, which is actually pretty cool. I don't know why they allow loud music in the campground. I mean why allow music at all . But I guess it'd probably be hard to enforce with the crowd there. There is also a decent trail adjacent to the campground. Bathrooms, where fine but not super close to me anyway..

Great, large sites with loads of nearby hiking. Our site was not flat, bring your levelers.

Great, large sites with loads of nearby hiking. Our site was not flat, bring your levelers.

Great campsite and nearby trails.

Great campsite and nearby trails.

We have been here several times, and each time is great. Good access to trails. Staff in office are helpful. Looks like some of the roads in the campsite have been recently improved. Note this place gets very busy at the weekends (we avoid the weekends)