Cottonwood Campground — Joshua Tree National Park
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018

Amazing for gazing at stars!

We just got back from a weekend at Cottonwood Campground. This was an awesome campground. It’s super clean, paved, has potable water and running toilets. We had a scouting troop with us ages 5-12 and the girls had a blast. We hiked 3 miles locally and the terrain was amazing. Looked like Pixar’s Cars Land. Then we took a drive over to Skull Rock for some rock scrambling, and even made it all the way over to the visitor center at the north entrance before heading back for dinner. Afterwards we topped it off with a Ranger chat at the campground amphitheater where a local astronomer showed up and gave an amazing talk about the stars complete with astronomer pointer and telescope where we got to see Saturn! The girls LOVED it! We plan on coming back and hitting a northern campground - but definitely recommend Cottonwood. It won’t disappoint - the star viewing was awesome!!