Jumbo Rocks Campground — Joshua Tree National Park
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Reviewed May. 8, 2019

Magical Place Among Giant Boulders

During busy seasons, you need to get here early in the morning to find people leaving so you can nab their spot. We came here on a Thursday, not realizing it was spring break. No spaces in the entire park. So we stayed the night at a hotel in town and came back early the next morning.

Pros: Flat sites, fire pit, picnic table, easy access to hiking trails, pit toilets decent, pretty area.

Cons: Neighbors packed their site with too many people and put their tents in our site so they would have more room to party on theirs. They then stayed up until the wee hours of the morning being noisy as they got drunk and high. No camp host to stop this. No cell reception to be able to call a ranger. They really need to add a camp host here during peak seasons. Also, usually the weather is great, but watch out for wind storms that bring giant dust clouds. They kick up here in the desert now and then. (Usually the weather forecast will have a warning.) We got here the morning after a wind storm and people's tents were flattened and broken and many retreated to their cars. (We were glad we weren't able to find a site the night before!)

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  • Review photo of Jumbo Rocks Campground — Joshua Tree National Park by Susan V., May 8, 2019
  • Review photo of Jumbo Rocks Campground — Joshua Tree National Park by Susan V., May 8, 2019
  • Review photo of Jumbo Rocks Campground — Joshua Tree National Park by Susan V., May 8, 2019