White Tank Campground — Joshua Tree National Park

Rolled in at 3 pm on Saturday December. 13, grabbed the last spot, but boy was it nice, site are spread out nestled and shielded from giant boulder stars were amazing sunrise and sunset spectacular now the not so good but all fun...lots of day users roaming around, many right through your spot, night time was busy until 10 or so people wanderingaround straight into the desert using only thier phone for light, other campers partying pretty hard....it was fine and left me the early riser to have the desert and the sunrise all to my self for a couple hours

Great camp ground, multiple sites available with fire rings, nice size rocks to climb on and explore around as well as great trails to take to venture around the area, bathrooms are available and clean every morning but no running water, came during government shutdown so everything just so happen to be free from park entry to the camp site but besides that I do recommend the area is clean and well picked up after

We stayed here our first two nights. Currently government shut down so we didn’t have to pay entry or camping fee. Definitely recommend taking advantage of it! But it was a beautiful camp site. Heart shape Rock and Arch Rock Trail is a short walking distance!

This looks like a great spot if you have a van or small RV. Lots of hiking nearby

We loved camping 🏕 here! Great big rocks, and good trails near by! An arch too!

Really interesting sites within the rock formation area. Pit toilets, smooth gravel roads, with fire pit, bbq and picnic table at every site. Clean. Not super busy this time of year!

I loved this campground! Our campsite was very large, had many accessible amenities and was not too far from the restrooms. Our site also had a few trails nearby to explore through all the beautiful boulders which was awesome. The only downside was that due to this same reason we had a ton of people walking through our campsite, even tho their were other ways to go around us, which was annoying. Something else to consider if you go in Winter or early spring, there is lots of wind, which makes it hard to do much outdoors while hanging out at camp. Other than that, nothing but great things to say!

This was one of my most favorite camping spots I’ve ever been to. You are literally camping in between the beautiful rock formations and you are a stone throw away from the Arch. It is first come first serve, and $15 for a spot. I got there on a Monday around 10am and there were quite a few spots open, it’s a small campsite though so not very many spots. I put out a camping chair and a picnic blanket to claim my spot, went off hiking all day, and came back to it. The ranger usually comes by in the morning to collect payment is what the office said, and that’s what happened. Sites have fire pits, a standing grill, picnic table and there is recycling/garbage/restrooms at the entrance. I have AT&T and did not get cell service. Highly recommend this campground!

Maybe one or two level sites pit toilets are not cleaned over a period of days. A lot of traffic looking for a trailhead for the arch trail. Beautiful area with a fantastic sunset when I was there.

This is the first campground I have been to besides the dry lake bed in Joshua Tree. I highly recommend this location. Sites are well spaced and most are separated by large boulders, which gives you the feeling like you are the only site in the campground.

Really neat small campground close to the park entrance at 29 Palms. Spots are either divided by a good amount of distance or large rocks. Apparently this is one of the darkest parts of the park so the star gazing is incredible. Keep in mind, even though signs advise against it, non-campers will park at campsites to have lunch or shorten the hike to Arch Rock. Don’t be discouraged and think all the spots are full. Chances are if there is a car parked in a spot with no camping gear in site, the spot is still up for grabs!

We camped here in February for two nights and it was gorgeous. The stars illuminated the sky every night until the moon rose up from behind the rock formations. We loved that our site was less than 0.5 miles to Arch Rock.

Clean and pleasant campground in Joshua Tree National Park with great giant rock landscape. Also a short walk to famous Arch Rock!

This wasn't my first time in Joshua Tree. And, admittedly, I was just passing though this time around.

But White Tank was super convenient because I snagged the last site a little before noon and was then able to head back down into Twentynine Palms to stock up on supplies and get some mobile work done.

Got back to my site in time to enjoy the short Arch Rock Trail and scramble around on the rocks for a bit.

The Cholla Cactus Garden was also an epic stop at sunrise the next morning on my way south through the park!

During the warmer months, the wind gets so intense! Gusts up to 70 mph at times. Be sure to hunker down and put away your folding chairs 😅

Great photo spot. Only a few campsites and lots of fun hiking and exploring the immediate area. Gravity outhouse and no water so have supplies.

Gorgeous campground with an easy hike to the arch. No water available bring everything you need with you close town is 29 palms.

Small and first come, first served. A popular site for visitors so, expect plenty during ALL hours. This is a fantastic spot for photography! Bring water and TP. This is the camping spot that has access to the Arch Rock Trail.

Stayed here in march, camground is great! The spots are big and the boulders provide a lot of privacy. Amazing spot to view the stars and arch rock is an easy half mile hike from the camground. We went to arch rock in the middle of the night to shoot some photos of the milky way! In my opinion one of the best spots to camp in joshua tree. It is a first come first served ground, so make sure to get there early morning to secure a spot.

we had a lot of fun climbing the giant boulders and exploring all that joshua tree has to offer. bring plenty of water and sunscreen and stay on trails. the park services now offers buses that will take you to all the popular areas to help with traffic congestion. my favorite things to see are the cholla field, skull rock and of course the arch. make sure to let someone know where you will be and when you plan to come back because people go missing often here.

This is a smaller campgrounds in Joshua Tree with only 15 sites and no amenities.

Best thing about this campgrounds is that Arch Rock trail is there for your sunrise and sunset needs. Scramble the boulders as well.

The campground is is pretty much in the middle of the park, great proximity to the other features in the south, west and farther north.

This is a very quite relaxed campground. It has 15 sites some are bigger than the others. My daughter and I stayed in 13 and had no side neighbors only one that was across the road. At sunset it is very picturesque. Only .3 miles to arch rock.

There is no running water and only 2 vault toilets that are at the entrance of the campground. Bring plenty of water.