Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Niland, CA

Very spacious resort in the center of a gorgeous 9 hole golf course/driving range. Check-in packet was prepared & ready along w/an escort to our space, which has level concrete parking and picnic pad with table. 50/30/110, water, sewer, wifi and cable included. Catch and release fishing pond, pool, hot mineral spas, tennis, lawn bowling, big and little dog parks. The stargazing is amazing! Very clean and well maintained. Quiet respectful guests. Great area to bike. You can drive to the sculptures, Salton Sea, downtown Borrego and Julian.. you Will be driving through curvy mountain ranges to get to this destination. Stayed 1/4-8/2021

We only stayed one night in a pull through but enjoyed the facilities. Park is very clean and has a good restaurant. They do have a lot of mobile homes but most are newer and well kept. Some RV’s look abandoned which is a shame. Nice dog park area with grass, could use water for the pups. Laundry and bathrooms were very clean. Pool area and restaurant, bar area is nice. We had dinner, wing’s were great burger was good but not great. Service was very good. Pull through site was narrow but had all we needed for one night. Looks like the workout facility is nice.

Lots going on here but felt peaceful midweek in Jan. 3 spring-fed pools, hot showers quarter operated, clean flush toilet bathrooms, water, hiking trails and ample roads to walk the dog on. Mountain lion country - be alert. Friendly rangers. Clean facilities and well-kept grounds. Horseshoe pits and large group picnic areas. Cute cabins for rent - no pets allowed in those. Will definitely visit again. Many of the tent sites are close together - if the campground was full you’d have little privacy but it’s a large place and there were hardly any tent campers when I was there, though more RVs and vans in the hookup section. Tent site 106 is very private. I liked 109 it was in a kind of bird thicket with privacy from the road etc.

This campground is located on a military facility. You must have base access/privileges in order to utilize this campground. 

The sites near the gym are back in only with full hookups on an asphalt lot. There is a small strip of grass behind each site. 

Pets are allowed. Leash rules are established. 

Great location for the annual air show in March. This campground is popular with “snowbirds”. Winter months stay pretty busy, while excessive heat in the summer keeps it pretty empty. 

The base has a large pool with water slides, gym, bowling alley, exchange/commissary, and movie theater.

2 outdoor pools and an indoor adult spa (102 degrees), RV sites with Power, Water and Sewer as well as tent sites. Flush toilets and hot/cold showers. This place is well maintained and the cleanest campground I have ever stayed at. Shuffleboard and Horseshoes courts, lots of hiking trails and things to see. The campground / pools are all fed from natural mineral springs. Pets are allowed within the campground and all sites have picnic table and fire-ring. Small store at the park entrance is great for the simply things you may have forgotten. They even have cabins available but they book up pretty fast. Rangers are all very friendly and helpful. Enjoyed my stay, I will be back.

We planned our trip for April 23-25th and it was a nice time to go. It was a bit hot out during the day but didn’t surpass mid 90’s. And the evening was really nice, It was nice and cool, you’ll only need like one blanket.

Beware of high winds here and there. Especially in the evenings, our tent stayed put with extra stakes and ties but canopies and porta potty tents would’ve flown if we didn’t sand bag and weigh them down with rocks that were laying around.

4x4 is highly recommend if your gonna pull off the side of the road to camp. The sand is really loose and very easy to sink into. I also recommend bringing a rake to flatted out the sand and remove any large rocks before pitching your tent.

There are also a couple hikes to do, like the painted Canyon ladder trail. (This hike is definitely NOT Recommended for dogs) we tried to bring our fur babies along and we did get past the first couple ladders but found it way too difficult to continue. But over all the hike was beautiful.

Also plan on “Fox proofing” your camp site area, there are the cutest little foxes that WILL attempt to get into your things in the evening.

But over all I highly recommend this spot! It’s a perfect, chill, secluded space to camp with friends, pets & family.

This site was ideal for my needs. The southern end of the park seems a lot quieter- away from some of the more tourist-visited spots. The location is just prior to the the Joshua Tree Park Entrance sign - you get off 10 at cottonwood springs rd. I got there in the dark so it took me a minute to find it. There are sand road loops to the left and right of main road. Bumpy but fine in my station wagon with low clearance and no awd. Scout sites - some have soft sand or rocks. Heavy rains started as we were leaving after two days and I can imagine that would make navigating parts of this camp into a 4wd affair. The first site I pulled into was really covered with dog poop so kept going and found a cleaner site. There is a ton of space so easy to find your own area that feels close enough to feel not completely isolated but private. No shrubbery. It’s not as picturesque as some areas but for my needs - free, plenty of soft sand road to walk the dog and close to the park - it was great. Another dog note - no dogs on trails in Joshua Tree but they are fine on all dirt roads!

I don't think this map pin is correct for Yaqui Wells Primitive Camp, the location according to Google Maps is a little further south just off Yaqui Pass Road off Highway 78. There are two different camps similarly named, Yaqui Wells and Yaqui Pass, fairly close to each other. Anyway, we stayed here at Yaqui Wells for one night after attempting to camp at Blair Valley but getting swarmed by bees. Only saw 2 other vehicles, and while the sites are pretty small and close to the dirt road, they are nice enough. BE AWARE THOUGH: pull your vehicle well into the sites, we had 6 lifted off road trucks come flying through around midnight at a ridiculously high speed without slowing down at all and it could have been catastrophic if we were closer to the road or if we had been walking our dog at that time.