Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Ocotillo Wells, CA

It's wonderful! A very big rv park with lots of things to do. Hot tub heated pools several shower rooms, bathrooms. Tennis courts dog parks. The list just goes on and on

Shadow Hills RV Resort is a stellar urban RV resort with all the amenities. Full hookups, daily trash pickups at each site, cable tv, large level pads with privacy hedge, small dog parks scattered throughout, gated security, nice restrooms w/ showers (free). We were visiting family who were just a short bike ride away. Can be extremely windy here. Desert X environmental art installations are nearby.

Definitely not the norm for us to stay in a place like this, but we had some things to do in Palm Springs and wanted to be close.  With taxes and fees, and additional dog fees, we paid about $87/night, and that's in the cheapest spots.  Yipes. 

It's close to the freeway and the road noise is loud and never stops. There is also a freight train that frequently runs along behind the park, and it's very loud.

Other than the noise and the high price, it's a very nice RV park.  Lots of amenities and activities.  There's also free wifi, download/upload was pretty slow but streaming and browsing was good.  Two pools/hot tubs (one is adult only), tennis courts, library, gym, showers, laundry, 3 dog parks (one is under construction), trash pickup service (though I'm personally not a fan of leaving my bags of trash outside for someone to pick up), a club house, storage units, lots of community activities. We asked if they had recycling and they said to bag up our recycling and leave it out with the trash.

We stayed here for a weekend and had no reservations and there was plenty of room in November.

Laundry way too expensive at $5 for wash and $5 for 45 min dry. Credit card payment only and the dryer didn't dry our clothes all the way.

Nice park, but way too pricey for us!

I brought my family with our 2 dogs for Thanksgiving and unfortunately we left early because it was a major danger for our dogs with the very bold and brave coyotes.

We tent camped but I feel like if we had an RV it would have been safer for the dogs.. for us alone with out the dogs, tent camping would have been fine!

Other than that. BEAUTIFUL!!! We loved every single moment from the colorful drive up to the stars and checking out the observatory which was also pet friendly. It’s SO FUN to see all the different color leaves and the sunsets, the sunrises, the crisp air, the views on the way up….all of it was so beautiful.

The is a beautiful Thousand Trails RV Resort in Palm Springs, California! The park is large, very spacious and so clean! The gorgeous Palm trees are a little bit of a parking hazard, but they were here before we were! 😊 And besides, they are so beautiful to look at every day. The park feels like a day on beach with white sand to park on in most spaces, towering Palm trees, and brightly colored tropical flowers. What a treat in the winter! We are here in November and December and daytime high’s are in the low 80’s. The park is split in half with one side 30 amp FHU and the other half 50 amp FHU. For TT members, there is not an additional charge for 50 amp. Quite a deal! There is plenty of room to get out and walk in this park, along with a nice dog park, playground, billiards room, swimming pool and spa, horseshoes, 8 pickle ball courts, many laundry rooms and restrooms, and community recreation room. The surrounding mountains ranges are pretty amazing, too. This park is close to it all in the Palm Springs area and everything is within a short drive. Joshua Tree National Park and the Salton Sea is just over a half hour away. The Thousand Trails Palm Springs RV Resort is perfect and we will definitely be visiting again!

For videos on this park and others, check out our YouTube channel: Jeff & Steff’s Excellent Adventure.

Great county park. Quiet and well maintained. Pay showers. $29/ night. Pets welcome. Fire pits and picnic tables at each site. Tent camping available as well.

This is quite a resort! It’s huge! When we stayed here in late December they had just been open for about 2 months or so, and most of the spots weren’t even open for use yet. There was construction going on when we were there, so I’m sure they’re fully open by now. 

This place has everything you could want in an RV park. Everything was new and sleek and modern and well designed. The price was average, I guess, though still much too expensive for us. Luckily they participate in Passport America and we got the 50% discount, so our FHU pull through site came to $52 with taxes and fees, so roughly double that for the full price. I believe the spots that will be opening up that are further away from all the amenities will be cheaper. Their laundry room uses an app payment system only, which is nice in that you don’t need quarters, but you need to download the app and then load money on to your account in set amounts, so we were left with an unused $1.50 after our 2 loads. Dryers work great. Dogs get a cute little goodie bag with a little bandana, poop bags and a bag holder for the leash, and a tennis ball. Eventually the dog park will have its own section of RV spots called K9 Corner. So cute! 

There’s a nice shop at the front desk where you check in, and staff is super friendly. There is onsite propane fill as well. Their club house has a nice pool, 2 hot tubs, a nice gym, and really nice and open hangout area and work area, a little kitchen area, and a game room. Everything is really nice and artfully decorated. They also have activities on weekends so you get a real community feel if you stay here for a long time. We were definitely in the lower tier of RVs in our humble scratched up class C, surrounded by really nice expensive class As, but we still felt comfortable and welcomed. Highly recommend this place- as long as they stay in the Passport America program we’ll go back when we’re in the area.

Great campground for the family and kids. Every first Saturday of the month they have the Wolf Education Project come visit with their wolves. It was really neat for the kids and adults to learn and pet the wolf. They have so many different activities for the family. I gave it 4 stars because there wasn’t any Wi-Fi, but still had cellphone service.

Great place and had a great time. We book an overnight trip and rented the RV spot as we were taking a small trailer. The place was fantastic, we had the opportunity to interact with the animals, (Goats, chickens, rabbits, pigs, dogs, cat). No worries, there is no foul smell, it is kept very clean and even got a chance to meet a couple of former PCT hikers that were super nice helping us with our stay. The dogs were super sweet and keep the farm protected. It was amazing to see Bonnie (one of the dogs) notice a hawk far away in the distance and scare it immediately. 

The spot that I rented was next to the kitchen area and not far from the barn. There are tent spots a bit farther too.

La Jolla Indian Reservation is my first pick to go camping! I love the river that runs in the middle of the whole place. You can camp next to it as well and get in! It’s $35 per car they do have military discount. The total of $32 with discount. They also have porta potties every few 500 feet. It is next to a gas station not to far out to buy supplies or fuel up. NOT PET FRIENDLY ONLY REASON FOR 4 STARS

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.

We arrived to be greeted by friendly staff. She acted like she had been waiting for us. . 😊. Staff all through the park were knowledgeable and eager to help with any questions we had   The grounds are well maintained. Not perfect but pretty close. There is a playground for kids. Showers, flushing toilets even have 2 ply toilet paper. 

Be prepared to pay if you are visiting for the day. It’s a small $6 fee per adult and half that for kids. $2 for pets. With BBQ pits and plenty of picnic tables with shade, it’s well worth it.

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.