Joshua Tree NP

[gatorewc]

Beautiful campsite at Joshua Tree.  On the way to California leaving  from Palmetto Ga.  Spent 2 nights heading to Seal Beach CA to meet the kids and grandkids for a week of R & R.

[Galway Girl]

58 minutes ago, gatorewc said:

Beautiful campsite at Joshua Tree.

What site number was that and which loop?  Really great site!

Edited August 23 by Galway Girl

[Mike and Carol]

We have great memories of Joshua Tree NP.  It’s a special place.

[gatorewc]

On 8/23/2025 at 3:55 PM, Galway Girl said:

What site number was that and which loop?  Really great site!

Jumbo Rock Campground.  Site 71, Joshua Tree NP

[routlaw]

Awesome. The only time we have been there was in our younger years with pre-teen daughter tent camping. Loved the park. Wind picked up that night and I swear it was like having a freight train running right through the campground. Wife and I were up in the middle of the night literally holding the tent up from the inside before it came apart. Daughter slept right through the entire thing. 

[Snackchaser]

Joshua Tree is like visiting the Flintstones back yard!    It should be a bucket list park.

I'm pretty sure we stayed in that very same site.   We had to reserve two different sites because of limited availability.  Our first site was a 20 point turn to squeeze in, and then some kind folks suggested that we look at google satellite maps when reserving a site.  This proved to be a great tip!

Cheers Geoff

[srthomsen]

We used to live down in the Coachella Valley in Rancho Mirage for 5+ years and during that time drove through once!  We did not own the Oliver at that time.

I did however, frequent the park may decades ago while in the Boy Scouts. It is quite surreal in many places and ways.

[Galway Girl]

18 hours ago, gatorewc said:

Jumbo Rock Campground.  Site 71, Joshua Tree NP

Thanks for the reply.  It's very helpful to have site reviews that state the campground and site for future reference.
Sometimes we have had to do reviews and say our trailer won't fit or the sites very steep etc.

Here's a steep side slope at Devils Lake State Park in Wisconsin.  It was once a golf course turned into a campground and many of the side lots had large left/righ slopes.