If you can put up with the “very very rough road” as the Forest Service sign says, you will be rewarded. It is a potholed paved road which is a tough go.
I’ve stayed in the past here, met the same campground host this time, but my wife needed cell service so she could work. We have both Verizon and ATT and there is NO service whatsoever. Even at the highest campsite.
NOTE: There are two sites with water and electric, the camp host has one, the other is at the top of the hill. That site is $30. The senior rate is $7 for all the other sites.
Enjoy it now as if the road gets re-paved it won’t be such a quiet place anymore.
Nightly Rate: $7.00
Days Stayed: 0
Site Number: NA
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon
AT&T
Boy, what a pretty park, for as old as the park is, it is dearly taken care of. The day use area is probably the jewel of the park. If you can drive your rig/toad down to the day use you will really experience what this park has to offer.
My only complaints are...the water pressure is incredibly high, both at the campground and the showers. We have pressure regulators to mitigate the campground, but the showers will literally pressure washer you skin off, the pressure coupled with a rather high water temperature make you get out ASAP. Of course all that shower water is too much for the shower drains so the floor quickly floods and everything is wet as the cascade of water crushes the small shower curtain separating yourself from the dry clothes.
Second, the dump station is a real stinker. You do not want to be downwind at certain times of the day, try and get a spot as far away as possible. There is a green button at the dump station you are supposed to push prior to dumping, I can only guess that it might be a macerator pump...but I’m only guessing.
Cheers!
Nightly Rate: $37.00
Days Stayed: 4
Site Number: HS026
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
AT&T 4G
This campground is located at the bottom of Joshua Tree NP NOT where it is shown on this map