Black Rock Canyon Campground

As stated below, janky roads. We have a popup and didn't have a problem going slow but bigger rigs might. Close to Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley, fairly big sites, lots of tent campers and smaller RVs. Didn't see a camp host and no one asked us for verification but that might be because they are set to close at the end of November. Great cell service.

Like others have mentioned, rough road and un-level sites. When we arrived, someone had set up camp in our site and left for the day... the ranger and staff were not super helpful in problem solving this and we ended up having to take another site after waiting about an hour. The new site was much smaller and tough to get in to (which is why I reserved the original site to begin with..). Be sure to look carefully at the site options online. Not all RV sites can accommodate the same size trailer. If you have slides on both sides, it will be tight. You may want to call the office to see which sites are wide enough.

Other than that, it's a very peaceful campground and great proximity to Joshua Tree for those who won't fit in the sites within the park. Fill and dump station was easy to get to. We went at the beginning of January and the park was less than half full. The campground has Joshua trees everywhere and beautiful dark skies at night. We heard and saw a lot of wildlife.

Top issues as others have stated with bad roads and un-level sites, we ended up with 4” of lift to get level. Otherwise very nice campground. We were there during the week but lots of open sites. First visit to JTNP and other campgrounds in park are much smaller and crowded. We had no issues fitting in with or 30 foot TT and truck. Great acces to AT&T cellular service. Not a bad drive from here to the park.

This is National Forest so if you have your senior pass it’s only $10.00 a night. Dry camping, no hookups but water faucets and bathrooms with flushing toilets. When you first drive in there is a dump station with fresh water to fill up your tank that is free. The sites are good size with Joshua trees and bushes to give some separation but open enough for solar panels too. We will return. Also only 5 miles to town with all shopping you’ll need.

This is an okay campground. As most people have said, roads are brutal, sites are very unlevel. We actually did okay with leveling, 3 inches under all the tires on the passenger side got us there.

The size limit is technically 35 feet, we had no problem getting our 45 foot rig in and out. The corners are tight and ground clearance maybe an issue getting in and out of site for some rigs. No on hassled us about our length. The sites are actually generous in length and fully wide enough.

There's a dump station and water available. They ask for $5.

Flush toilets, but no soap or anything to dry hands with in restrooms.

The big downside for us was the intense wind. It absolutely pounded the campground all night and we barely slept. Others may not have an issue, but it was very unsettling for us. All the tenters were bailing out early in the am and all the rvers were hunkered down inside.

We came through the park from the South the day before, and since there was no room in the park for us, we decided to come out and stay here for the night before heading to Palm Springs. In retrospect, other than the $5 water, we could have happily stayed at the BLM land just North of the park.

We really liked this campground mostly because of the natural setting. You can get really good views from some campsites, ours being one of them. Most campsites also have Joshua trees on them. As for the park quality, all the roads are broken and in dire need of repaving. There aren't many signs in the campground. The restrooms were clean. Generator hours are 7AM-9AM, 12PM-2PM, 5PM-7PM, this is good from the noise standpoint but can be a pain if you don't have solar and need to charge the batteries to get ready to run the furnace overnight. Overall we liked the CG and would camp here again. Note: This CG is outside of the National Park, the West Entrance of the JTNP is about 30-45 mins drive from here. Also it was very windy when we camped here around Thanksgiving.