Download the NPS app prior to visiting the park — trail maps and more! Its location on the park's northern perimeter makes it a popular rest stop for hikers, birders, horseback riders and RV campers.
Black Rock is one of four campgrounds in the national park that requires reservations year-round. To get the most out of your visit, Plan Like a Park Ranger Travelers who enjoy warm, dry winters flock to Joshua Tree from October through May, when temperatures hover between 70 to 90 degrees during the day and drop anywhere between 40 to 60 degrees at night. Summer is the park's off-season due to uncomfortably high desert heat. Black Rock is at an elevation of 4, feet and has a mix of both sun and shade.
The facility is convenient for RV camping, complete with flush toilets and a dump station. There are no hookups. Black Rock is one of two campgrounds in the national park that provides drinking water. There are 99 individual sites in the facility. Showers, laundry and other amenities are available in the town of Yucca Valley five miles away.
Please call for Black Rock Canyon Campground information or if you will be arriving the day after your reservation begins. Overnight Facilities: A no-show customer is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out noon time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time noon on the day following the arrival date. Passes can be purchased ahead of time here.
The park allows six people, two vehicles and three tents per site, however, some sites are small and may not accommodate the maximum number of people and vehicles. See Site Details for specifics. There is no overflow parking. Trailers count as a vehicle. There are no electric, water or sewer hook-ups available at individual campsites; a dump station is located nearby.
