Cottonwood Cove Campground
Its 40 sites are reservable through Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina (phone 877-262-8212), camping costs $20 a night plus tax, and it is open year-round. Cottonwood Cove Campground is a National Park Service campground near Searchlight, Nevada.
Reservable: Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina (phone 877-262-8212)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Hookups
- None
- Max RV length
- 23 ft
- Access road
- Paved
Cottonwood Cove Campground sits inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Cottonwood Cove Beach: The campground sits on Lake Mohave's Cottonwood Cove, where you can park and walk to the water's edge at Cottonwood Cove Beach. Full RV hookups are not here: they are at the separate Cottonwood Cove RV Park next door. (nps.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Reservations
- Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina (phone 877-262-8212) Book a site
- Fee
- $20 a night plus tax
- Entrance fee
- $25 per vehicle (1-7 days); Interagency and Lake Mead passes accepted
Sources: nps.gov, accessed 2026-09-27; cottonwoodcoveresort.com, accessed 2026-09-27
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 40
- Hookups
- None
- Max RV length
- 23 ft
- Site driveways
- Mixed
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Toilets, potable water, fire rings, and pets allowed.
Sources: nps.gov, accessed 2026-09-27; ridb.recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-27; commons.wikimedia.org, accessed 2026-09-27; cottonwoodcoveresort.com, accessed 2026-09-27
Rules
- Stay limit
- 30 days per developed campground, 90 days within any consecutive 12-month period
- Quiet hours
- 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campground host
- On site
Sources: nps.gov, accessed 2026-09-27; ridb.recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-27; commons.wikimedia.org, accessed 2026-09-27; cottonwoodcoveresort.com, accessed 2026-09-27
Access and cell service
- Access road
- Paved
- Elevation
- 687 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE
- T-Mobile
- No coverage mapped
- Verizon
- 4G LTE
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
35.4947, -114.6885 in Clark. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Cottonwood Cove Campground is open year-round .
Sources: nps.gov, accessed 2026-09-27; epqs.nationalmap.gov, accessed 2026-09-27
Common questions
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Around Cottonwood Cove Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Lake Mohave, whose mapped center point is 4.7 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Lake Mohave fishing on fishypedia.com.
Lake Mohave's mapped center point is 22 miles from Cottonwood Cove Campground in a straight line. Current water level: Lake Mohave water level on reservoirfinder.com.
Swimming nearby
Nearest to Cottonwood Cove Campground, in straight-line miles: Cottonwood Cove (swimming hole, 0.1 miles), and Big Bend of the Colorado (swimming hole, 26 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
More campgrounds: camping near Searchlight and campgrounds in Clark.
Sources
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- ridb.recreation.gov (petsAllowed, maxRvLengthFt, drivewayType, accessRoad, fireRings, toilets, hostOnSite), accessed 2026-09-27
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- ndow.org (identity), accessed 2026-09-27
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- cottonwoodcoveresort.com (fee, sites, maxRvLengthFt, reservationSystemName, water, fireRings, petsAllowed), accessed 2026-09-27
- ridb.recreation.gov (coordinates), accessed 2026-09-27
- nps.gov (manager, sites, reservationUrl, toilets, water, fireRings, accessRoad, quietHours, season, stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-27
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- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
Photo credits
- Photo 1: NPS Photo, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Public domain (US federal government work)