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- InfoBurn ban in parkA burn ban is in effect because of high fire danger. - In the campground and picnic areas, only gas and charcoal grills are currently allowed; the ban was enacted August 15, 2026.Official details
Overview
About Gulpha Gorge Campground
Why stop
- Creekside setting with full hookups and trail access
Heads up
- No pull-through sites; some RV pads take careful maneuvering
Map
Where it is
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Hot Springs Tour Guide
Your drive to Gulpha Gorge Campground, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Hot Springs National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this place
Gulpha Gorge: A Creekside Picnic0:00 / 0:26
“Gulpha Gorge is coming up, with a public picnic area beside the creek. This is a good stop if you have lunch with you: shaded tables sit close to the water, with grills at designated picnic sites.”
Plays as you drive up to Gulpha Gorge Campground in the Parkwolf Hot Springs Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- North Mountain Overlook and Goat Rock
- North Mountain Shelter: Down to Gulpha Creek
- A Woodpecker Leaves a Clue
- Hot Springs Mountain: Pagoda and Tower
- 18 audio storiesacross Hot Springs’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor White-tailed Deer, Groundhog, Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 19 trails, 33 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
More about Gulpha Gorge Campground
A wooded base beside the creekGulpha Gorge Campground is Hot Springs National Park’s only campground, with tent and RV sites…
Gulpha Gorge Campground is Hot Springs National Park’s only campground, with tent and RV sites among the trees along Gulpha Creek. It’s a practical base if you want to camp near town: downtown and Bathhouse Row are a short drive away. Plan ahead through Recreation.gov and check the park’s current booking directions before you arrive.
Full hookups, with site-by-site fitEach site has 30- or 50-amp electric, water, sewer, a picnic table and a pedestal grill.
Each site has 30- or 50-amp electric, water, sewer, a picnic table and a pedestal grill. The campground also has paved parking, flush toilets, hot showers for registered campers, and an amphitheater among the trees. Sites aren’t pull-through, and some RV campers report tight backing around trees. Accessible sites are available; confirm their current booking steps with the park.
Make time for the creekGulpha Creek is part of the stay, with rocky banks for sitting or wading and a small stone arch…
Gulpha Creek is part of the stay, with rocky banks for sitting or wading and a small stone arch bridge. Trails from camp head toward Hot Springs Mountain and Bathhouse Row, so you can trade the car for a walk between your campsite and the park’s historic core.
A campground since 1924John R.
John R. Fordyce donated the land and existing campground, and the park took it over in December 1924. The next year, park staff added bathrooms, electricity and a road to the campsites—a surprisingly developed start for a place that still feels tucked into the trees.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Hot Springs
71 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
11 sightingsGroundhogMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
12 sightingsMexican Long-nosed ArmadilloMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
16 sightingsTurkey VultureMost seen around noonSighting map
41 sightingsCardinalMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
27 sightingsSummer TanagerMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Hot Springs. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
