Camping at Gulpha Gorge Campground costs $10 per night ($5 with a Golden Age/Interagency Senior pass or Golden Access/Interagency Access card) for primitive sites. For sites with hookups, it is $24 per night ($12 per night if you have a Golden Age/Interagency Senior Pass or Golden Access/Interagency Access Pass card.) Utilites include 30 and 50 amp electrical connections, water, and sewer connections at each site.
Sites are available on a first come, first served basis. You cannot make a reservation. Each campsite has a picnic table, pedestal grill, and water nearby. While there are no showers, there are modern restrooms. Water is available for registered campers only at several stations throughout the campground most of the year and at the dump station. Camping is limited to 14 days per year.
Sites are not pull-through. Quiet hours are 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Pets are allowed if leashed. Please pick up animal waste.
You can get the Interagency Passes at the Hot Springs National Park Visitor Center in the historic Fordyce Bathhouse. For more information about the federal government recreation passes, such as the Senior Pass or the Access Pass, please click here.
Gulpha Gorge Campground is located off US Hwy 70 on the east side of Hot Springs. For GPS directions, the physical address is 305 Gorge Road, Hot Springs AR 71901. (No mail is delivered at this address.)
Campgrounds with showers and hookups are available in the surrounding area. For more information, use these links:
Ouachita National Forest
Lake Ouachita Corps of Engineers
Arkansas State Parks
Commercial Campgrounds