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Hot Springs National ParkGulpha Gorge Campground in the spring with redbud and dogwood trees blooming.
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Gulpha Creek in fall, below campground amphitheater, with bridge over Gorge Road in right background  

Did You Know?
The name Gulpha Creek is a corruption of the French name for the stream. Explorer William Dunbar reports the name "Fourche รก Calfat" in the journal of his visit in 1804. Calfat eventually became Gulpha.

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