Maple Springs

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We enjoyed our experience at this campground. Although a group campground, we didn’t hear anything from the other campers and enjoyed the ‘off the grid’ setup.

Everything was fine. Overall, the park hasn’t invested much in their campsites. While the group sites at Maple Springs have power and water, unlike all the others, they don’t have a good (flushing or heated) bathroom or showers. The ferry is inaccessible to RVs so they have to go all the way around the park (40 minutes) to get to the dump stations. All in all it was a nice time but we’ve stayed at way better campsites.

Overall, we really enjoyed this campground but there are some things we wish we would have known ahead of time. First, there is no one to check in with when you arrive. No guard shack or anything. We arrived after dark so this was a surprise to us and we just had to figure it out. It wasn’t bad, just unexpected. The next thing, it’s DARK at night. No really, there were only 3 or 4 other campers on the grounds while we were there and at night, it was very dark out there without street lights around the campground. Lastly, we selected this campground due to the proximity to Mammoth Cave which according to GPS said it would take us 6-10 minutes to get there. In actuality, the ferry road was closed so we had to go all the way around and it took more like 45 minutes to get to the visitor center. Not a huge deal but it was just unexpected. With all that said, I would stay here again because it was super quiet and away from everything.

Enjoyed our stay at Maple Springs group camp site. We done some tent camping but utilized the Power connection for lights and some other stuff also. Was great experience for the kids. We ended up leaving before the second night though. Wish you could reserve half days or something for those that don’t want to stay a full two days but need more time to pack up the second.

Well kept, huge campsites. Very little light pollution at night.

A nice quiet campground.

There is nothing at this camp ground. It’s very overgrown and sites are hard to park in.

Great area, open, beautiful and good proximity to everything. Sewer hook ups would be nice.

Our site was beautiful, peaceful, spaced out well from neighbors. Our neighbors had some dogs which were well behaved but far enough away to not be disruptive even when they did bark.
The site is equipped with a couple concrete picnic tables, a couple fire rings, water and electric, and plenty of shade. There was enough space we probably could have pitched 10 tents, but we only had 2, an RV and a couple hammocks.
The ground is very hard- we will be upgrading to heavy duty stakes before next trip.
The wildlife- we saw quite a few insects and spiders, and at night heard deer? bears? people? no idea- rummaging through the woods behind us. I told the kids it was just deer. I hope I was right, but nothing showed itself.
The ferry was only open from 6am to 6pm most days, I think opens later on Sunday, and is very small. Only holds 2 cars- no trailers or RVs, so if you use GPS to get to the site off times or with trailers or RVs, set it to avoid ferries. It does make it about a 30-45 minute trip to the Mammoth Cave visitor center if you can't use the ferry, and only 5-10 minutes if you can.
We all loved the site and are already planning our next trip there.