Bear Springs Campground

Do you love camping in a rubbish heap? This is the place for you! All kinds of plastic and cans are on display. But the really unique item is the cigarette butts. This camp ground could be the highest concentration of cigarette butts within 250 miles. That being said, it's very dark and quiet. No road noise at night.

Overall, the campsite was pleasant. There was plenty of space, and it was very quiet as only one other group was present. There was no potable water, which was inconvenient. Most distressing was the fact that our reserved campsite was completely flooded, and we were not notified ahead of time. Thankfully, there were plenty of open spots. Had there not been, this would have been a very stressful situation.

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There is NO water.

We couldn’t see any sort of pavilion or shelter.

A & B loops are NOT good and A had a bunch of downed trees that made it impossible to camp there. B looked like it had recently been flooded and was a mess. We moved over to C loop which was better—but they definitely don’t do anything to the campsites to maintain them. We were able to find some good spots to put our tents in the C loop though.

D loop is by far the best for a group. It has this big open space, lots of room for tents, 3 tables and a big fire pit. None of the other loops should be advertised as group sites—D is the only true group site. It also has the most sites to park cars and put tents etc.

There is one latrine for women and one for men. It appeared that they came daily to restock and clean these.

This campground is close to the road. The first night was a Thursday and all night long there were super loud trucks—it kept us all up. The next night this wasn’t the case so not sure why there were so many the first night.

As others have mentioned no water is available at the campground. Our group had a great time. Plan for lots of caterpillars if going in early August and it's a good idea to bring extra TP in case the vault toilets run out.