Hot Springs AR -- where to camp

Lake Catherine State Park or Crystal Springs are our favorites.
Lake Catherine has some full hookup sites.

We just got back from 2 days at Charlton. Great swimming hole, and campground has just reopened this year. Not all sites are part of the reopening, but we had our pick of sites. We tent camped, but had a very shady full hookup site. $17 a nite. we love Charlton, looking forward to returning

Lake Catherine State Park is a beautiful place and is very close to Hot Springs.

I like Cloud 9. No pool last time we were there but a nice, clean park.

Although we have not stayed at Gulpha Gorge, I thought it was in a beautiful area! We checked it out bc we had a 40 ft 5th wheel and wanted to be sure that we wouldn't have problems size wise . Was amazed that it had some full hookup sites. It will be our choice next time we go thru there. At that time, we were staying at Cloud Nine. It was nice enough- don't remember any specifics regarding pool etc, as it was lightly snowing when we were there....brrrrr. Good luck on the diamond hunting. If you have never been there before, let me assure you that it is hot, hot, HOT! Try for a cloudy day or early, early in the day.