We stayed at Catherine’s Landing in Hot Springs, Arkansas. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A pleasant resort near Hot Springs National Park and Garvan Woodland Gardens.
Dates:
- Check in: 2023-10-29
- Check out: 2023-11-05
- 7 nights
Weather:
- Rain on first couple of days, then sunny
- High temps ranging between 52-66°F, lows around 30-51°F
- Negligible wind
Noise:
- No road noise
- No train noise
- A little neighbor noise
Site:
- #123, back in, concrete
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front
- Very level; used hydraulic jacks
- Asphalt driveway 30 feet long, concrete RV pad 40 feet long by about 16 feet wide
- Diagonal offset sites, with grass about 14 feet wide
- Concrete patio extension of RV pad, with picnic table and charcoal grill
- Fire pit
- Lots of cigarette butts in fire pit
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 45 PSI water, conveniently located
- Unthreaded sewer connection, very conveniently located (2 2-foot pipes needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 15-73 Mbps down, 6-12 Mbps up, 56-99 ms ping
- Campground Wi-Fi: 8 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 36 ms ping
- T-Mobile: 2 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 110 ms ping
- Verizon: 5-10 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 140 ms ping
- AT&T: 105 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
Amenities:
- Trash pickup from site
- Package delivery to office
- Closed pool
- Lake/river
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Lovely down by the water
This is a large, well-maintained campground near everything Hot Springs has to offer. We went for one of the Executive back-in sites by the water and loved watching the peaceful scenery. Since it was the off-season, most of the amenities were closed, so $110/night seems a bit much, but the view and serenity were worth it. Our site was perfectly level, which you expect with a concrete pad. We’d definitely stay here again. We camped at Catherine’s Landing in a Motorhome.
Tip for Other Campers: Bubba’s Catfish was really good and just up the road.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
Utilities (before hooking up the sewer, but you can see the sewer cap immediately opposite the wet bay):
The Power Watchdog had the red light that indicated that the power neutral was missing, which is apparently not a fatal problem (since the dog face wasn’t red), but not ideal:
The site was perfectly level:
After visiting Hot Springs National Park, we added its sticker; the last National Park of 2023:
Ouachita River / Lake Catherine:
Office:
The pool was closed:
Rental boat docks; they removed the pontoon boats for the winter during our stay:
A guest’s pontoon boat:
Ouachita River / Lake Catherine:
Morning mist:
The motorhome that was next to us when we arrived made an annoying compressor noise every few minutes; we were glad when they left about halfway through our stay:
Other sites:
A nice resort; we’d be happy to stay here again.
Bonus: some food samples from our stay in Hot Springs.
We enjoyed some Chinese delivery on our first night:
And some takeout from Bubba’s Catfish and Seafood on another night:
And David’s Burgers:
A nice touch: they bring around bowls of tasty fresh fries while waiting for the ordered food:
A decent burger:
Another nice bonus, free ice cream delivered to the table:
