Crystal Ridge RV Park at Ron Coleman Mine

We stayed in the tini cabin because it was 98* out, and we were sun burnt from digging crystals. It had an AC, shower, full bathroom, kitchen, TV, a charcoal grill with charcoal, and the camp host brought over fire wood with no charge.

The bathrooms were clean and the campsites well maintained, the leaves were all raked up when we visited. We didn’t mine crystals but they are lying everywhere on the ground if that interests you. The campground hosts Terri and Doc were super friendly and helpful and gave us a wheelbarrow of wood for $10. The site cost us $23.10 a night for two people, well worth the cost of facilities. A quiet, comfortable place to stay for a fair price 30 minutes from Hot Springs, we recommend highly.

We’ve been to this RV park a couple of times.   Both times there is NOT a working dryer in the laundry facilities.  It’s frustrating when you pay for services that don’t exist but is advertised as an amenity.   

Also, the sites are run down. Didn’t even bother to rake the old leaves away.  We also had to run the water from another site.  Our neighbors were complaining about their site not having water either.   

Also, I think there should be some sort of discount for the mining if you’re paying for an RV site.  It’s $25 a person for the mining of crystals. $35 if you want a mine tour and mining. .

The campground is on the small side, but with a nice shower area and coin laundry. The paved areas (including the Rv pads) are a bit rough, but ok. Leveling pads were needed for our site . Lots of crystals just laying around also. Something out of the control of the campground, but the Oakworms were crazy. That’s not rain you hear falling from the trees! lol Stay under the awning.

This RV park is small, private and has beautiful trees. All amenities are clean and in good repair.

The campground was decent, but my wife and I went to the area to dig for crystals which we found.

I don’t think camping at this RV park is about the camping experience; it’s about the proximity to the crystal mines. It is a good campground for the price, but it is not anything fancy.

However, if you travel to the area to specifically go mining for crystals then it is definitely a win because the crystal mines are only a rock(or crystal) throw away from the park.

This RV park is located near Coleman Rock Shop & Crystal Mines and Ron Coleman Mining (And yes, they are owned by the same family but they are different sites). Ron Coleman Mining is the site closest to the RV park and the Rock Shop is located on the corner of main st. Coleman Rock Shop is the more affordable option out of the 2 crystal digging sites.

It's it's a nice place to Camp RV but not for tent camping it would be better if they have places to put up a tent instead of on concrete.

$12 a night, full hookup potential AND you are walking distance to the mine!!! For $20 you can go spend the day diggin through dirt and finding crystals. I don’t think everyone has the luck we had but we came after a rain and cleaned up. Hundred bucks in gems. Ok bathrooms and laundry... serves the purpose you’d expect from a $12 a night place. The REAL draw here is the mine and we had a blast! I do recommend. We took the spot up top the hill [upper left corner] and found crystals in our campsite around the fire pit :)))