Campground and Trail Now the Gems
Average loop setup for a small campground, and right off a busy road and busy Bagby Hot Springs parking lot. There were a plethora of pluses as our site was beachfront property for two voluminous small rivers to join forces, for old growth trees to abound and for dark green, thick vegetation to provide privacy. The campground was officially shut down for the winter, but there was no closed gate to park in front of, so basically it’s an easier all-year affair. And a pretty clean one at that. Actually, site 6 was huge, with 3-4 separate tent pad areas. We hiked the 1.5 miles to the hot springs, but the wait was 45-60 minutes, 3 of the 7 tubs were defunct and the crowd tended toward the younger, more raucous side of life, making you wonder about sanitation. We didn’t get in, though. But the hike itself was gorgeous and well-tended, with waterfalls, beautiful wood bridges, a bountiful menagerie of moss and the tall, tall trees. It goes much further than the springs, y’all. So overall, come for the hot springs during the week, or between 1-7 AM on weekends if you need hot springs action and your standards are not the highest.