A forested campground near fishing, hiking, and mountain biking. RV fit varies by site.
Maple Springs is a convenient base for exploring the park's long list of recreational opportunities: within Mammoth Cave National Park you can bike, fish, hike, paddle, swim, camp, horseback ride and use horse-camping facilities. From the Visitor Center you can join guided cave tours that cover up to ten miles of passages and lead to landmark chambers such as the Rotunda, Cathedral Domes and the Frozen Niagara formation a reminder that this park protects more than 400 miles (644 km) of mapped cave passageway and a landscape with thousands of years of human history.
Length limits vary by campsite.
Availability on Recreation.gov.
| Site | Fr 13 | Sa 14 | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| G007 group standard electric | R | R | $50 |
| G001 equestrian electric | R | R | $50 |
| G002 equestrian electric | R | R | $50 |
| G003 equestrian electric | ✓ | R | $50 |
| G005 group standard electric | R | R | $50 |
| G006 group standard electric | R | R | $50 |
| G004 equestrian electric | R | R | $50 |
✓ available · R reserved · X not available · C closed · W first come, first served · N not yet released
Hookups (individual campsites): 4 electric individual sites · group sites listed separately (3 electric).
Official facts link to their source; “Listing” facts come from the Recreation.gov listing. Anything we can't source says so.
Verbatim from guest reviews on Recreation.gov ↗ (93 reviews, ★ 4.0). Not written or edited by us.
“Group Site 6. Flat, level, easy setup. What should be a 10 minute drive to MCNP is now an hour long detour around a washed-out river crossing. ”
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights3 sites open for every night
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights9 sites open for every night
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights4 sites open for every night4 individual reservable campsites from Recreation.gov, checked Nov 7 · 3 group sites listed separately. Rates are the listed nightly rates.
4 sites · $50/night
Loops: Group Sites loop (4)
0 open Nov 13–Nov 15
3 sites · $50/night
Loops: Group Sites loop (3)
0 open Nov 13–Nov 15
An idea to start from, built from this campground's listing and real tours nearby. Times, openings and prices change, so check each before you go.
Rentals that may deliver here and whose listed length fits sites up to 50 ft. Delivery may be available — confirm fees and dates with the owner before you book.
Class C motorhome · 28 ft · sleeps 6 · 65 mi from campground
$200/night listed · Outdoorsy · Delivery may be available
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Travel trailer · 30 ft · sleeps 9 · 74 mi from campground
$139/night listed · RVshare · Delivery may be available
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Travel trailer · 21 ft · sleeps 5 · 77 mi from campground
$90/night listed · Outdoorsy · Delivery may be available
View rentalPaid experiences on Viator. Distances are from this campground when the tour lists its own start point.
Bowling Green area · 45 min · from $22/person
Bowling Green area · 40 min–1 hr · from $12/person
Bowling Green area · 2 hr · from $12/person
Bowling Green area · 2.5 hr · from $15/person
stays up to 14 nights (Recreation.gov rules).
For July weekends, book about 90 days ahead. Three in four July Friday and Saturday arrivals were booked later than that, and half were booked 32 days or less before arrival. Past timing is guidance, not a guarantee of what is open now.
| Arrival month | Fri/Sat arrivals: half booked at least | A quarter at least | Other days: half booked at least | A quarter at least |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 31 days ahead | 50 days ahead | 16 days ahead | 52 days ahead |
| April | 26 days ahead | 58 days ahead | 27 days ahead | 77 days ahead |
| May | 40 days ahead | 89 days ahead | 23 days ahead | 66 days ahead |
| June | 26 days ahead | 55 days ahead | 23 days ahead | 80 days ahead |
| July | 32 days ahead | 90 days ahead | 20 days ahead | 67 days ahead |
| August | 19 days ahead | 41 days ahead | 23 days ahead | 59 days ahead |
| September | 14 days ahead | 41 days ahead | 25 days ahead | 86 days ahead |
| October | 27 days ahead | 57 days ahead | 19 days ahead | 64 days ahead |
| November | 17 days ahead | 40 days ahead | 15 days ahead | 58 days ahead |
Months with fewer than 30 reservations of that kind are left blank. Sites where nearly every booking was made the day of arrival (pay on arrival) are left out. Closed seasons, windows not yet released for booking, and currently unavailable nights are separate from this history.
Based on Recreation.gov reservations, FY2015–2025 (3,637 reservations in the years scored). Counts reservations made, not nights actually camped: cancellations aren't in the data, and nights a site was closed count as not booked. FY2020–21 (COVID) are left out of the scores.
Bowling Green area · 8 hr–10 hr · from $2000/person
