Sunday, January 6, 2008 - Gum Springs Campground, Winnfield LA

Grand Gulf Military Park, Port Gibson, Mississippi, January 5, 2008

Roadside Googling

When I came upon a sign for the Gum Springs Recreation Area I stopped by the entrance and Googled it to see if it might be a good place to stop, that not being immediately obvious from the road. ForestCamping.com describes the primitive camping available here.

That was enough to persuade me to pull in and check it out. Yes indeed, it's a nice quiet little campground, just right for me, so here I am, the lone camper, in little pine forested campground developed by the CCC back in its day. At $1.50 for the night (after my 50% Golden Age Passport discount) not hard to take either. This might be a good spot to catch up on some maintenance without disturbing the neighbors.

Night camp

Gum Springs Campground - Winnfield LA

• This is a primitive campground with no water or electric hookups at the sites and no dump station.
• Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are available here but I don't remember how strong the signal is.
• Get Kisatchie National Forest camping info
• Find other references to Gum Springs
• List the nights I've camped here
• Check the weather
• Get a Kisatchie National Forest map
• Get a Google map