Miramichee Falls Stone Cabin and Bathhouse

Your cozy cabin at Camp Miramichee Falls is located on a wooded hillside, a short walk to the river, and two miles from downtown Hardy and Cherokee Village. This is a one-room cabin that uses a separate bathhouse a short walk from the cabin. Originally part of the YWCA Camp Miramichee, this cabin was built in the 1940s and renovated in 2023. You will feel like you are back at camp, while also enjoying the modern perks of air conditioning and internet. The space This historic stone cabin is one of several that we own on a wooded hillside above the Southfork River. Your cabin has a separate bathhouse for your use. The bathhouse has 2 sides with separate locked doors. One side is for your exclusive use. It has a shower, toilet and sink. The cabin next to you uses the other side of the bathhouse and a third cabin has its own facilities. This is upscale camping. Enjoy the comforts of air conditioning and a real bed after a day on the river. There is a smart TV with Wifi and a Roku. You will have access to a grill and outdoor picnic area, but there is no kitchen in your cabin. You will have a microwave, a coffee maker and a mini-refrigerator. We have a minimal amount of dishes for your use, but no pots or pans. The cabin is up a gravel/dirt road and there is parking for one vehicle close to the cabin. If you need additional parking, let us know and we can show you where you can park and walk to the cabin. Guest access You will have private use of your cabin and your private side of the bathhouse. You may use our guest river access to put in and take out for river floats. We have kayaks for your use around the waterfront. And, there are several outfitters in town that will shuttle you on the Spring River. There is also a large private park directly across the river where you can spend the day fishing and swimming for a $5 per person day use fee. Other things to note “In 1916, Camp Miramichee was founded by Sophie Kraus of Memphis, Tennessee, on the banks of the South Fork of the Spring River in Hardy, Arkansas. A few weeks at Camp Miramichee was a defining experience for generations of young women and girls from Memphis and the Mississippi and Arkansas Deltas. The skills they acquired on the river went far beyond swimming, canoeing and weaving baskets. They gained self-confidence, self-reliance and leadership skills as they made lifelong friends. These friendships and the shared bonds of exploration and tests of courage and faith tie generations of Miramichee girls together to this day.”1 The camp operated at this location until 1978. It then moved to a more remote site, seven miles upstream on the South Fork of the Spring River. The last year of the YWCA Camp Miramichee was 1989. Being a Camp Miramichee camper myself, I was drawn back to the area as an adult. I met and married my husband who was living at the old camp. In 2019, we acquired and renovated some of the original Miramichee stone cabins. While preserving as much of the camp history as we could, we added modern creature comforts to the original cabin experience. We offer 2 cabins on the river and 3 cabins on a wooded hillside for rent here at Camp Miramichee Falls. Across from Camp Miramichee was the Girl Scout’s Camp Kiwani, also started in 1916. It relocated to Middleton, Tennessee in 1962. We have 3 cabin rentals at Kiwanie Lake (the spelling changed after the camp moved) as part of our Camp Miramichee Falls experience. My husband and I live here at the original Camp Miramichee and are stewards of the land. We love and honor its history and do our best to preserve and share it. 1. Phillips, Lyda. The Girls of Spring River YWCA Camp Miramichee 1916-2016. Spring River Press. 2016;1.