Hardridge Creek Campground

We have a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and stayed in site 27 for 2 days in late April. The CG itself is clean, well maintained, but some of the facilities are showing their age and are in need of repair. The CG roads are paved, as are the sites. The site pads themselves are concrete and most looked to be pretty level. Most of the sites were fairly well spaced. The CG, at least during the week, was very quiet and peaceful. There were only about a dozen campers while we were there. Some reviews mentioned ant issues, but we did not encounter any problems.

AT&T coverage was weak, with 1 bar of LTE service w/o a booster and speeds up to 0.5 MB/s and 2 bars of 5G service and speeds up to 0.7 MB/s with a booster. The CG heavily wooded, so we had no line-of-site to the DISH satellites, but did have a partial view to the NE from the front of the site, so Starlink was somewhat usable, with a quite a few dropouts, but speeds up to 6 MB/s.

There are ants in late September! We had never been here b4. The first morning we woke up to ants everywhere! Infestation! We had to run off and buy ant stuff and covered everything with it. Neighbors told us to get Ajax and cover the ground. I guess regulars know this trick. Anyway, we didn’t have returning ants after we sprayed. It’s a beautiful lake. We had site 70. I liked it.

We stayed in sites 25 & 38. The park for the most part was really nice and well-kept. We paid $13 which is the half price for the America the beautiful pass for seniors. The camp hosts were very nice and helpful. Cute little cafe with only outdoor picnic table for seating called The Silo. They have really good burgers. Most of the sites were really close together. The best sites are 38 to 45 due to their spacious outside room and views of the lake.

We initially had site #44 reserved for 3 nights and site #6 for 4 nights. #44 is out on the point with a fabulous view! The sites on the end of that point are pretty close together - the one behind us was super close, but the views and being able to fish right from our site was great! We moved to #6 and were able to fish from the site as well, but could be a "lure losing" spot due to more grassy / marshy. We were enjoying the campground enough to add site #31 for 5 nights. This might have been our favorite site! Fishing from the site - far enough away from the other sites and a little beach in front of the site next to us. Laundry facilities were nice to have!
Didn't love the higher up sites in the N loop - close to each other and many did not have the views we had. Some of them were full hook ups though.
Site #7 was very sloped. Per the volunteer - the trail was not very well-maintained, so other than walking the CG roads, not many places to walk the dog. A few people did have their dogs off-leash in the big grassy area to throw the ball (not me), and yes, the garbage is a bit of a walk.

The campground is a terrific place. Sites 58 and higher have full hook-up. There is a pair of dump stations otherwise. Some beachfront sites (on sandy beach) are great, but bright LED night lighting is slightly obnoxious. Views, though, are worth the night lighting. Clean bathhouses are in two locations. The camp hosts are the biggest drawback. For full disclosure - as a transplant yankee - I found these midwesterners bringing their rude, cigarette smoking, mouthy, bossy attitude to reassure me I made the right decision to move south and embrace southern hospitality years ago. Doing 8MPH in a 10 MPH zone isn't speeding and hanging the campsite tag from the camera wire on my rear view mirror instead of the actual mirror isn’t an infraction. All in all, the campground is another terrific ACOE campground. Recommend for sure.

Friendly staff and waterfront sites. We were able to fish right from our site. The size of the site was spacious and offered a decent distance to our neighbors. T Mobile was between 1-3 bars with little 5G availability, Verizon had excellent service, 5 bars LTE. Water was on even when we camped in January. Power grid was good, maintained an even 124v on the 30a outlet we used.