Hard Labor Creek State Park

No much good I can say. I have a 35 foot trailer and it was so hard navigating throughout the camping area. Roads are not wide enough and turnarounds are almost impossible
Bath house was nasty and most stalls were out of order. Just not well maintained nor clean I was wanting to like the place but just couldn’t make myself do it. It’s a one and done for me here

Reserved our spot at 10p on Thursday and we were here by Friday afternoon (tent camping).
The Camp:
POISON. OAK. EVERYWHERE – that’s the campsite and the WHOLE park – including ivy and Virginia Crawler. Aside from that; our camp was clean, with power outlets and running water. There’s a grill top over the fire pit and a picnic table as well.
Bath houses are a 3.75÷5. Lots of spiders and grossness but they’re stocked and the SHOWERS are warm with great water pressure!
Things to Do:
Psh. Unless you have a horse, there is virtually nothing to do. They (supposedly) offer kayak rental, but it wasn’t open this weekend – CHECK BEFORE YOU COME! We initially planned to spend a whole day kayaking. We did rent a canoe, but the water is so shallow, we went back 2.5 hours early.
We geocached for the majority of the weekend.
The Store:
Really freaking expensive but they have necessities (ice, firewood).
Summary:
The camp is clean but not so private.
Visitors cannot actually DO anything: no kayaking, the fishing is awful, the creek is dry and the lakes are muddy (I think they’re actually man-​made. None of them look like the pictures). BYOH (bring your own horse) if you want to do any horseback riding – they don’t rent.
Unless you’re golfing or biking, save your money (starting at $ 26/​night for tent camping)!!!
UPDATE: six days later, I am COVERED head to toe in poison oak, including throat and ears. PLEASE put signs up! And warn campers of burning the stuff!

Love this campground. All the sites are spread out, wooded, well maintained and level. Bath houses are clean and the staff friendly. Good hiking along several well maintained trails of varying length and a lake for canoeing or fishing.
In not a golfer but I noticed that the golf course seemed well maintained and quite challenging.
We didn’t use a cabin but we noticed that they were doing major renovations on the cabins.

Had an absolutely fantastic time today during our first visit to this state park. Went on a 7 mile Ranger led trail hike. The trails are well maintained and the Ranger (Phillip) was very personable, courteous, and knowledgeable.
The staff at the «Trading Post» were all super friendly and very helpful with local info /​directions.
I think that Hard Labor Creek State Park is going to be our «go to» place for a regular escape into nature.

Out of the way park, but close to the little towne of Rutledge. There is a winery close by so I was right as the mail ;)

This state park really doesn’t have much to offer unless you’re there to ride horses (bring your own!!), camp, or play golf. For someone looking for a casual hike or to enjoy nature for a few hours– NOT the place to go. I was hoping I could possibly ride one of the horses at the park– no, couldn’t do that either. There was basically absolutely nothing to do here, not even any decent hiking trails that I could see. Skip it!