Hartwell Lakeside Park — Attraction in Georgia

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else. We were there for 3 days only because we paid in advance online, the only way to check in. The bathrooms were filthy the whole time we were there. On the last day someone hosed the floors off but didn't touch the sinks at all. There was still old toothpaste and bugs all over them and the commodes and showers looked like they weren't touched either. My husband said the men's were just as bad. All the lights outside the restrooms were either blown or turned off. You couldn't even see to get to them at night. The grass was knee high the whole time we were there in the whole park. There is no check in or check out. You just pick up your site pass off of a board. You never see anyone. The gatehouse and the main park building is completely boarded up and looks like they haven't been used in years. We talked to several different people that said it used to be an awesome place but not so much now. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else. At 2 am there was a very loud and drunken man bellowing profanities at the top of his lungs telling everyone to shut up.... Waking up the whole park. Nothing was done. The whole place seemed to need a...

No enforcement of rules. We had a neighbor who was playing music really loudly. Host said, "we can all them to turn it down." ASK? it's in the rules... Someone finally called the sheriff's office and the music went away. Golf carts are allowed but we were treated to a parade of golf carts driven by teenagers for around an hour after dark. I worried about letting my boys walk out of our site. The rules say that you must have a driver's license to operate... Laughable... The park is beautiful, I'm afraid that it's headed down hill. A call to the listed phone number is answered at Bobby Brown SP. I'm sure budget cuts are to blame. Too bad, not sure we'll be back... Edited to clarify that this review isn't aimed at the facility itself, it's more about the State and the people...

This park is no longer a state park and is owned by the city of Hartwell. We stayed in mid June 2020 and it has really went down hill since our last visit 9 years ago. The bathrooms were horrible and always dirty. Only one bath house for the entire campground. We didn't see any staff the entire time there except for one guy mowing grass. The campsite next door had up to eight vehicles visiting at night when the limit was 2 vehicles. Cars were parked everywhere along the road and other campers could barely squeeze through. They were even parked in the woods. Some campers were very rowdy with vulgar language and seemed to stay drunk 24/7 and very loud way into the night. We will...