Hartwell Lakeside KOA Holiday — Hotel in Lavonia

Labor Day weekend 2023- Tent site #67 PROS: Beautiful lakefront sites. A little tricky getting down to the water. I wish campgrounds would invest in some kind of steps or a path from the site to the water. Boat ramp Can tie off boat right at the campsite Super convenient! Water & electric at site Office really helpful. Answered all my questions- a lot, since I'd never stayed before. CONS: Tent sites really close to one another Garbage and RV waste station are combined. Pulled into dump garbage and there was an RV taking care of waste water. Another RV pulled in behind so we were stuck waiting. Should be separate or have another way out. From the parking lot- steps only. Lot sits above tent sites (incline) making packing in/out a pain. There is a path blocked by a chain which is the only access if you use a buggy but you'll need to lift it over your buggy. Be nice if you could pull your vehicle up to site and pack in/out and then park in the lot- plenty of room to do so. Not enough parking for the tent site area causing ppl to park on the road making for a tight squeeze for ppl with large trucks and/or boats/trailers. .

Great location on Lake Hartwell- just not for me. Won't revisit due to sites being too close together making it too noisy. Too many selfish ppl who only care about their camp experience- obnoxiously loud music, barking dogs and drunks. (No fault of the...

This is an honest review of our stay (7-27-23) at the Georgia Lakeside KOA campground. We knew that KOA had just recently purchased this state park and we were unsure what to expect but we were surprised at the campground. We'll start with the good: I'll say that the staff were all courteous and helpful, the sites are clean and spacious and the surrounding area is QUIET. The negative, which we believe will be fixed over time. If you are expecting the traditional KOA Holiday fancy or updated amenities, you will be let down with a few items. The bathouses are old and outdated, somewhat clean but dark and not properly remodeled, the bouncy pad isn't the normal big bouncy pillow, wifi is slow and the waterfront sites/water are littered with leaves making it a murky swim but we know that they have nothing to do with this. So with that said, our campsite was site #15 and it was beautiful and LEVEL. If you are in a RV and it rains, you'll be fine but if you are tent camping on site #15 and it rains, look out for 5in of rain on the site. As soon as the rain stops, it dries up quickly but keep in mind if you are...

Very expensive for what you get. Although our site was listed as a lakeview site, we could only see the lake through the heavily dense trees. Sites are very narrow and small. We did not have room to park our truck on our site. The sewer is located at the very back corner under the trailer while the water and electric is on the side. This campground is not made for large rigs. The entrance by the gate is very narrow – no room for an error, and the roads are only one lane wide when tolling your vehicle. Roads are only one lane but not one way. Golf carts are ok – we saw a 9-year boy driving one by himself. No cable or WIFI. They did not clean our site before we arrived. Our patio furniture table was filthy with dried food on it. This was a state park until two years ago. It does not appear that much has been done to improve the campground other than the installation of...