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Hartwell Lakeside KOA is located at the former Hart State Park on the Lake Hartwell Reservoir. It is one of the largest lakes in the United States, with a shoreline of 962 miles and 56,000 acres of water, and can be used for swimming, fishing, boating, kayaking and paddle boarding. The campground offers scenic hiking and biking trails throughout with views of nature and the lake shoreline. We offer incredibly beautiful lakefront RV and tent sites, all with electric and water hookups. Our campers have access to our campground beach, boat ramp and courtesy docks on the lake. The City of Hartwell and Hart County offer beautiful downtown Hartwell, with excellent restaurants, unique shops and many local attractions. We look forward to your visit at our Hartwell Lakeside KOA.
330 Hart State Park Road, Hartwell, GA 30643
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 campground).
My kiddo and I went tent camping here for the weekend. Staff was great , 2 maintenance guys brought a pump to our site and helped us blow up some floats and both were very helpful and pleasant.
Bathrooms were clean , ice and firewood is conveniently for sell at the koa office which was nice. The whole campgrounds were clean.
I liked that we had our own private area to get on the water , plus made for a good view from the tent while relaxing.
Site had electric , our water didn’t work but I believe each site has water, we also had our own picnic table and fire pit/grill.
Also playground and jump pad for the little ones.
Great weekend !
