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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL

Hardridge Creek

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:13 UTC

Why it’s closed, and what’s open near here Tell me when it comes back

Right now: Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:13 UTC
A night: $26–$52When it reopens, per site
Sites: 74In the agency’s record

Photos · USACE

40 ftLongest rig

190 ftElevation

27 ftWater · Walter F George Reservoir

0.9 miNW of Fort Gaines, GA

73%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices

In the agency’s own words

Hardridge Creek Campground is situated on the shores of Walter F. George Lake on the Georgia and Alabama border. The lake is a great place to get away for a week, a weekend or just an afternoon. Boating, swimming, fishing and camping are popular activities. Click here for a virtual tour of the many facilities at Walter F. George Lake. Keep reading

Recreation

The Chattahoochie River lakes are an angler's paradise, where largemouth bass, white bass, hybrids, crappie, channel catfish and bream are found. The lake's 640 miles of shoreline offer many excellent locations for bank fishing, and a boat ramp is conveniently located nearby. The lake and its surrounding forests provide a great locale for hiking, hunting or simply observing wildlife.

Facilities

This recently upgraded campground offers 74 sites, 55 of which have electric and water hookups. Buddy sites that can accommodate up to 16 people each are also available. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, and a dump station.

Natural Features

Walter F. George Lake, sometimes called Lake Eufaula, stretches 85 miles up the Chattahoochee River. Visitors come to relax and play among the natural beauty of the area. The lands surrounding the lake are forested with dense stands of mixed hardwoods. A wide variety of wildlife is commonly seen, including waterfowl, deer, squirrels, rabbits, eagles, hawks, bobcats and dozens of species of songbirds. Contact Info Between 03/14/2020 and 09/14/2020 this location is staffed. Please call (334) 585-5945 to speak with local staff. From 09/14/2020 to 03/15/2020 this location is unstaffed. Please call (229) 768-2516 for general information.

Nearby Attractions

The historic towns of Eufaula, Alabama and Cuthbert, Georgia are nearby. Eufaula boasts more than 20 structures and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Beautiful antebellum mansions are located throughout both towns.

Charges & Cancellations

Site 67/68 need to be changed to $48 per night being that its a buddy site. 2 sites.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Review all Rules and Regulations at https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-III/part-327.Camping is 327.7 section.

Rule

LENGTH OF STAY: Limited to fourteen (14) days, consecutive or non-consecutive, on this project during any thirty (30) day consecutive period. Extensions require prior approval from the Resource Management Office.

Rule

CAMPSITE OCCUPANCY: Only twelve (12) people per site, age 13 and up counts to this total. Only four (4) camper/visitor vehicles per site.

Everything else this campground posts · 5

Rule

CHECKOUT TIME: 11:00 AM. (No Exceptions).

Rule

GRAY WATER AND WASTE MATTER: Discharge onto campsite is prohibited. Use the sanitary dump station.

Rule

QUIET HOURS: 10:00 PM till 7:00 AM. Unreasonable loud noise is prohibited any time.

Rule

Gate is closed from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 74
Hookups: 70 electric, 73 water, 18 sewer
Longest rig: 40 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; “…are also available. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, and a dump station.…”
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; “Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, and a dump station.”
Drinking water: Yes; “…include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, and a dump station. Natural Features Walter F.…”
Dump station: Yes
Boat ramp: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River, Creek, Beach; Boating; Fishing; Hiking; Swimming
Night sky · 13th darkest of 41 in AL: Bortle 4

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:13 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.

Max stay14 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record

A night, when it reopens$26–$52plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

What’s open near here

Tell me when it reopens

Watch for it to come back

One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Every line of the receipt · 12

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, when it reopens$26–$52

Standard Electric$26

Full Hook Up$28

Standard Electric$52

These are next season’s rates, Mar 18, 2027 to Sep 12, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“Site 67/68 need to be changed to $48 per night being that its a buddy site. 2 sites.” · this campground’s own terms

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Hardridge Creek closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.

Closure: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers status record · Oct 16, 2026

There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.

Open within 150 miles · 4

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

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Lake Sinclair Recreation AreaOconee National Forest · 147 mi · walk-up
Naval Live Oaks Youth Group CampingGulf Islands National Seashore · 149 mi · walk-up · 1 site

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 16, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:13 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

74 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 70 mapped sites

53 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop PCOV 40 92 ftLoop VIEW 55 88 ftLoop VIEW 56/57 86 ftLoop PCOV 38 81 ftLoop PCOV 39 81 ft

Least roomLoop HPAS 32 25 ftLoop HPAS 33 25 ftLoop HPAS 31 29 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 74 sites

74 of 74 sites located

RV / electric70Type not stated4

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29/30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67/68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56/57

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 74 of the 74 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 70 of the 74 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


BAYS	01	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	63 ft	132 ft	398 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	02	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	63 ft	91 ft	353 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	03	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	64 ft	70 ft	274 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	04	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	60 ft	52 ft	221 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	05	standard electric	34 ft	50 amp	60 ft	49 ft	169 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	06	standard electric	34 ft	50 amp	60 ft	53 ft	121 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	07	standard electric	20 ft	50 amp	56 ft	49 ft	109 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	08	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	56 ft	53 ft	120 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	09	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	65 ft	57 ft	160 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	10	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	52 ft	91 ft	219 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	11	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	52 ft	99 ft	266 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	12	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	55 ft	107 ft	316 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	13	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	64 ft	174 ft	321 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	14	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	64 ft	170 ft	257 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	15	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	50 ft	159 ft	190 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	16	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	50 ft	170 ft	144 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	17	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	74 ft	178 ft	76 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	18	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	74 ft	178 ft	69 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	19	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp	58 ft	190 ft	142 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	20	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	50 ft	209 ft	199 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	21	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	49 ft	235 ft	250 ft	$26–$52
BAYS	22	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	49 ft	254 ft	298 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	23	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	34 ft	194 ft	403 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	24	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	34 ft	165 ft	391 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	25	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	31 ft	124 ft	409 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	26	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	31 ft	95 ft	431 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	27	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	35 ft	73 ft	465 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	28	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	38 ft	57 ft	507 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	29/30	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	38 ft	65 ft	539 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	31	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	29 ft	115 ft	550 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	32	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	25 ft	141 ft	539 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	33	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	25 ft	166 ft	534 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	34	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	30 ft	193 ft	519 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	35	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	35 ft	216 ft	491 ft	$26–$52
HPAS	36	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	73 ft	255 ft	512 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	37	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	66 ft	200 ft	628 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	38	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	81 ft	84 ft	848 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	39	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	81 ft	94 ft	928 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	40	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	92 ft	77 ft	1,019 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	41	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	69 ft	75 ft	1,140 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	42	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	42 ft	90 ft	1,200 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	43	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	34 ft	86 ft	1,229 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	44	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	34 ft	68 ft	1,205 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	45	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	54 ft	36 ft	1,153 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	46	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	59 ft	99 ft	730 ft	$26–$52
PCOV	47	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	59 ft	154 ft	680 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	58	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	76 ft	266 ft	259 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	59	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	76 ft	292 ft	183 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	60	type not stated	36 ft	50 amp		340 ft	107 ft
SLOO	61	type not stated	36 ft	50 amp		306 ft	93 ft
SLOO	62	type not stated	36 ft	50 amp		260 ft	101 ft
SLOO	63	type not stated	36 ft	50 amp		215 ft	111 ft
SLOO	64	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	53 ft	229 ft	84 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	65	standard electric	34 ft	50 amp	33 ft	216 ft	118 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	66	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	33 ft	220 ft	135 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	67/68	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	41 ft	220 ft	167 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	69	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	41 ft	293 ft	179 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	70	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	41 ft	334 ft	182 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	71	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	45 ft	378 ft	183 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	72	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	44 ft	420 ft	189 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	73	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	41 ft	454 ft	191 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	74	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	41 ft	454 ft	166 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	75	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	43 ft	457 ft	151 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	76	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp	43 ft	433 ft	124 ft	$26–$52
SLOO	77	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	48 ft	426 ft	129 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	48	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	77 ft	178 ft	641 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	49	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	77 ft	123 ft	632 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	50	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	75 ft	70 ft	618 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	51	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	75 ft	78 ft	565 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	52	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	80 ft	131 ft	488 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	53	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	73 ft	210 ft	412 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	54	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	73 ft	267 ft	351 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	55	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	87 ft	229 ft	457 ft	$26–$52
VIEW	56/57	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp	86 ft	181 ft	547 ft	$26–$52

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 74 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions

Coordinate31.64056, -85.10222

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Cotton Hill3.2 mi

White Oak (Creek) Campground9.8 mi

Hatchechubbee Creek Park16 mi

Highland Park16 mi

Bluff Creek38 mi

Rays Lake Park58 mi

Getting there

From Eufaula, Alabama, take US 431 south. Turn left on SR-95, then turn left on CR-97 and continue for 10 miles. Follow signs into campground.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today86°Sunny1% rain

Tonight54°Partly Cloudy6% rain

Saturday69°Sunny

Saturday Night50°Clear

NWS forecast for Fort Gaines, GA

Source: National Weather Service, TAE forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 54°F, day 79°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 35°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

100°30°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: CUTHBERT, GA (USC00092450), 20 miles away and 271 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Hardridge Creek is in Alabama’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Barry Moore (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 16:13 UTC). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 70 of the 74 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 74 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.42 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 41 rated federal campgrounds in Alabama · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026