Georgia State Parks · Georgia
Hard Labor Creek State Park
Georgia State Parks · Georgia, United States
- Sites
- 69
- Hookups
- 63 electric, 63 with water, 6 no hookups
- Season
- Year-round
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 640 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Cell coverage
- Verizon weak · T-Mobile none · AT&T none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Rutledge
- Address
- 5 Hard Labor Creek Road.
- Phone
- (706)557-3001
120 numbered sites are mapped one by one - the site map below shows each with its facts and pictures.
Site map
120 numbered sites are mapped one by one on the imagery, with the operator's own facts and pictures for each site where it publishes them. Tap a site to rate it, keep a note and add your own photos; press and hold the map for a pin of your own. Your ratings, notes, pins and photos are kept with the campground on your Saved list, the same list the camping map and the drive page keep.
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About
Hard Labor Creek State Park is a Georgia state park campground with 69 sites near Rutledge. Site mix: 51 standard electric/water hookup campsites; 12 equestrian campsites with electric/water hookups; 2 large-capacity primitive group camping area(s) (no hookups); 4 primitive group-capacity "Pioneer Camping" area(s) (no hookups). This park's RA inventory also lists 20 Cottages, 1 Event Room, 2 Group Shelters, 30 Horse Stables, 4 Picnic Shelters (day-use/lodging, not counted as camping). NOTE: personal pets are NOT allowed at this park's Campsite Equestrian sites specifically (confirmed live via per-site amenity icons), unlike the statewide policy at every other site type here. Reservable through Georgia State Parks' own ReserveAmerica contract (gastateparks.reserveamerica.com).
Fees
Pioneer Camping: $55.00/night; Group Camp: $225.00-$650.00/night; Campsite Equestrian: $38.00/night; Campsite Electric: $36.00-$62.00/night. *Listed rate(s) exclude the ParkPass, hookup attribute fees, taxes, and incremental charges per this park's own fee-table footnote. Plus Georgia's statewide $10/vehicle daily ParkPass (paid once per stay by overnight guests; gastateparks.org/ParkPass), a ReserveAmerica reservation processing fee, and any electric/water hookup attribute fee not included in the listed site rate. Pets are welcome on a leash no longer than six feet (gastateparks.org/FAQs, confirmed live).
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 32° | 20° | 71° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 59° | 40° | 26° | 74° | 5 of 11 |
| March | 67° | 47° | 26° | 81° | 4 of 11 |
| April | 74° | 52° | 35° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| May | 81° | 64° | 47° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 87° | 70° | 58° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 89° | 73° | 68° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 90° | 73° | 66° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 84° | 69° | 56° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 73° | 54° | 38° | 87° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 64° | 45° | 30° | 79° | 2 of 10 |
| December | 56° | 38° | 24° | 69° | 5 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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