Hard Labor Creek State Park
- Hard Labor Creek State Park
Hard Labor Creek State Park is a 5,804 acre (23.49 km²) Georgia state park located between Fairplay and Rutledge. The park is named after Hard Labor Creek, a small stream that cuts through the park. The creek's name comes either from slaves who once tilled the summer fields, or from Native Americans who found the area around the stream difficult to ford. The park plays host to an 18-hole public golf course, which offers a pro shop, driving range, rental cars, and senior citizen discounts. Hard Labor Creek provides many of the water hazards on the course.
Facilities
*63 Tent/Trailer/RV Sites
*20 Cottages
*Beach and Bathhouse
*2 Lakes
*2 Group Shelters
*2 Group Camps
*Horse Stables and Trails
*4 Picnic Shelters
*1 BBQ Pit
*Pioneer Camping
General information
Hard Labor Creek State Park is the home of two group camps, Camp Rutledge and Camp Daniel Morgan, both centered around the convert|275|acre|km2|sing=on Lake Rutledge. Both camps and the lake were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
The larger of the two group camps, Camp Rutledge, was the filming location of three well-known "camp" movies, "Little Darlings" (1980), "Poison Ivy" (1985), and "" (1986). Interestingly, Cynthia Nixon of "Sex and the City" fame, who played "Sunshine" in "Little Darlings" returned to the area to the nearby town of Rutledge, Georgia in 2005 to film a part in the Emmy winning movie "Warm Springs"; a part in which she too was nominated for an Emmy award.
Camp Rutledge is also the location of the long-running summer camp for the youth of Peachtree Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Georgia, the largest Presbyterian Church (USA) in the United States. Camp Rutledge now is also used by the youth of Roswell Presbyterian Church.
Hard Labor Creek State Park is the location of Hard Labor Creek Observatory; a facility of Georgia State University, Atlanta Georgia.
External links
* [http://gastateparks.org/info/hardlabor/ Hard Labor Creek State Park]
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