Hardridge Creek Campground

Friendly staff and waterfront sites. We were able to fish right from our site. The size of the site was spacious and offered a decent distance to our neighbors. T Mobile was between 1-3 bars with little 5G availability, Verizon had excellent service, 5 bars LTE. Water was on even when we camped in January. Power grid was good, maintained an even 124v on the 30a outlet we used.

Another fine COE campground and really spectacular if you are lucky enough to snag a site on PCOVE (Pirates Cove) Loop. PCOVE loop is a tiny peninsula jutting into the bay with eight prime sites (#38-46) at the waters edge. Good privacy and spacing. Other loops are also nice, and many are lakeside, but a bit further back from the water. Good, clean bathhouses and campground is clean all around. There is also a pavilion and boat launch right in the campground. Right next door is Hardridge Creek Day Use area, fairly large and pretty. Lots of fishing and trails all around. Historic Eufaula is about 20miles north. I recommend Hardridge Creek overall and highly recommend PCOVE loop. I also do remote work and was happy to find 3bars for both Verizon and ATT. This will be my go-to campground whenever I’m in the area.

We stayed at sight six for 11 days. (Extended past the first 7) it’s got an open view of the “bay side” of the lake and it’s directly across from the day access area which is a nice walk and accessible by foot. It’s absolutely beautiful. I’d take more time with visiting Historic Eufaula more as there’s the ‘old cemetery” the oldest in town rich with history, is absolutely beautiful and completely drive through. There’s also a 3.2 mile paved trail named after the Indian Chief of Eufaula-more on that-do your research, super cool!
The waterfront site is also across the way from laundry and restrooms so that was a bonus except I personally despise the campground pole lights as they obscure my view of the stars-so thats a takeaway but not judging the ground on that. Clean as could be. No map shows it and unfortunately with one day left, we found a walking trail, 2-could be the same (haven’t done it yet but will!) one that loops around but either way would be nice to know. Higher numbers are up on the hill overlooking the lake, further down is the beach and lakeside sites. Some full hookups-a gorgeous area rich with history, awesome for fishing, boating, hiking, magnificent birding (ospreys are now nesting across the bay by site 6) walking, biking, rollerblading, etc. Gorgeous area. Will return!!!
P.S. aware of the ants-we put down Ajax at one site and since it didn’t get cleaned up we used spray. It got warm and didn’t have any problems. FYI SITE 5 is very close to 4...if you don’t like becoming buddies or hearing kids, etc-avoid 5.

Hardridge COE campgrounds would have been better experience without excessive ant-festation. After one night we woke up with marching ants all over our rig. We tried to spray water + vinegar, but only slowed them down a bit. The lake shore is even worse with mounds and channels.

The whole campsite is huge with some closer to the lake. There is a small swimming beach in the lake view loop. There are hiking trails that no one have used in a very long time.