Hillman Ferry Campground

The beautiful setting is marred by the trash—at campsite, around dumpsters, and along shoreline. As a full-timer, I have never been to a camp with so much graffiti. Washer and dryers that are not “Out of Order” are rusty. Trails have been neglected for many years. Many sites are close together without shrubbery for privacy. Coarse gravel on paved roads make bike riding hazardous on the hilly terrain. Lots of gold carts. There is a resident chaplain and USFS campground amphitheater has a crucifix on podium. 1-2 bars Verizon. Some OTA tv—ABC and Public Television plus some other rerun-type stations.
It’s not a good value. Senior Access pass is not 50% discount; only $8.

Average campground. Little to no space between sites. Water did not work while we were there requiring us to use the showers in another loop. Scenery was nice with dense forest and a low-water lake. People were friendly. Our biggest gripe was the amount of litter found at the site and in the campground in general. We usually spend five to ten minutes when we arrive at a site picking up litter but this time it took an hour and filled an eight gallon trash bag! Sickening.

we showed up on a Monday to this site and stayed till Friday. site 61 is right on the lake and with the beach very close and even beach in your site. This is a very popular site, when we went to leave Friday morning i was asked my 3 or 4 people looking for a site when I was leaving or if was staying the weekend. the site was level and required no leveling. the power box was very close and if my slide out was any bigger I would of had move to more of the middle of the pad. the pad was chip and it tracked inside. my dogs got to experience eaten box turtle and a male fence lizard in this site they the love it. Monday to Thursday the park was very quite and a fantastic place to spend the week. On Friday morning when we pulled out over 50% was filled by noon. cell signal was minimal... if you need TV there was 2 channels and both were very hit on miss for signal.
the camp ground has basic sites, electric sites, water and electric and full hook up site all are a different price

My wife and I showed up here on a Saturday night there were not many sites left but the primitive sites hade 6 or 8 spots open. so we stayed here Saturday night and Sunday night then we planed to move to a different site Monday. The site was rather tight to back in to be of the angle of the pad and the slope of the hill and a big tree on the edge of the pad on the passenger side.., this all being said it was almost perfectly level I had to raise the passenger side3/4 of and inch... This site is locate about 50 yds from the shower house and was a good spot for a 2 night stay... the there was some garbage in the fire pit but was not much. The dump station is in the middle of the camp ground is not level, the not potable water spigot was broken and would spray water from the top of it but it still did its job if you only used it cleaning your drain hose and did not bend it to use the black flush tank. the NFS staff were very nice and help full, according to the park staff 90% of the park is FCFS.

We were just passing through and I found this place on Google Maps. Called the day of (on a Friday) and they still had 9 full hookup sites available. When you're coming into the area, I had mixed feelings, but smiling faces greeted us at the main gate.

This place is amazing. We're likely extending our stay by a day because it's quiet, clean, the sites are level, and there are lots of activities for the kids.

Site #96 is a host spot, but this year it's not in use. No neighbors to one side, and because this spot is up on a hill, it's neat because the rest of the layout is terraced downhill away from you. Such a great spot!

This campground itself was huge! There were so many beautiful sites right on the water. Also there were amazing hiking trails right off the campground. The bath house and bathroom were older and a bit dirty but otherwise it was a great place to stay! We were lucky enough to see a Bald Eagle every morning! Also Len one of the volunteers was so kind and helpful!

We were here during fall break for public schools. In our case that was Friday, October 6 through 10, 2018. We were lucky to get a reservation a month out. It took a phone call to the reservation line to see if anything was left. This is a very popular campground especially among the locals. Something that we have never seen before was a preponderance of golf carts. This for us was a moderate annoyance as we have a fairly high tolerance for annoyances in general.

The check-in process was first class with staff with clipboards out meeting campers and signing them in as they waited in a not too long line. Our site was good, perhaps a bit close to the campground road/golf cart thruway. There are quite a number of nice lightly used hiking trails very near the campground, although poorly marked therefore challenging to find and navigate. I think there is a predictable correlation between golf cart and hiking trail usage. :-)

There are a lot of lakes in the area so fishing, kayaking and canoeing are very popular. Also there is a ton of interesting history related to the Civil War and the formation of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in general.