Hard Labor Creek State Park is a National Register of Historic Places-listed 5,804-acre state park, accessible via Interstate 20 near the cities of Rutledge and Fairplay. The park is named after its namesake Hard Labor Creek and is best known as the filming site for the feature films Little Darlings, Poison Ivy, and Friday the 13th Part IV. More than 24 miles of hiking and horseback riding trails are offered throughout the park, along with a seasonal swimming beach and the Creek Golf Course, an 18-hole golf course with one of the most acclaimed and difficult starting holes in the state. Visitors can camp at two group campsites, Camp Rutledge and Camp Daniel Morgan, which were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and are anchored around the 275-acre manmade Lake Rutledge. The park is also home to the Hard Labor Creek Observatory, used by Georgia State University for astronomical observation.

Address: 5 Hard Labor Creek Rd, Rutledge, GA 30663

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