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Dates: August 16, 2006 - August 18, 2006
Location: Greenwood, Indiana. Exit 99 on I-65 in central Indiana
GPS Coordinates: 39.60954N, 86.07566W
Our Site Number: N/A
Reason Selected: We had to have some service/repair work done at Stout's. They had just expanded and have a brand new asphalt parking lot with HUGE spaces and 50 amp hook-ups for their customers.
Setting: A HUGE parking lot with 50 amp electric in each light pole; I-65 is visible beyond the rows of RVs to the east; There is a gold range/batting cage to the south; The dealership building is to the north and there is a nice apartment complex across the road to the west
Guidebooks: None used
Big Rig Friendly: Could handle any size rig - plenty of room for any length combinationa and the "site" width was large enough for all slideouts
Hook-ups: 50 amp electric ONLY
Laundry: None
Price & Discounts: FREE! You didn't hear it from me, but as of this writing they didn't really care who parked there overnight as long as you were in an RV
Other Factors: No trees to get in the way of the satellites. Lots of room to manuever.
OVERALL RATING: 4 (out of ten)
How can we possibly give a parking lot a 4? Good question. But what we liked about this was its functionality for its purpose. It was easy to access from the interstate and there was so much room to get around. They didn't have to put in 50 amp electric but they did. They even supply boards for all jacks to keep from damaging the asphalt. AND there were flashing light security vehichles circling the parking lot all night long. The only problem I could foresee is finding a nice level place to park if they got really crowded - the parking lot was a bit wavy.

Dates: August 3, 2006 - August 16, 2006
Location: About 30 minutes south of Bloomington, Indiana; It can be accessed from either Hwy 37 to the west or from Hwy 446 to the east (I think 446 is probably easier)
GPS Coordinates: 39.02078N, 86.46092W
Our Site Number: 144
Reason Selected: We were struggling to find a decent campground in southcentral Indiana so that we could make a quick trip for service toward Indianapolis and so we could visit with some old friends within an hour's drive; I just wasn't getting a good feeling about the campgrounds or RV parks in the area and I could not find much about Hardin Ridge; We sort of took a chance based on the large sites and number of non-reservable sites available
Setting: Absolutely beautiful campground! There are six "loops" that are completely separate and completely wooded. The Recreation Area road ends in the largest lake (Monroe Reservoir) in Indiana that is not a Great Lake. There is a swimming area and boat ramp within the area.
Guidebooks: No reliance.
Big Rig Friendly: There are NO pull-through sites in this 202 site campground; However, there are plenty of sites large enough for the biggest rigs; The interior roads are all paved and there is a lot of room to manuever
Hook-ups: Okay, this gets confusing. There are NO sewer hook-ups unless you are a campground host; There are 94 electric sites - 79 with 30 amps and 15 with 50 amps. Two of the six loops have no hook-ups at all. There are water hook-ups at only 14 sites and they are scattered among four loops; All water sites have electric, but only 5 have 50 amps - 136, 141, 144, 184, & 186; There are two side-by-side dump stations
Laundry: No facilities
Price & Discounts: $21.00 for water & electric sites; $18 for electric sites; $15 for no hook-up sites; no club discounts, but those with Golden Age or Golden Access passes get half off; They also run a special sometimes where you can get a night free if you check in on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday and stay at least two nights (you can only get that special at the gate)
Other Factors: The campground is managed by the Cradle Of Forestry; This is the second Cradle oF Forestry managed campground we have stayed in and we have been highly impressed both times; They have a camp host for every 20 sites and they are friendly and visible; This is a federal campground and online reservations are done by ReserveAmerica; The Recreation Area website is a bit outdated, but provides better information on the campground than the ReserveAmerica site; Only half of the sites are reservable - the sites on the right side of each loop are reservable and the sites on the left are not; Only 8 of the water sites are reservable (2 of them have 50 amps) and only 4 of the 50 amp sites are reservable; Bathhouses were very nice although they have the same bug problems most public campgrounds have; There are private shower rooms, but the showers could have been a little cleaner; Rooftop satellite access is a problem - we got very lucky to get internet and there may have been one other site where we could have; We did not get satellite TV and those that did had to manuever tripods and cables; Most sites are gravel, but there are a few paved sites sprinkled in
OVERALL RATING: 8 (out of ten)
This campground was just beautiful!! If it had sewers & laundry facilities, we might have given it a 9.5. The tough thing about the campground is that there is just no rhyme or reason to the sites and what amenities they may or may not have. Still, anytime we are traveling through central Indiana, we will make it a point to stay at Hardin Ridge and we will try to get our non-reservable site 144 which has water and 50 amp electric. We loved it!