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2026 Season availability
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Pet friendly
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- Dump station on site
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- Potable Water
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- Pet friendly
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Reviews (499)
What Guests Are Saying
Hardin Ridge offers a beautiful and well-maintained campground with large, private, and shaded sites, making it a favorite for many campers. The facilities, including clean restrooms and friendly staff, contribute to a relaxing atmosphere, particularly during quieter mid-week visits. While some campers have experienced issues with staff attitudes and site descriptions, the overall sentiment highlights the campground's charm and appeal for outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking.
What Guests Are Saying
Hardin Ridge offers a beautiful and well-maintained campground with large, private, and shaded sites, making it a favorite for many campers. The facilities, including clean restrooms and friendly staff, contribute to a relaxing atmosphere, particularly during quieter mid-week visits. While some campers have experienced issues with staff attitudes and site descriptions, the overall sentiment highlights the campground's charm and appeal for outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking.
Review Summary
Andrew H
VerifiedAugust 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 078, Loop: SPNT
A beautiful, heavily treed campground. Clean and quiet (although there was absolutely no one else around when we were there.) The tent sites had some serious issues which spoiled it for me though. The entire site is covered in limestone, so trying to set up your tent on a bed of sharp, pointy rocks is just as much fun as it sounds. It's nearly impossible to pound tent stakes in, and when you do get set up, it's hardly comfortable to have such a hard and rough surface under the tent. Then, when it rained, the water rushed over top of all the rocks, completely soaking my tent from the bottom up. The fire pit was buried so deeply into the ground that there was no draft to keep the fire going, and the rain immediately filled the fire pit into a foot-deep pond that had nowhere to drain.
All in all, it was a disappointing campground because it has the potential to be really nice, but whoever designed the tent sites should be forced to camp there as punishment.
Zachary S
VerifiedAugust 28, 2024 • Stayed at: 091, Loop: BLGL
Hardin Ridge is a quiet campground with plenty of space between the sites.
William C
VerifiedAugust 29, 2024 • Stayed at: 052, Loop: SPNT
52 is definitely one of the best spots on SPT. Lots of room, pretty level, good trees for a hammock, and private. A bit of a walk to the facilities, but so what? It's a nice walk. Speaking of which, the facilities are neat and clean, the camp hosts are great, and there's just a nice sense of fun and relaxation at Hardin Ridge.
Lauren M
VerifiedAugust 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: SPNT
Great campground! So much to offer. Hosts are kind and helpful! Bathrooms were clean. Certain sites are really private. Will be back many times!
Jackie W
VerifiedSeptember 6, 2024 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: SPNT
Loved the camping spot we had.
Patrick R
VerifiedSeptember 15, 2024 • Stayed at: 124, Loop: BLGL
Very good spot. Will choose this one again
Joyce B
VerifiedSeptember 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 051, Loop: SPNT
LOVED our time at Hardin Ridge! It was mid-week, after Labor Day and we were the ONLY campers on our spur so it was delightfully quiet. (I think it might have been less pleasant for us had we come when they were booked solid the week before...but I'm a bit of a misanthrope, LOL). Our site was in perfect shape, and the pit toilet was impeccably clean. Showers at the shower house were "meh"...one had a faulty nozzle but since the campground was not crowded it was easy to switch to a different shower which was better (though a tad chilly). Cell signal was non-existent in some places, but decent at our site. I look forward to coming back again someday!
Emily T
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2024 • Stayed at: CA1, Loop: CABI
Beautiful view!
Barbara C
VerifiedSeptember 21, 2024 • Stayed at: 124, Loop: BLGL
Beautiful and quiet
Cody L
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 186, Loop: PINE
Amazing cap site. One of the best sites we have ever camped at. However, the only problem we had were the showers. Barely any warm water and were very dirty. Which was surprising because the bathrooms were very clean right next to them. Will camp here again though.
Location & Directions for Hardin Ridge
6464 Hardin Ridge Rd, Heltonville, IN 47436 United States
Elevation: 240 ft
Getting There
From Bedford, go 7 mi east on US 50. Go north on SR 446 for 12 mi and turn west on Chapel Hill Road and travel 2 mi to the Hardin Ridge Recreation Area.<br /><br />
From Bloomington, 46 and 446 intersection, go 14 mi south on SR 446. Turn west on...
From Bedford, go 7 mi east on US 50. Go north on SR 446 for 12 mi and turn west on Chapel Hill Road and travel 2 mi to the Hardin Ridge Recreation Area.
From Bloomington, 46 and 446 intersection, go 14 mi south on SR 446. Turn west on Chapel Hill Road and travel 2 mi to the Hardin Ridge Recreation Area.
Highway access
Hardin Ridge is accessible via US 50, which is approximately 7 miles to the south, and SR 446, which runs north-south nearby. These roads provide the primary routes to the campground from surrounding areas.
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Last updated: October 20, 2026
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