Sadlers Creek State Park

Sadlers Creek occupies a peninsula reaching into Lake Hartwell, a very large reservoir on the Savannah River that forms part of the border with Georgia. The appeal is simple and specific: many of the campsites sit close to the water with long views across it, and because the park is smaller and further from the interstate than the main Hartwell access areas, it stays quiet. Fishing is the main pursuit — Hartwell has a serious bass reputation — along with boating, and a few easy trails loop the shoreline through pine and hardwood. Sunsets over open water, and not much else to do, which is rather the point.