Lake Sidney Lanier - COE/Bald Ridge Creek

Michelle Boward

The campground is beautiful and bathhouses and campsites were kept impressively clean but sad to say that this is the only positive I can say about Bald Ridge. The one campground host Cindy seems to be power tripping, (the other hosts are really nice) we go camping to relax and enjoy family time and forget about the worries of this world for a while. I do understand that rules are made and do need to be enforced. Cindy takes some of the rules to the extreme but does not enforce ALL the rules, she even makes her own rules. She drives around the campground in her vehicle three or four times a day and makes guests move anything that might be even slightly off the concrete driveway, ok, understandable. But yet the rules clearly state that NO electric scooters, hover boards, E bikes, ect. are not allowed in campground but both children and adults were riding them including Cindy. We were out walking our dogs and had children on E bikes about run us over. My husband and I are senior campers and are not new to visiting campgrounds. We were at Bald Ridge for 2 weeks and felt that we were constantly being watched and monitored. My brother and his wife (both senior citizens) and had their own campsite on the farthest side of the campground and came over for dinner and visit us at our campsite. My sister in law has a disability to where she cannot walk too well. There is no parking in the campground loops for visitors and or disabled/ handicapped people. My brother let his wife off at our campsite and parked his truck at the wash house with his camp site parking tag on display then walked a short way to our site. When he and his wife left to go back to their campsite about 10 pm. Cindy was parked at the swim area down the road and waited for him to drive by on the way back to his campsite. She then followed him back to his campsite just to tell him he could not park at the wash house, REALLY! Now she is stocking and harassing! This was suppose to be a fun and peaceful camping trip. We are senior citizens, not a bunch of rule breaking, rowdy youngsters (I wish)! We had seen the truck from the next campsite parked in the same place for two days. Hum, ok for some people but not my brother who had a disabled person with him and his truck was only parked there for a few hours. Then there was the constant annoying leaf blower! Every morning between 9 and 10 am. Yes, it is nice that they keep the grounds clean, but does it have to be EVERY morning even on the days when the winds were gusting to 35 mph, kinda useless. Just another note…if you decide to visit this campground in October and bring your boat expecting to use the boat dock, you will be disappointed. It was not in the water as the lake level was very low. We could launch our boat on the ramp but we could not use the dock which left our family member with a disability unable to enjoy going out on the boat leaving her sitting at the camp site.

Samantha Vasquez

Bald Ridge is amazing and so is Mrs. Cindy! There are rules to follow they are posted for everyone to view. Everyone is friendly, polite and helpful when you need it. If you are looking for quiet, and peaceful place to relax this is the place to be! I have read the reviews and can honestly say the negative reviews are bias and completely false they just want to bully people into breaking the rules!! Mrs. Cindy does an amazing job here at the campgrounds I look forward to seeing her smiling face at every visit!!

Eddie Solly

I don’t know how many bad reviews need to be posted about the same person before action is taken, but count this as another one for Cindy! She seems determined to ruin the experience of everyone involved. She selectively enforces rules against those that she doesn’t know and makes up some rules of her own. She does all this under the guise of a “complaint” made by another camper. What camper complains that there are too many people standing on a site not near them? We informed Cindy our group would eating meals together and Cindy approved it so we would book. Now that we are here she says we can’t eat together and she thought we would be grabbing food from one site and going back to our own to eat. Doesn’t sound like normal behavior. Whomever is in charge of this park should seriously review how many negative reviews you have specifically mentioning Cindy. Update: I just got off the phone with Kerri, who is Cindy's supervisor and basically her response to my complaints about Cindy is that people don't like being told to follow the rules and Cindy enforces the rules, so that's why she gets so many complaints. She also said that the Core didn't enforce the rules and now the County is having to and people don't like it. I asked how was it the rules fault that Cindy booked a large group and then tried to kick them out for gathering together, after she had approved the gathering? Her response was, "he said, she said" Maybe the county needs to look into the management of these parks and start moving some money around if bad apples like Cindy are continually protected.

Kelly Murray

The campground itself is absolutely beautiful — peaceful, well-kept, and surrounded by nature. Unfortunately, the experience was spoiled by the campsite host, who seems to think she’s running her own Magic Kingdom. Everything was a no — no gathering, no talking too long, no worship, no music, no fun unless it’s on her terms. Our church group simply congregated peacefully, and she called the cops. She clearly loves Disney, but it’s like she modeled herself after the evil queen instead of the friendly characters. Minnie would never!! If you’re looking for a relaxing, welcoming camping trip, the scenery is worth it — but be prepared to walk on eggshells around the host.

Danielle S

If you enjoy being scolded for eating dinner with friends, this is the campground for you! Our church group rented 11 campsites at Bald Ridge Creek, hoping for a peaceful weekend by the lake, but apparently, fellowship is frowned upon here. Cindy, the host for our area of the campground, seemed personally offended by the sight of people congregating (you know… like campers do). She also wasn’t thrilled about the idea of an electric piano being played, apparently, even a few peaceful worship songs were too lively for her taste. She must think she’s a Disney princess and this campground is her kingdom. Sadly, it seems Cindy is discriminating against Christian fellowship. By the end of the trip, it was clear we’d accidentally purchased The FastPass to Disappointment. To top it all off, the sheriff gets called out here more often than the raccoons do, thanks to Cindy’s overzealous rule enforcement. If you’re looking for a campground where kindness, community, and common sense are welcome, you might want to look elsewhere.