We booked Cottage #7, (accessible cottage) for a Fall Foliage Getaway, and to see dear friends nearby. They were the ones who recommended this beautiful state park. Check-in and front desk personnel were friendly and accommodating. The wild, natural environment suited us to a "TEE" with deer grazing in the meadows, and a beautiful lake setting, right behind our cottage. It was clean, well equipped with everything we needed (except food) for our 4 day stay. The cottages were all separate from each other, not crowded together - making for privacy - Ours was a 2 bedroom, 1 bath, with large living room, and large kitchen. Plenty of room to spread out, and No Pets and No Smoking, which made for a pleasant experience. There were a few things that we had to mention to the front desk that needed attention (kitchen faucet leaked/dripped constantly, shower drain clogged, freezer of refrigerator smelled bad, and shower controls were hard to get adjusted). All in all, however, we would stay here again, when we are in this area again. Lake is right at the back door, so we were ready to drop a line, but turned out too cold and rainy.

Stayed 3 of our 4 reserved nights in # 56 - the last waterfront one on that leg of the loop. A little tight with trees but doable with our small TT. Campground filled on Halloween weekend and many were very cutely decorated. Bath house near us was older and fairly clean - and heated !! On check in day we had only come 27 miles from Mistletoe and had left there early due to a nasty incoming storm which wound up mostly staying south. At any rate the sweet staff at EC let us move in early - esp since our site was empty the previous night. Weather was chilly and drizzly 3 of our 4 days - final day was sunny but windy and cold so us wimpy Floridians bugged out a day early.

We rented cabin #1 at Elijah Clark State Park. The screened-in porch faces the water and sunrise (cabins 1-10 face sunrise, cabins 15-20 face sunset. Not sure about cabins 11-14). Great boating and good hiking trails. No biking trails. We launched our kayak in front of our cabin, but if the water levels were any lower it'd be difficult (plenty of boat launches around). Turkeys and deer passed near our cabin. Inside the cabin was clean with the exception of kitchen supplies/dishes/pans (responsibility of the renters to clean them). Overall the park was pretty quiet for a weekend.