Swartswood State Park

Peaceful fall visit — clean, accessible, and great for a picnic

Visited Swartswood State Park in early October for a picnic and really enjoyed it. The park wasn’t crowded at all, which made for a calm and relaxing visit. The paved walkways made getting around easy and accessible, even with picnic gear. The playground area was in good shape and seemed well cared for.

The main picnic pavilion was clean, well maintained, and perfectly positioned for watching the sunset over the lake — definitely one of the highlights of the day. Water fountains and outdoor rinse stations were turned off for the season, so plan ahead if you visit in cooler months. Cell service was a bit spotty near the water, but that added to the peaceful vibe.

Overall, a great spot for a quiet afternoon by the lake, especially in the fall.

Great place, not too crowded. Swim area was very nice. Found a great little picnic spot off the path. $10 parking.

It is a nice place to go and great experience for my first time camping! It is very relaxing. They do sell wood for $7.00. The bathroom is pretty far from where we are staying so every time I have to pee I have to drive over to the bathrooms. Should’ve brought a bucket lol. I thought our area would’ve been more toward the water. We brought our kayaks which aren’t so light to carry over to the lake. It gets chilly at night so bring extra blankets. Just wish I could’ve went swimming here): Will definitely be back soon!

Beautiful state park. Camping area is nice, we stayed in cs61. If you are in the field by the bathrooms there really isn't much privacy as stated in other reviews. The bathrooms themselves are standard state park; not the cleanest but not too bad. People definitely don't respect the quiet hours and they aren't really enforced; went to bed at midnight on friday and it was still very loud with music and people yelling. They aren't kidding about it being bear country, as we had a bear come into our site 4 times (kinda scary but also cool). The lake is very beautiful and offers great opportunities for sunset pics. Location is great, all in all nice park to spend a weekend.

Was very impressed with this park when we went for a 4 day camping trip. The park is very easy to navigate, even though our site was at the far end of the facility, the bathrooms were still within a 10 minute walking distance. When the kids couldn't wait for the walk, it was only a few minutes drive and there were a lot of parking spaces. Very convenient. The bathrooms were always well maintained and kept clean by the staff. The sites themselves were very well maintained, a decent size and properly spaced from neighbors. During the day, staff would drive past multiple times a day to check on the sites and were super friendly and happy to help if you had questions. The swimming beach was clean and fairly large. I just wish were was more shoreline fishing locations for people. The docks are small and were being utilized by boaters so you can't really fish off them and the shoreline was tree covered so not many places to fish if you don't have a boat to use. Overall, we were very happy with the park and will be definitely using it again in the future.