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GENERAL INFORMATION Hard Labor Creek State Park is the home of two group camps, Camp Rutledge and Camp Daniel Morgan, both centered around the 275 acre Lake Rutledge. Both camps and the lake were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930's. The larger of the two group camps, Camp Rutledge, was the filming location of three well-known "camp" movies, '''' (1986). Interestingly, Cynthia Nixon of '' Sex And The City '' fame, who played "Sunshine" in ''Little Darlings'' returned to the area to the nearby town of Rutledge, Georgia in 2005 to film a part in the Emmy winning movie '' Warm Springs ''; a part in which she too was nominated for an Emmy award. Camp Rutledge is also the location of the long-running summer camp for the youth of Peachtree Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Georgia , the largest Presbyterian Church (USA) in the United States. Hard Labor Creek State Park is the location of Hard Labor Creek Observatory; a facility of Georgia State University , Atlanta Georgia. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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