点评:My husband & I camped at Clifty Falls State Park for the first time June 6 - 10, 2024. Madison Indiana is a charming small riverfront town just outside of the park. We decided to go in to town to look around & have dinner Saturday night. Dinner was pizza & loaded fries with a side of dill ranch at a local restaurant called The Red Pepperoni. While the pizza was good, the loaded fries were the winner for us. Yum! We also toured the Lanier Mansion. Beautiful home with interesting history! Our tour guide was wonderful & we had a great time. We also went to the Lanthier Winery. It was very small, but we enjoyed tasting some delicious wines & strolling through their small, but very lovely garden with beautiful flowers.
Clifty Falls State Park, while very pretty, isn't for everyone. The hiking trails were all very difficult. We were unable to do any real hiking as I have health problems that keep me from doing things that are strenuous. The trails are also not marked very well once you got past the main signage that indicated the trail number. Hubby & I have ebikes so we did ride those but they do not have any specific biking trails for those of us who like to ride but aren't into mountain biking. Though we did ride our ebikes to the trailheads, we found that only 2 of those trailheads had bicycle racks to lock your bikes. We also did not see any waterfalls flowing while we were at this park. The only time you'll be able to see the waterfalls may be right after it's rained.
The campground is pretty far back into the park, which was alright, but it is uphill to get into it. Once at the campground, we found that the sites were, for the most part, pretty spaced out & most appeard to be fairly level. However, as the sites have no water or sewer, only electric in our loop, another loop has no electric, one would expect the bathhouses to be multiple & useful. While there were 3 bathhouses, 2 on the electric loop & 1 on the non-electric loop, the 2 on the electric loop, that we used, had issues. The 1st of the 2 bathhouses was very old. Usually that is not an issue, however this time it was as the shower stalls looked horrible. Paint was falling off the walls, the lighting was terrible & it just didn't make you feel comfortable. We took 2 different showers in this bathhouse because it was the closet to us. The 1st time we had lukewarm water for about 5 minutes. We thought that the next time would be better, however, the 2nd time we had NO lukewarm water, but instead had a nice cold shower. Ugh!!! I believe this was the fastest I've ever showered in my life! The next two times we showered were in the 2nd bathhouse, which was newer and each shower was a separate door on the outside of the building. They lacked locks that indicated the showers were in use which results in people listening to the door to know if anyone is inside, or knocking on the door, both of which are not fun when you are trying to shower. Luckily, my hubby 3D printed us doorknob signs just for this occasion to put on the outside of the door. As for the actual shower itself, we had high hopes that, as this appeared to be a newer bathhouse, this shower would be much better. Unfortunately for us, we immediately realized that wouldn't be the case. I will say that the water temp was great. However, the drainage was not working so the floor of the room filled up to the door jam with water, the shower heads were painful on your skin, & you had to push a button to make the water come out EVERY 8 SECONDS!!! That's not enough time for the water to get hot before having to push the button again. Before I could even get my hair wet to shampoo, yep, I had to push the button again. And again. And again. I've been to paid bathhouses that are better. At least you get continuous warm water for 4 - 5 minutes straight & you can always add a little more money for more time. At the very minimum, Clifty Falls State Park campground needs to allow campers at least 3 - 5 minutes of water uninterrupted.
翻译:我和丈夫于 2024 年 6 月 6 日至 10 日第一次在克利夫蒂瀑布州立公园露营。印第安纳州麦迪逊是一个迷人的小河滨小镇,就在公园外。我们决定周六晚上进城看看并吃晚饭。晚餐是披萨和薯条,配上莳萝牧场,是在当地一家名为 The Red Pepperoni 的餐馆吃的。虽然披萨很好吃,但薯条才是我们的最爱。好吃!我们还参观了 Lanier 大厦。美丽的房子,有趣的历史!我们的导游很棒,我们玩得很开心。我们还去了 Lanthier 酒庄。它很小,但我们喜欢品尝一些美味的葡萄酒,漫步在他们小而可爱的花园里,那里有美丽的花朵。
克利夫蒂瀑布州立公园虽然很漂亮,但并不适合所有人。所有的远足小径都非常难走。我们无法进行任何真正的徒步旅行,因为我的健康问题使我无法做费力的事情。经过标有步道编号的主要标志后,步道的标记也不是很清晰。我和老公有电动自行车,所以我们骑过,但对于喜欢骑行但不喜欢山地自行车的我们来说,他们没有专门的自行车道。虽然我们骑着电动自行车到达了步道起点,但我们发现只有 2 个步道起点有自行车架可以锁自行车。我们在这个公园里也没有看到瀑布流淌。唯一能看到瀑布的时间可能是下雨后。
露营地距离公园很远,这还好,但要进入需要上坡。到达露营地后,我们发现大部分露营地间隔很大,而且大多数露营地看起来都相当平坦。但是,由于露营地没有水或下水道,我们所在的环路只有电,另一个环路没有电,所以人们会认为澡堂会很多而且很有用。虽然有 3 个澡堂,2 个在电气回路上,1 个在非电气回路上,但我们使用的 2 个在电气回路上的澡堂有问题。2 个澡堂中的第一个非常旧。通常这不是问题,但这次却出现了问题,因为淋浴间看起来很糟糕。墙上的油漆脱落,灯光很糟糕,让人感觉不舒服。我们在这个澡堂洗了两次澡,因为它离我们最近。第一次,水是温的,持续了大约 5 分钟。我们以为下一次会更好,然而,第二次我们没有温水,而是洗了个冷水澡。哎呀!!!我认为这是我一生中洗过的最快的澡!接下来两次我们洗澡都是在第二个澡堂,它比较新,每个淋浴间都有建筑外面的一扇单独的门。他们没有锁来指示淋浴间正在使用,这导致人们会听到门外有没有人,或者敲门,这两种情况在你试图洗澡时都很不愉快。幸运的是,我丈夫专门为这次机会用 3D 打印了门把手标志,贴在门外。至于实际的淋浴本身,我们寄予厚望,因为这似乎是一个较新的浴室,淋浴会好得多。不幸的是,我们马上意识到情况并非如此。我要说的是,水温很好。然而,排水系统不工作,所以房间的地板上充满了水,一直到门框,淋浴喷头对皮肤很痛,而且你必须每 8 秒按一次按钮让水流出!!!水还没变热,就得再按一次按钮。在我把头发弄湿洗头之前,是的,我不得不再次按下按钮。一次又一次。我去过收费的澡堂,那里更好。至少你可以连续 4 - 5 分钟获得热水,而且你总是可以多花一点钱延长使用时间。至少,克利夫蒂瀑布州立公园露营地需要让露营者连续使用至少 3 - 5 分钟的水。