Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

Whooee! You’ve made it down the Toccoa River Canoe Trail and you’re ready for the take-out after splashing through the 13. 5 miles of Class I-III rapids down this gorgeous river. No problem, since the Toccoa River Sandy Bottoms Recreation Area is ready and waiting for you (and your canoe), with a small collection of developed campsites and a boat Read more...

Enveloped by enamoring, yet haunting verdure, Upper Chattahoochee River Campground is a an enigmatic campground, one laced in off distant rustlings of hidden fauna. For those visitors who appreciate a intellectual blurb just as much as a comely landscape, there’s interpretive information available on the area’s namesake river shed. However, like n Read more...

A bubbling creek, a forest bursting with bright green hardwood trees, and an alpine-style village 15 minutes up the road—could it get any more picturesque than this? Driving up to Andrews Cove Campground in its cozy mountainside location feels like discovering an unexpected woodland paradise in northern Georgia. Take your time enjoying a peaceful Read more...

While adventuring in the North Georgia Mountains, you might want to consider stopping for a fishing break at the Cooper Creek Recreation Area. Campsites are located on the shady banks of Cooper Creek, and make the perfect base for hiking, trout fishing, and most importantly, hammock swinging. Cooper Creek and nearby Mulky Creek are famous for thei Read more...

If your grandparents ever took a camping trip to Deep Hole, we guarantee it would look just the same as it does now: wet, serene, and as quiet as the sound of a waterbug. Deep Hole entertains visitors with canoeing and fishing, but pitching the tent in these woods offers a night so quiet you won’t believe how close it is to Hwy 60! Enjoy the dense Read more...

A weekend at DeSoto Falls is just enough time to see the two magnificent waterfalls within quick walking distance from the campgrounds. While the campsites themselves epitomize cozy woodland camping, the nearby Frogtown Creek is perfect for trout fishing or wading. If you bring along the whole family for a camping trip, the mature forest that abou Read more...

It’s hard to imagine camping anywhere else after a night on the banks of Dockery Lake. Glassy, clear water reflecting a pastel swath of bright green forest and cloudless sky? Doesn’t get much better than that for lakeside scenery, and the fishing can’t be beat, either! Come in Autumn for red flames of foliage popping out of the evergreens, or enjo Read more...

Even if you’ve never considered yourself an angler, you’ll be pleased to know about the great trout fishing at Frank Gross once you discover just how far from civilization this campground is. Trout for breakfast, trout for dinner! There’s nothing gross about it. Set up camp on the grassy banks of Rock Creek, deep in the North Georgia mountains, fo Read more...

Inundated by a beautiful lake boarded by branching vegetation, Lake Winfield Scott Campground is centered around much of that pristine freshwater body. With hiking trails that snug the lake’s shoreline and glass-smooth water perfectly bated for both fishermen and boaters alike, you’re surely be pruny for days to come. And, populated by a few group Read more...

Be sure to catch your breath before ascending to this Northeast Georgia favorite! Sitting atop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, two-thousand-feet above sea level, Tallulah River Campground is a swiss army knife of camping appeal; you’ll be just at home charmazing a modestly burnt mushroom as you would be hiking the area’s combing trails. And, located Read more...

Dotted with fourteen pristine, developed campsites, Sandy Bottoms Campground is gear toward the whole family! With recreational swimming, hiking, and fishing all within the resting shore banks of the Tallulah River. However, all campsites are on a FCFC (first-come, first-served) basis—so make sure to wake the kids up even earlier.

Offering a bit more camping area alongside picturesque Lake Conasauga, the like-named overflow campground is dotted with just a few more campsites, each equipped tent pad and picnic table. And, just like its sister campground, all the sites found in Lake Conasauga Overflow Campground are on a first-come, first-served basis.

The best of both worlds, really; a terrestrial and aquatic oasis, by ever connotation of those words. Lake Conasauga is a beguiling, preprocessing spring-filled lake that envelops nearly twenty-acres of the nearby enigmatic Grassy Mountain. Georgias highest elevation lake, the area is inundated by wildlife, especially songbirds. In fact, when camp Read more...

Just a mile from Lake Conasauga Recreation Area sits a large green meadow, amassed by areas for dispersed camping. Free to all who wish to camp there, Ball Field Dispersed Camping Area is just across from the Cohutta Wilderness Hiking.

Morganton Point Campground is a developed outdoor Disney World, of sorts; the area offers a myriad of recreational activities from grilling and picnicking to fishing and hiking. Located along the well-manicured beachfronts of Blue Ridge Lake, it’s the only one of its kind bordering the freshwater lake. Reservations are required for site one throug Read more...

Imagine your classic American camping trip, complete with s’mores and stories told around the fire pit, and you’ve got a pretty good idea of the vibes around Mulky Campground. Located right by the scenic Cooper Creek—stocked with rainbow trout for all the fishers out there—and surrounded by lush green forests, this campground is the perfect settin Read more...

Just when you thought that dispersed wilderness camping and fully developed amenities didn’t mix, the Low Gap Campground in the North Georgia Mountains makes you change your mind. Tucked away in the Mark Trail Wilderness, you’ll find this hidden gem waiting for you with its plethora of hiking trails, abundant fishing in the Low Gap Creek, and near Read more...

Situated alongside the sparkling waters of Mill Creek, Hickey Gap Campground is loved by those on a quest for trout. Yup, there’s great fishing, cozy and clean campsites, and campfires and picnic tables to cook up and enjoy your fresh catch of the day. What’s more, at a camping fee of zero-dollars and zero-cents you are guaranteed a bargain! Camps Read more...

Banked alongside the southern edge of Jacks River, Jacks River Fields Campground is located in a picturesque hardwood and pine forest. Here you can strut your stuff out on the hiking trails, or get all equestrian and bring your favorite four legged friend for a trail ride. At the end of the day, string the hammock beneath oak and hickory, crack a Read more...

“Remote and rustic,” the two words that spring to mind when describing Tate Branch Campground. Lined by nineteen developed campsites, the area’s noted as being seductively seclusive, offering a break away from the proverbial cat and mouse game of the concrete jungle. While no reservations are required, you’ll want to make sure you’re punctual when Read more...

A small village of developed campsites, Lake Rabun Beach Recreation Area is home to the area’s namesake freshwater body. A favorite amongst both boaters and anglers alike, this recreational area will surely satiate any outdoors men's (or women’s) need to get out on the water.

Once you visit the Lake Russell Recreation Area, you’ll quickly see why this spot has become a favorite for families and really anybody looking for an outdoor escape. Fully developed for tent campers and RVers alike, these two loops of campsites lie right next to the serene Lake Russell, amid a gorgeous hardwood forest. It won’t take you long afte Read more...

In love with two states, the Cottonwood Patch Campground on the banks of the Conasauga River borders both Tennessee and Georgia. There’s hiking on the Iron Mountain trail, hammock swinging, and quality campfires for your nightly shenanigans. What’s the best part, you might ask? Well, you can bring your furry four-legged friend, for one! Leashed pe Read more...

Offering an aerial view of the Chattooga River, West Fork Campground is lined with just a few primitive campsites, all available solely on a FCFS (first-come, first-served) basis. But, what the area lacks in surface-level availability, it more than makes up for in accessible, picturesque landscapes—just make sure to abide by the area’s 10PM-7AM “q Read more...

Inundated by the serne amphibious outcrops of Chattooga Wild and Scenic River, Sarah’s Creek Campground will surely appeal to any camper who’s just had it with the hustle-’and’-bustle of the concrete jungles. Secluded amongst the areas enveloping hardwoods, Sarah’s Creek offers tranquil solitude amongst the slow moving freshwater body. But, make s Read more...

The alpha and the omega of Southern Appalachia's hiking trails, Pinhoti Trail combs a jaw-dropping one-hundred-and-sixty-miles through the pristine forest of Georgia, eventually snaking through a bit of Alabama. Dispersed camping is allowed alongside unoccupied or unmarked-off areas on any Forest Service lands. That being said, the trail does tip- Read more...

Bear Creek Trail Campground is a dispersed camping area within easy access to the area’s namesake footpath. Regarded as being quite steep, and at times difficult, some of the trails offer an air of difficulty.

Anything but pocket-sized, The Pocket Recreational Area is surrounded by the rocky outcrops of both the Horn and Mill Mountains. Canvassed by the ever changing colors of hardwoods in Autumn months, this area’s know to paint quite an alluring portrait during the latter months of the year. And, with it’s string of primitive campsites available solel Read more...

Dotted by just five primitive campsites, Oconee River Campground is nestled alongside the area’s namesake freshwater body. While some of these campsites are accessible to people with physical alignments, the vast majority of the campsites are a bit more difficult to walk-up to; all of Oconee River Campground campsites are based on a FCFS (first-co Read more...

“Expansive,” that’s the sole word we’d use to moniker Lake Sinclair Recreation Area. Inundated by the area’s fifteen-thousand-acre namesake lake, water-loving activities are presented by the bucket full alongside the area’s comely kept-up beaches. Able to accommodate your next Eagle Scout junction or just as large family reunion, Lake Sinclair Rec Read more...