Me and my boyfriend stayed at in the woods for a night in a sleeper cabin and it was so fun. The…read morepool area is always open and gorgeously lit at night. Unfortunately the hot tub was closed but with the temperature the pool was like a nice middle ground (not too cold). The website is currently not fully functional so we called and talked to Hoke who is the most delightful and he got us in very easy. The rates are much cheaper than elsewhere (granted we haven't tried anywhere else yet) and the experience is laid back and cozy. The sleeper cabin doesn't come with a bathroom but the pool is very close and has a community one which I'm not complaining about ;) Pool clubhouse was fully stocked with complimentary snacks, everyone we met was very welcoming and helpful and overall we will definitely be going back and next time for more than just 1 night lol.

Making the reservation was easy. Everyone there were very friendly and went out of their way to…read moremake me welcome. This was my first experience at a clothing optional campground. It was an amazing experience in every way. It only took about 30 minutes for me to adjust and really enjoy the freedom. The pool was beautiful and well maintained. I stayed in my rv trailer and all the hookups were easy.

Decent park but the people that run it are fucking weird…read more Stayed here for about a week with my husband and at the time, 7 month old son. The wife of the owner claimed she heard me screaming for help, when I was dead asleep, and called the sheriffs on us. My guess is because she saw me drinking outside with my husband and his coworker, after my baby went to sleep for the night and she just couldnt handle minding her own business. As if I did anything wrong, drinking in the comfort of our own property. As if being a mother meant I couldnt have any fun. even though, unbeknownst to the nosy cunt, I had the worst week of my life and decided after almost a year of not drinking very much, to actually get drunk. and my husband agreed he'd get up with the baby if he got up. Not that it was any of anyone else's business. The sheriffs came, waking up Myself and little son, and left cause we did absolutely nothing wrong. And the next morning the weirdo owner, sat in his little golfcart glaring at our trailer for hours, as if we were the ones disturbing him, it was so unsettling. He was also really rude about us having an indoor cat that doesn't ever go outside, saying if he'd known he wouldn't have let us come, like tf. They were very weird the whole time we were there and maybe even prejudice, cause I'm Hispanic. They would glare at us, anytime they saw us, it was so weird. we've been traveling the whole US for years now and have never ever, had anyone be weird to us like this. We go to Elberton often, but will never give these people our money again. To the owner, I highly recommend getting medication for that stick up your ass

We stayed for 3 nights in July, it was very warm and not the busiest time, mostly we had the place…read moreto ourselves. Cabins are adorable, air conditioned, clean, well equipped but no sink/toilet so using the clean showerhouse was a must (note: there is no A/C in the facility). Hosts are very friendly, accomdating. Its very remote/quiet and up on a hill so nice breezes. Our doggie loved it. We were disappointed that there is no way to get to or see the lake from this spot, unless you want to hack your way thru dense woods. Not what I had pictured, but it worked out fine. We went to nearby Richard Russell State Park, had a great time on the shores of the lake just fishing and relaxing. Very beautiful area.

Cooper Creek Campground is absolutely the most beautiful, off the beaten path, places I've ever…read moretraveled and it's practically in Atlanta's back yard! Located on the beautiful and noisy Cooper/Mulky Creek just an hour north of Dahlonega up Hwy 60 and then up some of the most beautiful and winding mountain roads that make you think you're never going to get there! By the time you turn on to Forest Service Rd 236 (a beautiful and peaceful dirt mountain road that climbs up through the pine and hardwood forests), you realize there is something amazing waiting for you. And there is. Cooper Creek Campground is like reaching a little slice of heaven. Fifteen campsites scatter through out the lush forest, and five of them sit right on the banks of Cooper/Mulky Creek. I advise getting there early during the week so you can get a creek side spot ... there is nothing like it! The creek is rocky and noisy and if you fish, the trout are plentiful! I walked the loop and all of the campsites were beautiful and within easy walking distance to the creek. As a solo hiker and camper, I chose spot #1 for the way the creek opened up and the trees opened up around my tent site to give me a clear view of a beautiful moon. I also liked the quiet solitude of this site ... few cars passed here since it's on the back loop. The campground hosts also live two spots up. As an avid (delirious almost) rock stacker, I fell in love with this creek. The rocks are amazing and perfect for stacking and balancing. It was so relaxing I stacked till after dark and was up just after sunrise stacking again! The pine cones in camp are plentiful, so I got a good pine smoke going and didn't have the first mosquito or black fly. I'm telling you ... this place is heaven! After dark a bunch of deer came through my camp and lapped at the creek for almost a half hour. Two fawns frolicked in the fern thickets next to my tent for a while and were bouncing around like puppies! With the light of the moon, I felt like I had a front row seat for natures big show that night! Also, there are synchronous fireflies here, which surprised me. Just after dark during the Summer Solstice, I thought it was kids playing with flashlights, but it was fireflies, all blinking in unison! It was amazing! I can't WAIT to go back! In fact, now that I'm home, I'm missing it. Cooper Creek is open year round and keep their gates open 24 hours a day. You won't get a phone signal here, so you may as well turn it off ... the solitude is amazing! Each site has a tent pad, grills, lantern pole and a picnic table. There are also bear bins that are an easy walk from each site for discarding trash. For hikers, you won't be disappointed. There are five interconnected trails that start in or near the camping area (Yellow Mountain Trail- 3.2 miles, Connector Trail- 0.4 miles, Mill Shoals Trail- 0.9 miles, Shope Gap Trail- 0.6 miles, and Cooper Creek Trail- 1.7). I found myself hiking in and out and exploring trail after trail. The abundance of trees at Cooper Creek keep the temperatures down, much cooler than up on the main road. I paid $10 a night for my site. There are faucets for drinking water and there are two vaults for bathrooms. There are no electric hook ups or dump stations. Primitive camping at it's finest! There are no reservations ... everything is first come, first serve. Have fun everyone!

Very winding road to enter for checkin. Visitor center is on the left upon entrance. Parking pass…read moreis required for $5 a day or annual option. Two spots are located by visitor center for RV's to park for checkin. Checkin is from 8 am until 5 pm at visitor's center. At camp host after 5 pm. Very small campground. All are full hookups with quite a few pull through sites. Newly renovated campground area. Horseshoe, volleyball, playground, and bath house are located within campground as well as dump station. Small lake to fish at by visitor's center. Larger lake to fish on is located straight past the turn in for the campground. Mostly stocked with catfish and bass. (Hint they like corn, hot dogs, Vienna sausage and chicken livers which can be found at the local dollar general.) Over 21 miles of hiking trails but only some are available for non equestrian use on the weekends. The civil war museum and sites are a great adventure and Melanie is a good guide. The museum needs updating and some placards need to be moved for better viewing. All in all a good campground and experience. Will be back.

Just got back from a three day camping trip at A.H. Stephens State Park. my wife, dog and I all…read moreenjoyed it. We arrived on a Monday. As a result, there was no one else in the camp ground. The sites seemed spacious. We found a site on the opposite side of the camp ground from the camp hosts. It was quiet and very peaceful. There are several lakes in the park as well as a walking trail and an equestrian trail. All were nice. There's also a Civil War museum / historical site. We didn't visit but it looks like a neat tour for history buffs. The park staff were all very courteous, friendly and helpful. The camp ground was very clean and the camp hosts were great. The biggest negative was the bathhouse. It was spotlessly clean but very small. They had women's toilets in the men's room and didn't even have a urinal. There were only three stalls and two small shower stalls. It appears they have cut away some of the bathhouse to use as a handicapped mens / womens room. The camp hosts said that the room is supposed to be locked except when there's someone in the handicapped camping space. So, about half the bathhouse of the only bathhouse is off limits to most campers; your ax dollars at work. I understand it's the law and even if it weren't, having handicap accessible restrooms would be the right thing to do but no one says they have to be off limits and inaccessible to the rest of the campers. That strikes me as just plain stupid regulatory over reach. However, it's not the fault of the camp. The only other negative was the train. There's a train track within a half a mile of the park. There are three trains that run daily; one during the afternoon, a second one in early evening and a third one later in the evening (believe it's around 9 p.m.) They might be a little distracting for anyone trying to hit the sack early but they weren't too distracting. I also think the campsites might be a little crowded for tent camping if the camp ground were full but we didn't run into that problem. I did read Beth M.'s review. However, we didn't smell any foul odors while we were there. Don't know if it's seasonal or if the issue's been corrected but the air was fresh and clear through our stay. Overall, the experience was excellent. We plan to go back to A.H. Stephens. If you're a camping enthusiast, give it shot! You'll probably enjoy it.

We came and stayed at Pine Lake while our daughter was participating in the UGA Softball camp. We…read moreabsolutely enjoyed our stay at the campground! The site we stayed in was shady and convenient to both fishing ponds. Any need we had the front desk was super helpful in meeting it. We look forward to visiting again!

Beautiful, level campground. Bathhouse is extremely clean, great pressure and plenty of hot water…read more our site is so large, gravel base and privacy fence. we have been on the road for about 7 weeks and this is the absolutely nicest campground. I want to come back for a longer stay!

Beautiful location on J. Strom Thurmond Lake! Most of the spots are on the lake, or have a view of…read morethe lake. We were there in April, and found the campground to be very quiet and peaceful all 5 days we were there. Over the weekend, even with the campground filling up, it was still peaceful. The spots are well distanced from each other. It was a bit cold for swimming, but we did walk to the edge and try fishing. My only complaint is the online booking - there is a lack of photos of each site, and it's really hard to tell what the access to the water looks like. Some of the spots have an easier access to get into the water than others, especially for small children. We used campsitephotos.com to get an idea of what the sites looked like.

This is a beautiful campground. It is well maintained, and has a lot of different camp sites to…read morechoose from. You can book them online and see them on the map. It's best to come drive around and scope out which one you want first because some of these have amazing views! Site 54 has a great view and access to the lake about 20 yards away. No matter what site you choose you will be fairly close to the restroom and showers. Very peaceful place all around.

Invest money. This cold be a nice place. Stairs, railing wood needs to be replaced. Needs to cut…read moreshrubs, over growing. Looks like a big homeless camp. The pictures look nice, but must of been taken years ago. And this is a Travel Resorts. Not a resort. Old boats left on the side of the boat launch.

I really hate to make a negative review at a place where the employees truly went above and beyond…read morefriendliness and helpfulness, but I've got to be honest about my experience here. Note we had a young child with us, and I likely would have toughed it up and dealt with a lot of the issues if I'd traveled alone or just with my husband, but we had a 4 year old with us. Note also a lot of our disappointment was out of their direct control, but the entire experience was a let down either way. We checked in to our caboose cabin. We were led through the park which looked predominantly occupied by full time residents, which was odd and kind of gave the feel that I paid $500 to "camp" in a trailer park. Again, we didn't meet a sour soul there, but it looked awfully crowded and some "properties / campsites" just looked a bit junky. Although they're clearly making updates to the cabins, the massive climate control systems aren't currently hooked up, so when it's 95° outside there's a little window unit working with all its might to cool the caboose down, but it's just not getting there. The inside of the cabin was clean and really cute. Just boiling hot. So we go to the lake to cool off, but the water is the temperature of warm bath water. Not their fault. The water at the designated beach was kind of murky with old wooden posts sticking up in a few places that made me cautious about walking more than a few feet from the beach. So we didn't stay long and head back to the cabin, head out to dinner. I know this next part is out of their control, but a huge storm came through and knocked out the power for the area and there was damage in the vicinity. A falling branch came within feet of hitting my vehicle, and a larger branch fell on top of their nature center, just from what I saw. But while all the RVs had generators going, we were without power.. or water. The sink and toilet couldn't be used, no power meant the temperature was rising again inside the cabin, and while opening the door provided some relief, there were mosquitoes aplenty. I tried opening a window but somehow brought down the blinds in the process. We waited about 2 hours, but my toddler wasn't going to hang. I packed the car in the dark and rain and headed home. Again, I could have made it work solo, but it was an overall disappointment with my son there. I'm hoping to get a refund for at least part of my stay, as again, the prices paid for the cabin alone vs. overall aesthetic of the park was immediately disappointing.

On this rainy and chilly Sunday morning the park felt almost suspended in its own quiet, the kind…read moreof stillness you only get when the weather keeps everyone else home and you end up with the place to yourself. No one was camping or fishing or wandering the grounds (though I did see one park ranger pickup truck on patrol), which meant I had time with the real centerpiece of the park, the Watson Mill Covered Bridge, and the soft sound of the river underneath it carried farther than usual in the damp air. The bridge was built in 1885 by W. W. King, one of Georgia's most skilled nineteenth century bridge builders, and it remains the longest existing covered bridge in the state at 236 feet. It uses the Town lattice truss system, a design patented in 1820 that relies on a crisscross pattern of planks secured with wooden pegs, and Watson Mill is one of the best surviving examples of that method in the Southeast. The bridge once served the workers of the grist mill and sawmill that stood nearby, and it doubled as a community gathering place where people held picnics and even square dances. The Georgia Department of Transportation restored it in 1973, and the bridge became the anchor for the surrounding state park, which preserves both the structure and the landscape that supported it. The posted clearance was too low for my Sprinter van so I walked the length of the bridge instead, letting the boards creak underfoot and taking in the smell of wet timber that always feels older than the structure itself. There is no dedicated pedestrian lane, but the interior is wide enough that I could step to the side when a car approached, and the drivers moved slowly enough that it never felt unsafe. The combination of the rain, the quiet, and the long wooden tunnel made the whole experience feel like stepping back into the late nineteenth century for a few minutes. [Review 245 of 2026 - 942 in Georgia - 25434 overall]

Beautiful, just beautiful place to go hike walk enjoy peace and quiet family time or whatever you…read morewant. Lovely, beautiful place small country perfect setting.

We absolutely love Pine Ridge Campground--it's close to home, which makes it perfect for weekend…read moregetaways. The staff is fantastic--friendly, helpful, and always easy to work with when it comes to reservations or purchases. Holiday weekends are especially fun, packed with activities and things to do for all ages. It's one of our favorite local escapes!

The owners are very friendly and helpful. They really love…read morecamping. That's why their campground is a fun place to be. The events they put on. The entertainment is family friendly. They have kid events also It is a very nice clean campground. It like one big family.

Just had the nicest interaction with the person in charge at this campground!…read more I'm new to the area, staying at a rental cabin up the road. She saw me walking along the road (which I like to do in the evening at a new place) and she came out to ask if I was OK. Warned me about the wildlife, and made a recommendation about a local state park. "And I think to myself, what a wonderful world"

Great little RV hideaway nestled in the woods. Friendly owners that you can tell take care of their…read morefacilities. I arrived late, after dark but was warmly welcomed and assisted into a campsite that I stayed in for 4 nights. I love that its an adult only campground. no need to worry about loud music or in and out travel in the middle of the night. Short drive to Helen and the recommendations given for activities and restaurants were fantastic. Will certainly be staying again when I do a return visit.