Campground Camping
The Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests provide campground camping in many different locations across Georgia. Some campgrounds are more developed than others so please browse our recreational areas to find what suits you best.
More highly developed sites may also include showers, electricity, flush toilets, sewer, and water. Reservations may be required in some campgrounds. Reservations can be made online or call 1-877-444-6777 (toll free).
Developed camping—Developed campgrounds provide a safe, monitored area for recreating among other users. Please follow these basic rules:
- camping in a developed campground shall be limited to a period of not to exceed 14 days
- a new campsite may not be re-established within 1 mile of the vacated campsite for a period of 7 days
- at least one person must occupy a camping area during the first night after camping equipment has been set up, unless permission has otherwise been granted by the Forest Ranger
- entering or remaining in a campground between the hours of 10pm and 6am is prohibited except for the persons already occupying the campsite
- a site shall not be occupied by a group of more than five people (no more than 10 for double sites) or those other than immediate family
- group sites are also available for larger parties as posted
- parking or leaving a vehicle in violation of posted signs is prohibited
- do not leave more than two motorized vehicles (i.e. passenger vehicles and motor homes) per single campsite
- no public nudity
- no possessing or operating a motorboat powered by internal combustion engines on lakes where prohibited
- no launching, storing or leaving a boat or raft on or near lakes where it is posted as prohibited
- no operating motorboats in designated swimming areas
- no food or drink on developed beach areas
- no swimming in areas where it is prohibited
Campground Camping Areas
- Blue Ridge Ranger District
- Cooper Creek Recreation Area
- DeSoto Falls Recreation Area
- Deep Hole Recreation Area
- Dockery Lake Recreation Area
- Frank Gross Recreation Area
- Jake and Bull Mountain Trail System
- Lake Winfield Scott Campground
- Morganton Point Campground
- Mulky Campground
- Toccoa River Sandy Bottoms Recreation Area
- Chattooga River District
- Andrews Cove Campground
- Lake Rabun Campground
- Lake Russell Recreation Area Campground
- Low Gap Campground
- Sandy Bottoms Campground
- Sarah's Creek Campground
- Tallulah River Campground
- Tate Branch Campground
- Upper Chattahoochee River Campground
- West Fork Campground
- Wildcat Creek Campground #1 Lower
- Wildcat Creek Campground #2 Upper
- Conasauga Ranger District
- Cottonwood Patch Campground
- Hickey Gap Campground
- Houston Valley OHV Trails
- Jacks River Fields Campground
- Lake Conasauga
- Lake Conasauga Overflow Campground
- The Pocket Recreation Area
- Oconee Ranger District
- Lake Sinclair Recreation Area
- Oconee River Campground