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Dates: April 26, 2006 - May 1,, 2006
Location: Rising Fawn, Georgia; Between Trenton (8 miles) and Lafayette, GA on State Highway 136; About 20 miles from Chattanooga, TN via I-59 in Trenton
GPS Coordinates: 34.83616N, 85.48841W
Our Site Number: 40
Reason Selected: We were not yet ready for an RV park and wanted to stay in a natural secluded setting up to the point we had to take the rig in for service in Chattanooga on May 1
Setting: This state park actually has two campgrounds - the East Rim & the West Rim; The East Rim campground is nothing special and I wouldn't even recommend it; The West Rim, on the other hand is simply heaven in comparison; The sites are large and there is good distance between them; The very heavily wooded campground is about as quiet and peaceful as it gets until the weekend crowds come; This state park is not easy to get to with mountain climbs and some tight turns, but it is well worth it.
Guidebooks: Georgia State Parks Guide and Frommer's Best RV and Tent Campgrounds in The USA
Big Rig Friendly: Can handle just about any size rig in the West Rim campground, but stay out of the East Rim section even though the East Rim has numerous pull-throughs (small ones) and the West Rim has only three real pull-through sites; The roads in the West Rim are paved, but curvy and narrow with some pretty big drop-offs if you are not very, very careful; Again, go slow, slow, slow.
Hook-ups: Water and electric only with 30 amp electric.
Laundry: One washer and dryer per bathhouse - faciliteis were very nice in the West Rim campground
Price & Discounts: $22.00 - 23.00 per night.
Other Factors: The park itself has gorgeous views from the overlook and the West Rim Hiking Trail (accessible from the campground); There are two wonderful waterfalls in the canyon that are accessible by lots of stairs to the bottom; Tennis courts and a Disc Golf course are also present; The office staff was friendly; We could not locate a single site that would allow us to get internet access via our rooftop satellite dish - it was just too wooded and even sites that looked like they would work would have one pesky tree or branch in the way; Cell phone service is not good either unless you drive to the highest point up by the tennis courts
OVERALL RATING: 7.5 (out of ten)
This is a beautiful campground in a natural setting. I loved this park and campground. We wish we would have had time to stay longer since the weather was not very cooperative during this short stay. I would have given it an 8 if it would have had either sewer hook-ups or a couple of more open sites for satellite

Dates: April 20, 2006 - April 26, 2006
Location: Pine Mountain, Georgia; East of I-185 just off of U.S. Hwy 27; about 80 miles southwest of Atlanta & 35 miles northeast of Columbus
GPS Coordinates: 32.84591N, 84.83163W
Our Site Number: 100
Reason Selected: We had heard great things about this state park and we wanted to visit with a couple of our website visitors who we had met previously back in August 2005 (they had also done some camp hosting at this campground); Also, it put us closer to our RV service appointment in Chattanooga, TN the first of May
Setting: This campground seems miles away from everything as you enter the state park main entrance. Later we learned that the rear exit of the campground is closer to U.S. Hwy 27 than we thought, but it is still pretty secluded; The entire campground is heavily wooded and the setting is gorgeous; There are 5 camping sections; Sections 1, 2, and 4 (our section) sit on Lake Delanor which is a beautiful little mountain lake - most sites in those sections are lake view and a few are lake front.
Guidebooks: Georgia State Parks Guide and Frommer's Best RV and Tent Campgrounds in The USA
Big Rig Friendly: Can handle just about any size rig, but the number of sites for the really big ones are limited; the roads in all campground areas are very narrow with trees on both sides; Go slow, slow, slow; Also, the incline from registration down to the campground is very, very steep.
Hook-ups: Water and electric only with 30 amp electric.
Laundry: One washer and dryer per bathhouse - not bad
Price & Discounts: $18.00 - 20.00 per night.
Other Factors: A couple of bathhouses (they call them "comfort stations") are very nice, while the others are old, but clean; The dump station is on the way out using the rear exit, which is nice because it is a much easier drive than coming from the main entrance; The bad thing is that locals use the campground's main road to cut through the park - however, they were working on gates when we were there; The park itself has two lakes, a swimming pool (open between Labor Day & Memorial Day), stables, and several hiking trails; fishing is allowed on the lakes, but motorized boats are not; However, you must rent one of their boats - we were not allowed to put our canoe on the lake which was irritating; The office staff was friendly, and went out of their way to accomodate us when I made a reservation mistake and reserved for the same time the following month; There were very few sites that would have worked for our rooftop satellite dish - we got lucky
OVERALL RATING: 7.5 (out of ten)
This is a beautiful campground in a natural setting. We were so relaxed and never really felt the urge to leave the campground or the park during our stay. There were fewer activities in the park than at Georgia Veterans, but we felt much more in our element here and the beauty of our spot bumped it above a 7 - an 8 was never a consideration, however.

Dates: April 17, 2006 - April 20, 2006
Location: Cordele, Georgia; South of Macon, Georgia about nine miles west of I-75 on U.S. Hwy 280
GPS Coordinates: 31.950856N, 83.90911W
Our Site Number: 2
Reason Selected: We still were not ready to go back into a private RV park and we selected this state park as a stopping point on our way to F.D. Roosevelt State Park in western Georgia
Setting: This campground is a couple of miles off Hwy 280 and sits on an inlet from the 8000 acre Lake Blackshear; there are three camping areas and Camping Areas 1 & 2 have lakefront sites and lakeview sites with varying amounts of shade; Camping Area 3 sits back off the water in a wooded (mostly shaded) area and has all pull-throughs; canoes and kayaks can be launched from sites within the campground.
Guidebooks: Georgia State Parks Guide
Big Rig Friendly: Can handle any size rig although the roads in all campground areas are very narrow with trees on both sides; Slow and steady is the name of the game.
Hook-ups: Water and electric only with 30 amp electric.
Laundry: One washer and dryer per bathhouse - not bad
Price & Discounts: $24.00 per night.
Other Factors: Bathhouses (they call them "comfort stations") have been refurbished and clean; The park itself has a golf course, a disc golf course, a model airplane strip, a hiking trail that is hardly worth mentioning, a day use swimming area on the lake, and fishing and boating (pontoon and power boats are available for rent); the campground has pretty good security with a gate requiring a code to get in (in fact, if you arrive after 10:00 you cannot get a vehicle in at all - you must walk in); The office staff was friendly, but there was no "wow" factor; There were several sites that would have worked for our rooftop satellite dish, but most were occupied when we arrived on a Monday (it was spring break)
OVERALL RATING: 7.5 (out of ten)
This is a nice campground with a great layout in a fairly natural setting. The waterfront site kept us from griping about the price which we thought was a little on the high side. There was something about it that didn't quite grab us, but based on the on-site activities available in the park, we think it warrants a better score than some of the other campgrounds we have rated a 7.

Dates: April 10, 2006 - April 17, 2006
Location: Fargo, Georgia; The southeastern corner of Georgia in the middle of the Okefenokee Swamp and Natiional Wildlife Refuge; 17 miles off of Hwy 441 (the road dead ends into the park)
GPS Coordinates: 30.82046N, 82.36518W
Our Site Number: 66
Reason Selected: We were still craving nature and we wanted to state in a state park on our way back north for an RV service appointment in Chattanooga, TN May 1 and for Life On Wheels in Bowling Green, KY May 12; We had heard that the Georgia state parks were nice, so we narrowed things down to Georgia state parks or Corps of Engineers Campgrounds; Since there were no Corps campgrounds within our 200 mile driving range we were left with the state parks; Of the five or six state parks within our driving range, Stephen C. Foster sounded like the best as far as setting and nature (by the way, I'm not sure why they named this park after Stephen Foster - I guess because the Okefenokee is the source for the Suwannee River and he wrote "Way Down Upon The Suwannee River" although he never even saw the river; This park should be called Okefenokee Gateway Park. :)
Setting: This campground is 17 miles from a main road and sits in the middle of the Okefenokee Swamp; the campground sits away from the water and boat basin amongst tall pines; it is pure nature and the easy access to the swamp, one of the most beautiful places we have ever been, is a big bonus.
Guidebooks: Besides our Georgia State Parks Guide, this campground was highly rated for beauty, quiet, and privacy in our "Frommer's Best RV & Tent Campgrounds in the U.S."
Big Rig Friendly: Can handle rigs up to 50 feet, but I wouldn't take anything over 35 feet into the two campground loops because of the tight turns; there are a few pull-through sites off by themselves that are much more suited to big rigs; This place is remote, so I wouldn't recommend pulling in here with a big rig without a reservation for a large spot.
Hook-ups: Water and electric only with 50 amp electric (& cable TV - about a dozen stations).
Laundry: One washer and dryer per bathhouse - better than nothing
Price & Discounts: $22.00 per night; However, since the state park is within the National Wildlife Refuge, you do have to purchase a pass to the refuge for $5.
Other Factors: Bathhouses (they call them "comfort stations") are old, but they are cleaned quite well every day; The park itself is only 80 acres and there is only one short, flat hiking trail; So if you are not into fishing or exploring the Okefenokee, there is very little to do here - no pool, and you sure can't swim anywhere else because of the alligators; Canoe and motorboat rentals are available at very reasonable prices - if you don't have your own boat or canoe, you must rent one or you will miss out on the best part of staying here; Friendliness of the staff is hit or miss depending on the day and who's working; Because of heat and bugs, I'm not sure it would be a pleasant stay here in the middle of summer; Also, it is a loooong drive into town for groceries, gas, or eating out; Rooftop satellite dishes can be a problem in the wooded campground
OVERALL RATING: 9 (out of ten)
The natural setting, quiet, and access to the Okefenokee Swamp warrant giving the campground a 9 based on our criteria; Of course, if we were rating the campground without considering the setting, it would likely be a 6 or a 7; But this is exactly the type of place we desire to frequent; add sewer hook-ups, maybe a bike trail, and maybe some reasonably priced groceries five miles away instead of 45, we would have given it a 10