List of Georgia state parks facts for kids
This is a list of state parks in Georgia. The park system of the US state of Georgia was founded in 1931 with Indian Springs State Park and Vogel State Park. Indian Springs has been operated by the state as a public park since 1825, making it perhaps the oldest state park in the United States. The newest state park is Don Carter.
Since the economic crash of 2008, Georgia has halved the budget for the Division of State Parks and Historic Sites and turned over the management of five of the parks to Coral Hospitality, a Florida-based hotel and resort management company. The five parks are Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge, Unicoi State Park & Lodge, Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge, Georgia Veterans State Park, and George T. Bagby State Park.
State parks
Park name | County or counties | Size | Location | Water body(s) | Image | |
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acres | ha | |||||
A.H. Stephens State Park | Taliaferro | 1,177 | 476 | 33°33′44.16″N 82°53′44.56″W / 33.5622667°N 82.8957111°W | Alexander Stevens State Park Lake | |
Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge | Dawson | 829 | 335 | 34°34′34.11″N 84°14′10.5″W / 34.5761417°N 84.236250°W | Amicalola Falls | |
Black Rock Mountain State Park | Rabun | 1,743 | 705 | 34°54′34″N 83°24′55″W / 34.90944°N 83.41528°W | Black Rock Lake | |
Chattahoochee Bend State Park | Coweta | 2,910 | 1,180 | 33°25′58.05″N 84°59′10.13″W / 33.4327917°N 84.9861472°W | Chattahoochee River | |
Cloudland Canyon State Park | Dade | 3,488 | 1,412 | 34°48′57.96″N 85°29′21.12″W / 34.8161000°N 85.4892000°W | Hemlock Falls | |
Crooked River State Park | Camden | 500 | 200 | 30°50′35″N 81°33′29″W / 30.84306°N 81.55806°W | Intracoastal Waterway | |
Don Carter State Park | Hall | 1,316 | 533 | 34°23′5.44″N 83°44′35.68″W / 34.3848444°N 83.7432444°W | Lake Lanier | |
Elijah Clark State Park | Lincoln | 447 | 181 | 33°51′16.2″N 82°25′10.54″W / 33.854500°N 82.4195944°W | Clarks Hill Lake | |
F. D. Roosevelt State Park | Harris, Meriwether | 9,049 | 3,662 | 32°49′55″N 84°48′29″W / 32.83194°N 84.80806°W | ||
Florence Marina State Park | Stewart | 173 | 70 | 32°5′26.88″N 85°2′35.99″W / 32.0908000°N 85.0433306°W | Walter F. George Lake | |
Fort McAllister State Park | Bryan | 1,725 | 698 | 31°53′28″N 81°11′46″W / 31.89111°N 81.19611°W | Ogeechee River & Atlantic Ocean | |
Fort Mountain State Park | Murray | 3,712 | 1,502 | 34°45′39.3″N 84°42′25.8″W / 34.760917°N 84.707167°W | Fort Mountain Lake | |
Fort Yargo State Park | Barrow | 1,816 | 735 | 33°58′10.64″N 83°43′46.6″W / 33.9696222°N 83.729611°W | Fort Yargo Lake | |
General Coffee State Park | Coffee | 1,511 | 611 | 31°31′26.4″N 82°46′1.2″W / 31.524000°N 82.767000°W | ||
George L. Smith State Park | Emanuel | 1,634 | 661 | 32°33′43.2″N 82°6′46.8″W / 32.562000°N 82.113000°W | Parish Pond | |
George T. Bagby State Park | Clay | 700 | 280 | 31°39′57.6″N 85°3′25.2″W / 31.666000°N 85.057000°W | Walter F. George Lake | |
Georgia Veterans State Park | Crisp | 1,308 | 529 | 31°57′23″N 83°54′58″W / 31.95639°N 83.91611°W | Lake Blackshear | |
Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park | Tattnall | 662 | 268 | 32°5′31.51″N 82°8′9.61″W / 32.0920861°N 82.1360028°W | Altamaha River | |
Hamburg State Park | Warren | 741 | 300 | 33°12′28.37″N 82°47′20.05″W / 33.2078806°N 82.7889028°W | Hamburg Mill Pond | |
Hard Labor Creek State Park | Morgan | 5,804 | 2,349 | 33°39′49.88″N 83°36′22.15″W / 33.6638556°N 83.6061528°W | Hard Labor Creek | |
Hart State Outdoor Recreation Area | Hart | 147 | 59 | 34°22′35.16″N 82°54′38.4″W / 34.3764333°N 82.910667°W | Lake Hartwell | |
High Falls State Park | Monroe | 1,050 | 420 | 33°10′44.31″N 84°1′10.73″W / 33.1789750°N 84.0196472°W | Towaliga River | |
Indian Springs State Park | Butts | 528 | 214 | 33°14′38″N 83°55′52″W / 33.24389°N 83.93111°W | Sandy Creek | |
James H. Floyd State Park | Chattooga | 561 | 227 | 34°26′13.83″N 85°20′22.47″W / 34.4371750°N 85.3395750°W | Sloppy Floyd Lake | |
Kolomoki Mounds State Park | Early | 1,293 | 523 | 31°28′17.28″N 84°55′45.72″W / 31.4714667°N 84.9293667°W | Yahola & Kolomoki Lakes | |
Laura S. Walker State Park | Ware | 626 | 253 | 31°8′10.67″N 82°12′36.3″W / 31.1362972°N 82.210083°W | Laura S. Walker Lake | |
Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge | Telfair | 1,360 | 550 | 32°5′32.17″N 82°53′49.11″W / 32.0922694°N 82.8969750°W | Little Ocmulgee Lake | |
Magnolia Springs State Park | Jenkins | 1,070 | 430 | 32°53′12″N 81°57′20″W / 32.88667°N 81.95556°W | Magnolia Springs State Park Lake | |
Mistletoe State Park | Columbia | 1,920 | 780 | 33°38′37.56″N 82°23′2.7″W / 33.6437667°N 82.384083°W | Clarks Hill Lake | |
Moccasin Creek State Park | Rabun | 32 | 13 | 34°49′36.84″N 83°33′18.36″W / 34.8269000°N 83.5551000°W | Lake Burton | |
Panola Mountain State Park | Henry | 1,635 | 662 | 33°38′7″N 84°10′13″W / 33.63528°N 84.17028°W | Alexander Lake & South River | |
Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area | Stewart | 1,003 | 406 | 32°3′47.44″N 84°55′11.58″W / 32.0631778°N 84.9198833°W | ||
Red Top Mountain State Park | Bartow | 1,776 | 719 | 34°9′5.4″N 84°42′55.8″W / 34.151500°N 84.715500°W | Lake Allatoona | |
Reed Bingham State Park | Colquitt | 1,613 | 653 | 31°10′14.49″N 83°33′16.98″W / 31.1706917°N 83.5547167°W | Reed Bingham Lake | |
Richard B. Russell State Park | Elbert | 2,508 | 1,015 | 34°10′41.09″N 82°45′40.89″W / 34.1780806°N 82.7613583°W | Russell Lake | |
Seminole State Park | Seminole | 604 | 244 | 30°48′18.61″N 84°52′44.2″W / 30.8051694°N 84.878944°W | Lake Seminole | |
Skidaway Island State Park | Chatham | 588 | 238 | 31°56′13.41″N 81°3′7.98″W / 31.9370583°N 81.0522167°W | Intracoastal Waterway | |
Smithgall Woods State Park | White | 5,664 | 2,292 | 34°41′30.57″N 83°46′4.71″W / 34.6918250°N 83.7679750°W | Dukes Creek | |
Stephen C. Foster State Park | Charlton | 80 | 32 | 30°49′35.86″N 82°22′45.9″W / 30.8266278°N 82.379417°W | Suwannee River | |
Sweetwater Creek State Park | Douglas | 2,549 | 1,032 | 33°45′30″N 84°38′10″W / 33.75833°N 84.63611°W | Sweetwater Creek | |
Tallulah Gorge State Park | Rabun, Habersham | 2,739 | 1,108 | 34°43′30″N 83°22′13″W / 34.72500°N 83.37028°W | Tallulah River | |
Tugaloo State Park | Franklin | 393 | 159 | 34°29′41.37″N 83°4′4.54″W / 34.4948250°N 83.0679278°W | Lake Hartwell | |
Unicoi State Park & Lodge | White | 1,050 | 420 | 34°43′22.92″N 83°43′20.28″W / 34.7230333°N 83.7223000°W | Unicoi Lake | |
Victoria Bryant State Park | Franklin | 502 | 203 | 34°18′4.23″N 83°9′35.52″W / 34.3011750°N 83.1598667°W | North Fork of the Broad River | |
Vogel State Park | Union | 233 | 94 | 34°45′46″N 83°55′40″W / 34.76278°N 83.92778°W | Lake Trahlyta | |
Watson Mill Bridge State Park | Madison | 1,118 | 452 | 34°1′34″N 83°4′23″W / 34.02611°N 83.07306°W | South Fork of the Broad River |
Historic sites
Park name | County or Counties | Size | Location | Image | |
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acres | ha | ||||
Chief Vann House State Historic Site | Murray | 137 | 55 | 34°45′47.21″N 84°49′19.14″W / 34.7631139°N 84.8219833°W | |
Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site | Lumpkin | 34°31′57.62″N 83°59′5.46″W / 34.5326722°N 83.9848500°W | |||
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site | Bartow | 54 | 22 | 34°7′40.83″N 84°48′25.42″W / 34.1280083°N 84.8070611°W | |
Fort King George State Historic Site | McIntosh | 12 | 4.9 | 31°21′59.18″N 81°24′57.13″W / 31.3664389°N 81.4158694°W | |
Fort Morris State Historic Site | Liberty | 67 | 27 | 31°45′36.2″N 81°17′22.14″W / 31.760056°N 81.2894833°W | |
Hardman Farm State Historic Site | White | 173 | 70 | 34°41′5.97″N 83°42′29.73″W / 34.6849917°N 83.7082583°W | |
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site | Glynn | 1,286 | 520 | 31°18′18.09″N 81°27′19.83″W / 31.3050250°N 81.4555083°W | |
Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site | Monroe | 200 | 81 | 33°2′53.29″N 83°43′9.93″W / 33.0481361°N 83.7194250°W | |
Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site | Irwin | 13 | 5.3 | 31°39′52.38″N 83°23′12.07″W / 31.6645500°N 83.3866861°W | |
Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site | Thomas | 30°50′44.2″N 83°58′58.45″W / 30.845611°N 83.9829028°W | |||
New Echota State Historic Site | Gordon | 200 | 81 | 34°32′27.55″N 84°54′33.59″W / 34.5409861°N 84.9093306°W | |
Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site | Paulding | 765 | 310 | 33°58′26.41″N 84°45′32.93″W / 33.9740028°N 84.7591472°W | |
Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo Island | McIntosh | 6,110 | 2,470 | 31°23′49.57″N 81°16′37.38″W / 31.3971028°N 81.2770500°W | |
Robert Toombs House State Historic Site | Wilkes | 33°44′10.07″N 82°44′1.91″W / 33.7361306°N 82.7338639°W | |||
Little White House State Historic Site | Meriwether | 32°52′52.99″N 84°41′15.48″W / 32.8813861°N 84.6876333°W | |||
Traveler's Rest State Historic Site | Stephens | 4 | 1.6 | 34°36′33.26″N 83°14′19.73″W / 34.6092389°N 83.2388139°W | |
Wormsloe State Historic Site | Chatham | 822 | 333 | 31°58′48.69″N 81°4′9.26″W / 31.9801917°N 81.0692389°W |
Other
- Jekyll Island was formerly a state park, but since 1951 it has been managed by the Jekyll Island Authority, a self-supporting state agency.
- Lake Lanier Islands were leased from the US Army Corps of Engineers by the Georgia Department of State Parks for a recreation resort. The islands are now managed by a private company.
- Stone Mountain Park is owned by the state and managed by the self-sufficient state agency, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association. It is operated as an amusement park under a contact with the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.