The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos

by Molloy, Johnny

• ISBN13: 9780897325486
• ISBN10: 0897325486
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

Summary

Whether it's rafting down the Chattooga River, hiking along the Bartram Trail, or sea kayaking around Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia is chock full of opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts of all abilities. To help these adventurers on their way, The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia reveals the best places in the Peach State to pitch a tent. Written to steer campers away from concrete slabs and convoys of RVs, The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia points tent campers to only the most scenic and serene campsites in the state. Painstakingly selected from hundreds of campgrounds, each campsite is rated for: beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness. In addition, each campground profile provides essential details on facilities, reservations, fees, and restrictions, as well as an accurate, easy-to-read map, making the campground a snap to locate.

Author Biography

Born in Tennessee, Johnny Molloy moved to Knoxville in 1980 to attend the University of Tennessee. The lure of nearby Smoky Mountain National Park was too hard to resist. In spite of a disastrous first camping trip, Molloy developed a life-long passion for the outdoors, which he continues today, 15 years and 1,300 nights later. He is the author of several hiking and tent camping guides to the Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee areas and lives in Nashville.

Table of Contents

Georgia Campgrounds Key	p. vii
Georgia Campgrounds Map	p. viii
Georgia Campgrounds Maps Legend	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface	p. xii
Introduction	p. 2
Northwest Georgia	p. 5
Cloudland Canyon State Park	p. 6
Doll Mountain	p. 9
Fort Mountain State Park	p. 12
Hickey Gap	p. 15
Hidden Creek	p. 18
Jacks River Fields	p. 21
Lake Conasauga	p. 24
McKaskey Creek	p. 27
The Pocket	p. 30
Ridgeway	p. 33
Northeast Georgia	p. 37
Amicalola Falls State Park	p. 38
Andrews Cove	p. 41
Black Rock Mountain State Park	p. 44
Cooper Creek	p. 47
Deep Hole	p. 50
Desoto Falls	p. 53
Dockery Lake	p. 56
Fort Yargo State Park	p. 59
Hart State Park	p. 62
Lake Blue Ridge	p. 65
Lake Chatuge	p. 68
Lake Russell	p. 71
Lake Winfield Scott	p. 74
Rabun Beach	p. 77
Sarah's Creek	p. 80
Shady Grove	p. 83
Tate Branch	p. 86
Unicoi State Park	p. 89
Upper Chattahoochee	p. 92
Vogel State Park	p. 95
War Hill	p. 98
Wildcat	p. 101
Middle Georgia	p. 105
Bussey Point	p. 106
F. D. Roosevelt State Park	p. 109
George L. Smith State Park	p. 112
Hesters Ferry	p. 115
Holiday	p. 118
Lake Sinclair Beach	p. 121
Magnolia Springs State Park	p. 124
Oconee River	p. 127
South Georgia	p. 131
Coheelee Creek	p. 132
Cotton Hill	p. 135
Fort Mcallister State Historic Park	p. 138
General Coffee State Park	p. 141
Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park	p. 144
River Junction Landing	p. 147
Rood Creek	p. 150
Sea Camp at Cumberland Island	p. 153
Skidaway Island State Park	p. 156
Stephen C. Foster State Park	p. 159
Appendices	p. 163
Camping Equipment Checklist	p. 164
Sources of Information	p. 165
About the Author	p. 166
Index	p. 167
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