Fort Yargo State Park

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Old Fort Yargo

Fort Yargo State Park is a 1,816 acre (7.34 km²) Georgia state park located in Winder, situated between Athens and Atlanta. The park features a log fort built in 1792 by settlers for protection against Creek and Cherokee Indians. Within the park is the Will-A-Way Recreation Area, a facility designed specifically for people with developmental disabilities. Also in the park is a 260 acre (1.05 km²) lake with public beach. There are Jon boat, pedal boat, and canoe rentals.

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40 Tent/Trailer/RV Sites
7 Walk-In Campsites
5 Picnic Shelters
3 Cottages
2 Group Shelters
Pioneer Camping
Boat ramps
Miniature Golf Course
Tennis Courts
Beach

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Protected areas of Georgia

Federal

National historic sites and military parks	Andersonville NHS • Jimmy Carter NHS • Martin Luther King, Jr. NHS • Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park • Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

National monuments	Fort Frederica • Fort Pulaski • Ocmulgee

National forests	Chattahoochee • Oconee

National wildlife refuges	Banks Lake • Blackbeard Island • Bond Swamp • Eufaula • Harris Neck • Okefenokee • Piedmont • Savannah • Wassaw • Wolf Island

Wilderness Areas	Big Frog Wilderness • Blood Mountain Wilderness • Brasstown Wilderness • Cohutta Wilderness • Cumberland Island National Seashore • Ellicott Rock Wilderness • Mark Trail Wilderness • Okefenokee Wilderness • Raven Cliffs Wilderness • Rich Mountain Wilderness • Southern Nantahala Wilderness • Tray Mountain Wilderness •

Wild and Scenic Rivers	Chattooga River

National Trails	Appalachian Trail • Pinhoti National Recreation Trail

Other protected areas	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area • Cumberland Island National Seashore • Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary • Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

Parks	Amicalola Falls • Black Rock Mountain • Bobby Brown • Buck Shoals • Chattahoochee Bend • Cloudland Canyon • Crooked River • Don Carter • Elijah Clark • F.D. Roosevelt • Florence Marina • Fort Mountain • Fort Yargo • General Coffee • George L. Smith • George T. Bagby • Georgia Veterans • Gordonia-Alatamaha • Hamburg • Hard Labor Creek • Hart • High Falls • Indian Springs • James H. "Sloppy" Floyd • John Tanner • Laura S. Walker • Little Ocmulgee • Magnolia Springs • Mistletoe • Moccasin Creek • Panola Mountain • Providence Canyon • Red Top Mountain • Reed Bingham • Richard B. Russell • Sapelo Island • Seminole • Skidaway Island • Smithgall Woods • Sprewell Bluff • Standing Boy Creek • Stephen C. Foster • Sweetwater Creek • Tallulah Gorge • Tugaloo • Unicoi • Victoria Bryant • Vogel • Watson Mill Bridge

Historic parks and sites	A.H. Stephens • Chief Vann House • Dahlonega Gold Museum • Etowah Indian Mounds • Fort McAllister • Fort King George • Fort Morris • Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation • Jarrell Plantation • Jefferson Davis Memorial • Kolomoki Mounds • Lapham-Patterson House • Little White House • New Echota • Pickett's Mill Battlefield • Robert Toombs House • Travelers Rest • Wormsloe

Forests	Baldwin • Bartram • Brender-Hitchiti • Dixon Memorial • Dawson • Hightower • Paulding • Spirit Creek

Other	Centennial Olympic Park • Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center • Jekyll Island • Lake Lanier Islands • Okefenokee Swamp • Radium Springs • Sapelo Island • Stone Mountain Park

County,
Municipal
and Other

Parks	Cobb County Parks • McIntosh Reserve • Murphey Candler Park • Okefenokee Swamp Park • Robert G. Hunter Memorial Park • Seaborn Jones Memorial Park • Shaking Rock Park · The Parks at Chehaw

Forests & Nature Preserves	Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center • Fernbank Forest • Marshall Forest • Morningside Nature Preserve • Reynolds Nature Preserve

Nature & Environmental Education Centers	Chattahoochee Nature Center • Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center

Georgia Department of Natural Resources • Georgia Forestry Commission (web)

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