List of Georgia state parks

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Location of Georgia state parks

Georgia State Parks Dept. seal, ca. 1939

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
		acres	ha
A.H. Stephens State Park	Taliaferro	1,177	476	33°33′44.16″N 82°53′44.56″W	Alexander Stevens State Park Lake
Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge	Dawson	829	335	34°34′34.11″N 84°14′10.5″W	Amicalola Falls
Black Rock Mountain State Park	Rabun	1,743	705	34°54′34″N 83°24′55″W	Black Rock Lake
Chattahoochee Bend State Park	Coweta	2,910	1,180	33°25′58.05″N 84°59′10.13″W	Chattahoochee River
Cloudland Canyon State Park	Dade	3,488	1,412	34°48′57.96″N 85°29′21.12″W	Hemlock Falls
Crooked River State Park	Camden	500	200	30°50′35″N 81°33′29″W	Intracoastal Waterway
Don Carter State Park	Hall	1,316	533	34°23′5.44″N 83°44′35.68″W	Lake Lanier
Elijah Clark State Park	Lincoln	447	181	33°51′16.2″N 82°25′10.54″W	Clarks Hill Lake
F. D. Roosevelt State Park	Harris, Meriwether	9,049	3,662	32°49′55″N 84°48′29″W
Florence Marina State Park	Stewart	173	70	32°5′26.88″N 85°2′35.99″W	Walter F. George Lake
Fort McAllister State Park	Bryan	1,725	698	31°53′28″N 81°11′46″W	Ogeechee River & Atlantic Ocean
Fort Mountain State Park	Murray	3,712	1,502	34°45′39.3″N 84°42′25.8″W	Fort Mountain Lake
Fort Yargo State Park	Barrow	1,816	735	33°58′10.64″N 83°43′46.6″W	Fort Yargo Lake
General Coffee State Park	Coffee	1,511	611	31°31′26.4″N 82°46′1.2″W
George L. Smith State Park	Emanuel	1,634	661	32°33′43.2″N 82°6′46.8″W	Parish Pond
George T. Bagby State Park	Clay	700	280	31°39′57.6″N 85°3′25.2″W	Walter F. George Lake
Georgia Veterans State Park	Crisp	1,308	529	31°57′23″N 83°54′58″W	Lake Blackshear
Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park	Tattnall	662	268	32°5′31.51″N 82°8′9.61″W	Altamaha River
Hamburg State Park	Warren	741	300	33°12′28.37″N 82°47′20.05″W	Hamburg Mill Pond
Hard Labor Creek State Park	Morgan	5,804	2,349	33°39′49.88″N 83°36′22.15″W	Hard Labor Creek
Hart State Outdoor Recreation Area	Hart	147	59	34°22′35.16″N 82°54′38.4″W	Lake Hartwell
High Falls State Park	Monroe	1,050	420	33°10′44.31″N 84°1′10.73″W	Towaliga River
Indian Springs State Park	Butts	528	214	33°14′38″N 83°55′52″W	Sandy Creek
James H. Floyd State Park	Chattooga	561	227	34°26′13.83″N 85°20′22.47″W	Sloppy Floyd Lake
Kolomoki Mounds State Park	Early	1,293	523	31°28′17.28″N 84°55′45.72″W	Yahola & Kolomoki Lakes
Laura S. Walker State Park	Brantley	626	253	31°8′10.67″N 82°12′36.3″W	Laura S. Walker Lake
Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge	Telfair	1,360	550	32°5′32.17″N 82°53′49.11″W	Little Ocmulgee Lake
Magnolia Springs State Park	Jenkins	1,070	430	32°53′12″N 81°57′20″W	Magnolia Springs State Park Lake
Mistletoe State Park	Columbia	1,920	780	33°38′37.56″N 82°23′2.7″W	Clarks Hill Lake
Moccasin Creek State Park	Rabun	32	13	34°49′36.84″N 83°33′18.36″W	Lake Burton
Panola Mountain State Park	Henry	1,635	662	33°38′7″N 84°10′13″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
Red Top Mountain State Park	Bartow	1,776	719	34°9′5.4″N 84°42′55.8″W	Lake Allatoona
Reed Bingham State Park	Colquitt	1,613	653	31°10′14.49″N 83°33′16.98″W	Reed Bingham Lake
Richard B. Russell State Park	Elbert	2,508	1,015	34°10′41.09″N 82°45′40.89″W	Russell Lake
Seminole State Park	Seminole	604	244	30°48′18.61″N 84°52′44.2″W	Lake Seminole
Skidaway Island State Park	Chatham	588	238	31°56′13.41″N 81°3′7.98″W	Intracoastal Waterway
Smithgall Woods State Park	White	5,664	2,292	34°41′30.57″N 83°46′4.71″W	Dukes Creek
Stephen C. Foster State Park	Charlton	80	32	30°49′35.86″N 82°22′45.9″W	Suwannee River
Sweetwater Creek State Park	Douglas	2,549	1,032	33°45′30″N 84°38′10″W	Sweetwater Creek
Tallulah Gorge State Park	Rabun, Habersham	2,739	1,108	34°43′30″N 83°22′13″W	Tallulah River
Tugaloo State Park	Franklin	393	159	34°29′41.37″N 83°4′4.54″W	Lake Hartwell
Unicoi State Park & Lodge	White	1,050	420	34°43′22.92″N 83°43′20.28″W	Unicoi Lake
Victoria Bryant State Park	Franklin	502	203	34°18′4.23″N 83°9′35.52″W	North Fork of the Broad River
Vogel State Park	Union	233	94	34°45′46″N 83°55′40″W	Lake Trahlyta
Watson Mill Bridge State Park	Madison	1,118	452	34°1′34″N 83°4′23″W	South Fork of the Broad River

Historic sites

Park name	County or Counties	Size		Location	Image
		acres	ha
Chief Vann House State Historic Site	Murray	137	55	34°45′47.21″N 84°49′19.14″W
Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site	Lumpkin			34°31′57.62″N 83°59′5.46″W
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site	Bartow	54	22	34°7′40.83″N 84°48′25.42″W
Fort King George State Historic Site	McIntosh	12	4.9	31°21′59.18″N 81°24′57.13″W
Fort Morris State Historic Site	Liberty	67	27	31°45′36.2″N 81°17′22.14″W
Hardman Farm State Historic Site	White	173	70	34°41′5.97″N 83°42′29.73″W
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site	Glynn	1,286	520	31°18′18.09″N 81°27′19.83″W
Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site	Monroe	200	81	33°2′53.29″N 83°43′9.93″W
Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site	Irwin	13	5.3	31°39′52.38″N 83°23′12.07″W
Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site	Thomas			30°50′44.2″N 83°58′58.45″W
New Echota State Historic Site	Gordon	200	81	34°32′27.55″N 84°54′33.59″W
Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site	Paulding	765	310	33°58′26.41″N 84°45′32.93″W
Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo Island	McIntosh	6,110	2,470	31°23′49.57″N 81°16′37.38″W
Robert Toombs House State Historic Site	Wilkes			33°44′10.07″N 82°44′1.91″W
Little White House State Historic Site	Meriwether			32°52′52.99″N 84°41′15.48″W
Traveler's Rest State Historic Site	Stephens	4	1.6	34°36′33.26″N 83°14′19.73″W
Wormsloe State Historic Site	Chatham	822	333	31°58′48.69″N 81°4′9.26″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.

See also

• List of U.S. national parks

External links

• Georgia state parks
• Map of Georgia State Parks