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Location of Georgia’s 49 state parks

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. [1] The newest state park is Don Carter State Park. [2]

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. [3]

State parks

Park name County or counties Size Year established [4] Location Water body(s) Image Remarks
acres ha
A.H. Stephens State Park Taliaferro 1,177 476 1933 33°33′44.16″N 82°53′44.56″W / 33.5622667°N 82.8957111°W / 33.5622667; -82.8957111 Alexander Stevens State Park Lake
Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge Dawson 829 335 1940 34°34′34.11″N 84°14′10.5″W / 34.5761417°N 84.236250°W / 34.5761417; -84.236250 Amicalola Falls
Black Rock Mountain State Park Rabun 1,743 705 1952 34°54′34″N 83°24′55″W / 34.90944°N 83.41528°W / 34.90944; -83.41528 Black Rock Lake
Chattahoochee Bend State Park [5] Coweta 2,910 1,180 2011 33°25′58.05″N 84°59′10.13″W / 33.4327917°N 84.9861472°W / 33.4327917; -84.9861472 Chattahoochee River
Cloudland Canyon State Park Dade 3,488 1,412 1938 34°48′57.96″N 85°29′21.12″W / 34.8161000°N 85.4892000°W / 34.8161000; -85.4892000 Hemlock Falls
Crooked River State Park Camden 500 200 1939 30°50′35″N 81°33′29″W / 30.84306°N 81.55806°W / 30.84306; -81.55806 Intracoastal Waterway
Don Carter State Park [2] Hall 1,316 533 2013 34°23′5.44″N 83°44′35.68″W / 34.3848444°N 83.7432444°W / 34.3848444; -83.7432444 Lake Lanier
Elijah Clark State Park Lincoln 447 181 1953 33°51′16.2″N 82°25′10.54″W / 33.854500°N 82.4195944°W / 33.854500; -82.4195944 Clarks Hill Lake
F. D. Roosevelt State Park Harris, Meriwether 9,049 3,662 1938 32°49′55″N 84°48′29″W / 32.83194°N 84.80806°W / 32.83194; -84.80806
Florence Marina State Park Stewart 173 70 1985 32°5′26.88″N 85°2′35.99″W / 32.0908000°N 85.0433306°W / 32.0908000; -85.0433306 Walter F. George Lake
Fort McAllister State Park Bryan 1,725 698 1980 31°53′28″N 81°11′46″W / 31.89111°N 81.19611°W / 31.89111; -81.19611 Ogeechee River & Atlantic Ocean
Fort Mountain State Park Murray 3,712 1,502 1938 34°45′39.3″N 84°42′25.8″W / 34.760917°N 84.707167°W / 34.760917; -84.707167 Fort Mountain Lake
Fort Yargo State Park Barrow 1,816 735 1954 33°58′10.64″N 83°43′46.6″W / 33.9696222°N 83.729611°W / 33.9696222; -83.729611 Fort Yargo Lake
General Coffee State Park Coffee 1,511 611 1970 31°31′26.4″N 82°46′1.2″W / 31.524000°N 82.767000°W / 31.524000; -82.767000
George L. Smith State Park Emanuel 1,634 661 1975 32°33′43.2″N 82°6′46.8″W / 32.562000°N 82.113000°W / 32.562000; -82.113000 Parish Pond
George T. Bagby State Park Clay 700 280 1970 31°39′57.6″N 85°3′25.2″W / 31.666000°N 85.057000°W / 31.666000; -85.057000 Walter F. George Lake
Georgia Veterans State Park Crisp 1,308 529 1946 31°57′23″N 83°54′58″W / 31.95639°N 83.91611°W / 31.95639; -83.91611 Lake Blackshear
Jack Hill State Park Tattnall 662 268 1956 32°5′31.51″N 82°8′9.61″W / 32.0920861°N 82.1360028°W / 32.0920861; -82.1360028 Altamaha River
Hamburg State Park Warren 741 300 1968 33°12′28.37″N 82°47′20.05″W / 33.2078806°N 82.7889028°W / 33.2078806; -82.7889028 Hamburg Mill Pond
Hard Labor Creek State Park Morgan 5,804 2,349 1946 33°39′49.88″N 83°36′22.15″W / 33.6638556°N 83.6061528°W / 33.6638556; -83.6061528 Hard Labor Creek
High Falls State Park Monroe 1,050 420 1966 33°10′44.31″N 84°1′10.73″W / 33.1789750°N 84.0196472°W / 33.1789750; -84.0196472 Towaliga River
Indian Springs State Park Butts 528 214 1825 33°14′38″N 83°55′52″W / 33.24389°N 83.93111°W / 33.24389; -83.93111 Sandy Creek
James H. Floyd State Park Chattooga 561 227 1973 34°26′13.83″N 85°20′22.47″W / 34.4371750°N 85.3395750°W / 34.4371750; -85.3395750 Sloppy Floyd Lake
Kolomoki Mounds State Park Early 1,293 523 1938 31°28′17.28″N 84°55′45.72″W / 31.4714667°N 84.9293667°W / 31.4714667; -84.9293667 Yahola & Kolomoki Lakes
Laura S. Walker State Park Ware 626 253 1941 31°8′10.67″N 82°12′36.3″W / 31.1362972°N 82.210083°W / 31.1362972; -82.210083 Laura S. Walker Lake Laura S Walker State Park
Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge Telfair 1,360 550 1935 32°5′32.17″N 82°53′49.11″W / 32.0922694°N 82.8969750°W / 32.0922694; -82.8969750 Little Ocmulgee Lake
Magnolia Springs State Park Jenkins 1,070 430 1939 32°53′12″N 81°57′20″W / 32.88667°N 81.95556°W / 32.88667; -81.95556 Magnolia Springs State Park Lake
Mistletoe State Park Columbia 1,920 780 1965 33°38′37.56″N 82°23′2.7″W / 33.6437667°N 82.384083°W / 33.6437667; -82.384083 Clarks Hill Lake
Moccasin Creek State Park Rabun 32 13 1966 34°49′36.84″N 83°33′18.36″W / 34.8269000°N 83.5551000°W / 34.8269000; -83.5551000 Lake Burton
Panola Mountain State Park Henry 1,635 662 1974 33°38′7″N 84°10′13″W / 33.63528°N 84.17028°W / 33.63528; -84.17028 Alexander Lake & South River
Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area Stewart 1,003 406 1971 32°3′47.44″N 84°55′11.58″W / 32.0631778°N 84.9198833°W / 32.0631778; -84.9198833
Red Top Mountain State Park Bartow 1,776 719 1950 34°9′5.4″N 84°42′55.8″W / 34.151500°N 84.715500°W / 34.151500; -84.715500 Lake Allatoona
Reed Bingham State Park Colquitt 1,613 653 1958 31°10′14.49″N 83°33′16.98″W / 31.1706917°N 83.5547167°W / 31.1706917; -83.5547167 Reed Bingham Lake
Richard B. Russell State Park Elbert 2,508 1,015 1987 34°10′41.09″N 82°45′40.89″W / 34.1780806°N 82.7613583°W / 34.1780806; -82.7613583 Russell Lake
Seminole State Park Seminole 604 244 1956 30°48′18.61″N 84°52′44.2″W / 30.8051694°N 84.878944°W / 30.8051694; -84.878944 Lake Seminole
Skidaway Island State Park Chatham 588 238 1975 31°56′13.41″N 81°3′7.98″W / 31.9370583°N 81.0522167°W / 31.9370583; -81.0522167 Intracoastal Waterway
Smithgall Woods State Park White 5,664 2,292 1994 34°41′30.57″N 83°46′4.71″W / 34.6918250°N 83.7679750°W / 34.6918250; -83.7679750 Dukes Creek
Standing Boy Creek State Park Muscogee 1,579 639 2004 32°34′20.33″N 85°2′10.77″W / 32.5723139°N 85.0363250°W / 32.5723139; -85.0363250 Lake Oliver
Stephen C. Foster State Park Charlton 80 32 1954 30°49′35.86″N 82°22′45.9″W / 30.8266278°N 82.379417°W / 30.8266278; -82.379417 Suwannee River
Sweetwater Creek State Park Douglas 2,549 1,032 1972 33°45′30″N 84°38′10″W / 33.75833°N 84.63611°W / 33.75833; -84.63611 Sweetwater Creek
Tallulah Gorge State Park Rabun, Habersham 2,739 1,108 1993 34°43′30″N 83°22′13″W / 34.72500°N 83.37028°W / 34.72500; -83.37028 Tallulah River
Tugaloo State Park Franklin 393 159 1965 34°29′41.37″N 83°4′4.54″W / 34.4948250°N 83.0679278°W / 34.4948250; -83.0679278 Lake Hartwell
Unicoi State Park & Lodge White 1,050 420 1954 34°43′22.92″N 83°43′20.28″W / 34.7230333°N 83.7223000°W / 34.7230333; -83.7223000 Unicoi Lake
Victoria Bryant State Park Franklin 502 203 1952 34°18′4.23″N 83°9′35.52″W / 34.3011750°N 83.1598667°W / 34.3011750; -83.1598667 North Fork of the Broad River
Vogel State Park Union 233 94 1927 34°45′46″N 83°55′40″W / 34.76278°N 83.92778°W / 34.76278; -83.92778 Lake Trahlyta
Watson Mill Bridge State Park Madison 1,118 452 1969 34°1′34″N 83°4′23″W / 34.02611°N 83.07306°W / 34.02611; -83.07306 South Fork of the Broad River

Historic sites

Park name County or Counties Size Year established [6] Location Image Remarks
acres ha
Chief Vann House State Historic Site Murray 137 55 1952 34°45′47.21″N 84°49′19.14″W / 34.7631139°N 84.8219833°W / 34.7631139; -84.8219833
Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site Lumpkin .264 0.107 1966 34°31′57.62″N 83°59′5.46″W / 34.5326722°N 83.9848500°W / 34.5326722; -83.9848500
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site Bartow 54 22 1953 34°7′40.83″N 84°48′25.42″W / 34.1280083°N 84.8070611°W / 34.1280083; -84.8070611
Fort King George State Historic Site McIntosh 12 4.9 1940 31°21′59.18″N 81°24′57.13″W / 31.3664389°N 81.4158694°W / 31.3664389; -81.4158694
Fort Morris State Historic Site Liberty 67 27 1968 31°45′36.2″N 81°17′22.14″W / 31.760056°N 81.2894833°W / 31.760056; -81.2894833
Hardman Farm State Historic Site [7] White 173 70 2014 34°41′5.97″N 83°42′29.73″W / 34.6849917°N 83.7082583°W / 34.6849917; -83.7082583
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site Glynn 1,286 520 1974 31°18′18.09″N 81°27′19.83″W / 31.3050250°N 81.4555083°W / 31.3050250; -81.4555083
Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site Monroe 200 81 1974 33°2′53.29″N 83°43′9.93″W / 33.0481361°N 83.7194250°W / 33.0481361; -83.7194250
Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site Irwin 13 5.3 1997 31°39′52.38″N 83°23′12.07″W / 31.6645500°N 83.3866861°W / 31.6645500; -83.3866861
Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site Thomas 1 0.40 1971 30°50′44.2″N 83°58′58.45″W / 30.845611°N 83.9829028°W / 30.845611; -83.9829028
Little White House State Historic Site Meriwether 163 66 1948 32°52′52.99″N 84°41′15.48″W / 32.8813861°N 84.6876333°W / 32.8813861; -84.6876333
New Echota State Historic Site Gordon 200 81 1962 34°32′27.55″N 84°54′33.59″W / 34.5409861°N 84.9093306°W / 34.5409861; -84.9093306
Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site Paulding 765 310 1974 33°58′26.41″N 84°45′32.93″W / 33.9740028°N 84.7591472°W / 33.9740028; -84.7591472
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 / 31.3971028; -81.2770500
Robert Toombs House State Historic Site Wilkes 4.34 1.76 1982 33°44′10.07″N 82°44′1.91″W / 33.7361306°N 82.7338639°W / 33.7361306; -82.7338639
Traveler's Rest State Historic Site Stephens 5.1 2.1 1955 34°36′33.26″N 83°14′19.73″W / 34.6092389°N 83.2388139°W / 34.6092389; -83.2388139
Wormsloe State Historic Site Chatham 1,232 499 1973 31°58′48.69″N 81°4′9.26″W / 31.9801917°N 81.0692389°W / 31.9801917; -81.0692389

Former state parks

Park name County or Counties Size Year established Year disestablished Location Image Remarks
acres ha
Chehaw State Park Dougherty 800 320 1937 1977 31°37′3.44″N 84°8′17.17″W / 31.6176222°N 84.1381028°W / 31.6176222; -84.1381028 In 1974, the city of Albany leased 100 acres (40 ha) of unused land in Chehaw Park from the state of Georgia to develop a wild animal park where exotic and indigenous animals would be displayed in their natural habitats. With the inception of the wild animal habitat, the State donated the entire Chehaw Park acreage to the city to further develop.
Bobby Brown State Park Elbert 665 269 1950s 2015 33°58′26.93″N 82°34′43.6″W / 33.9741472°N 82.578778°W / 33.9741472; -82.578778 The park was established on the waters of the newly constructed Clark Hills Lake in the 1950s. It was downgraded to Bobby Brown State Outdoor Recreation Area in 2009. In 2015, a lease agreement was reached with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The park is now operated by the government of Elbert County, Georgia. [8]
George Washington Carver State Park Bartow 345 140 1950 1975 34°8′20.86″N 84°40′1.06″W / 34.1391278°N 84.6669611°W / 34.1391278; -84.6669611 It was established during segregation on land adjacent to Red Top Mountain State Park and billed as Georgia's first state park for African Americans. It was removed from the state park system due to budget cuts, turned over to Bartow County, and renamed Bartow Carver Park. It returned to its original name in 2017. [9]
Hart State Park Hart 147 59 1968 2020 34°22′35.16″N 82°54′38.4″W / 34.3764333°N 82.910667°W / 34.3764333; -82.910667 In April 2020, management of the park passed from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to the City of Hartwell. [10] In June 2020, a groundbreaking ceremony was officially held for the renamed Hartwell Lakeside Park. [11]
Jekyll Island State Park Glynn 5,700 2,300 1947 1950 31°4′12″N 81°25′13″W / 31.07000°N 81.42028°W / 31.07000; -81.42028 It was formerly a state park, but since 1951 it has been managed by the Jekyll Island Authority, a self-supporting state agency.
John Tanner State Park Carroll 138 56 1971 2013 33°36′7.92″N 85°10′3.72″W / 33.6022000°N 85.1677000°W / 33.6022000; -85.1677000 Operated from 1954 to 1971 as Tanner's Beach, it was purchased by the state in 1971, and opened in 1972. It became managed by Carroll County in 2010 and was purchased by Carroll County in 2013. [12]
Santo Domingo State Park Glynn 1934 1946 31°19′37.28″N 81°29′13.13″W / 31.3270222°N 81.4869806°W / 31.3270222; -81.4869806 The state of Georgia conveyed the Santo Domingo State Park property to J. Ardell Nation in 1946. Ardell established the Boys Estate, an orphanage for homeless boys modeled upon Boys Town, Nebraska. [13] The former property of the Boys Estate is now run by Morningstar Children and Family Services. [14]
Sprewell Bluff State Park Upson 1,372 555 1993 2013 31°52′15.85″N 84°28′26.15″W / 31.8710694°N 84.4739306°W / 31.8710694; -84.4739306 It was a state park leased from Georgia Power. In 2013, Upson County, Georgia took over management of the property and it was de-listed. [15]

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References

  1. ^ "Indian Springs State Park History" (PDF). Georgia State Parks. Georgia. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Don Carter State Park". State Parks & Historic Sites. February 21, 2017. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Omarzu, Tim (May 29, 2013). "Georgia tries to balance cuts with need to draw visitors to state parks". TimesFreePress.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "History of the Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Division" (PDF). Georgia State Parks. Georgia. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "Chattahoochee Bend State Park". State Parks & Historic Sites. March 3, 2017. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  6. ^ "History of the Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Division" (PDF). Georgia State Parks. Georgia. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Georgia Trust". www.georgiatrust.org. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "Bobby Brown Park". Explore Georgia. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "George Washington Carver State Park". Visit Carterville, GA. 2022. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  10. ^ "Hartwell Lakeside Park". Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  11. ^ Grayson Williams (June 24, 2020). "Let the camping begin: Ceremonial groundbreaking launches Hartwell Lakeside". Hartwell Sun. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  12. ^ Hall, Christine (September 27, 2013). "Carroll sees green with improved green spaces". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Atlanta. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  13. ^ "Estate to Make Men". Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. March 17, 1946.
  14. ^ "History of the Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Division" (PDF). Georgia State Parks. Georgia. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  15. ^ "Sprewell Bluff Park". upsoncountyga.org. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.

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