This is a very beautiful, little park. The lake is very peaceful and even has some gators in it lazily swimming around. When we got there, the park was nearly full and it looks a little like "trailer city" but after almost everyone left after the weekend, it was beautiful. The hosts are very nice. The Okefenokee Swamp Park is very close and worth visiting. Waycross is just 10 minutes away (Wal-Mart, etc.) There are washers and dryers in the central restroom building. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Very nice campsite overall, pleasant and with several sites on the lake, one of which we had. Toilets, showers, laundry were clean and functional. Would have given this perhaps 8/10...except that some nitwit in the parks system decided to allow motorboats on the lake. As a result, all Saturday afternoon we heard nothing but boats and jetskis racing up and down the lake. Great fun for the few people in the boats, I'm sure, but a huge source of aggravation for the dozens of people camped close by. Really too bad that a boneheaded decision to allow motorboats on the lake effectively spoils this as a campground, at least on the weekends. We would only come back on a weekday, and would stay away from the lakefront. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This was our first visit to any State Park. The site was gravel and semi-level. The view was fantastic. We stayed right on the water. Roof mounted satellite worked great. 30 amp on power. Wife was told on phone when making reservations that it was 50 amp, oh well. Water pressure was great. Ants were terrible, this was our first for them as well. The office sold ant spray. The dump station is located on the way out with water for flush systems. Overall, this is a very nice park. If we come back to the Waycross area, we will stay again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Absolutely beautiful campground in a beautiful setting very near the Okefenokee Swamp. Several sites are right on the lake, and all of them are clean and well maintained. This is one of the nicest campgrounds we have found, and planned on staying two days, but extended by an additional week, and would have stayed longer if we could. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Campground was clean and the staff was friendly. There were a few noisy campers but the park ranger handled the situation well. The location was close to the swamp park (which was the main reason for our stay there). Was a quiet campground at night and had nice clean bath houses. On the negitive side of things the premium sites were right on the lake, but fishing was impossible due to heavy weed growth on the waters edge (all along all the camping area). Even if you could have gotten to the lake the speed boats, water skiers, jet skies were just too much to deal with. There was a nice swimming pool a short walk from the campground but stayed very crowded with non-campers...the same held true for the picnic areas. I'm sure some people would enjoy this campground....it just wasn't for us. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
We stayed here two nights during the week after Christmas. The campground is situated
among the trees (I think there were lots of pine trees). The sites are gravel and fairly level. The camping area is pretty open, so don't expect much privacy here. Still, the campground was very clean and quiet. The sites are not real close together. The surrounding scenery, including the lake and the nearby Okefenokee Swamp, were great. The park itself is very secluded from town. I would definitely recommend this park. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Review Rating
[ 8 / 10 ]
October 2004
$20
Great weekend getaway or stop over park. Nice and clean, friendly staff, beautiful park. We go here every year in October for the fall festival. The staff organize arts and crafts, carnival type games,hay rides and Ghost stories during this weekend each year. Clean restrooms and showers. Right across US1 from Okefenokee Swamp Park. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We spent an idyllic week here in January, on our way to the Gulf coast. At least in the off-season the place is quiet. Nice pine woods bordering on a lake, and the lakefront sites cost only $2 extra. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.