We absolutely loved staying at Ocean Lakes Family Campground. This has to be the largest campground we have ever stayed at. We prepaid our entire stay before arriving, so we had an express check-in and went right into our campsite. Our site was about 3 spaces from the beach, which was great access to the beach, but it wasn't really necessary to be that close. We reserved a close spot because we expected to be at the beach most of the time, but there was so much stuff to do at the campground, we were all over the place. Renting a golf cart here is an absolute must; if you don't own one. Everyone has a golf cart here and if you are not traveling around in the park with it, you are going for a night cruise or people watching around the park. My kids wanted to move here. If we weren't at the beach, we were at the pool, eating ice cream, going to the skate park, playing Bingo, entered into a guitar hero tournament, mini golf tournament and so much more. This campground has something for everyone; very family oriented. We came on a very busy weekend of Memorial Day and the beach was packed. I was able to do laundry while I was laying out at the pool. It was a vacation very well spent.

This is one of our regular favorite campgrounds. When we just want to camp for the weekend, Stone Mountain is our spot. We live less than an hour away and it's our camping home away from home. Like other campgrounds, it does have some sites that are better than the other. We stayed in the 330's and they can be a tight squeeze, but we just reserved the spot two days before we got here. We were able to rent a golf cart for $35/night, which apparently was a weekend special because it was normally $75 per night. I would strongly suggest staying around 413 (pull-through) or 409, 410 or if possible (and it can be tough) or favorite sites are either in the loop in front of the office/camp store or on a site off of the lake. There are always a ton of things to do at Stone Mountain, from golf, to the park mountain hike, a train goes around the park and the mountain village with all sorts of activities. If you plan to visit often, like we do you are better off becoming Mountain members that gets you discounts on the campground and pays for itself if you come at least twice.

Besides the swirvy drive up and down two separate mountains to get to this campsite, we really enjoyed ourselves at this campground. The positives first: This campground retreat has a lot of activities, especially for kids. My kids were occupied all day long every day were spent here. They had in-gound trampolines, a decent kids park, a petting farm with cows, chickens, goats and horses. The goats just had babies a week prior so the kids really had fun holding them. There were a ton of different trails and hikes to beautiful waterfalls and streams on the property. There was an organic garden, however because we were there during a winter month, the garden was not grown in yet. The kids got to milk a cow that apparently they use for breakfast at the lodge. When we checked in we didn't get the site that we originally picked out during our online reservation due to electrical problems, but we got a site right in front of the fishing lake where the kids had a ton of fun catching trout. The trout were very easy to catch and it was catch-n-keep, so whatever we caught made for a nice lunch. This was Valentines weekend and there were a ton of kids that were either there for a retreat or camping with families. That is always a positive for us, because our kids enjoy meeting other camping kids. The only real negatives is that they sort of find a reason to charge you for everything. The $30 or so per night was for a full hook-up on a paved site, across from a stream and lake, however there was a charge for $5 per kid, per night above the 2 kid limit. We had 2 extra guests with us, so it was an extra $10 per night. We also have to pay $5 per dog, per night. And it was $5 per fish that you caught. If the daily spending isn't a bother, than it's definitely worth it. They use the money to continue to maintain the property and keep this place in top condition. We would definitely come back here again. My son is already planning his birthday here.

This was a nicely manicured campground, but probably not our favorite; for our own personal reasons. We did receive a free night through a promotion to buy into a membership/ownership, but they really didn't bother us too much about that which was nice. We love going to Helen, but this site was not really all that kid friendly. It's definitely a more mature developed campground. The playground looked like it hadn't been touched in a few years and a little rusty. The lodge was nice and had a fun game room with pool tables, but some of the older residents seems annoyed at my kids playing at the lodge. The sites were a little close together and you couldn't really fit the travel trailer (29') and car on the same paved site. Next time we're in Helen, we will probably stay at something a little more kid friendly, unless it was free for us again.

If you love the beach, this is the place to come. We paid for a premium site right on the beach and our travel trailer was almost parked in the sand. We have two English Bulldogs and the beach was very pet friendly. Out pups were able to hang out with us in the sand all day. It rained one day, but the kids were able to occupy themselves in the game room and at the activity center. The sites were a little tight and basically a parking lot of RV's, but we spent most of our time on the beach and in comparison to what you would normally pay for a hotel on the beach, it was well worth it. We did spend one day at the pool onsite. It was a salt-water pool, which I wasn't a huge fan of, but it was quiet and relaxing. The other campers were all friendly and it was definitely a family fun place. The only negative was that we got a site right next to beach entrance so there was a bit of regular traffic. That didn't bother us that much, however at night when a few evening beach walkers that obviously had a few too many, were a little loud and obnoxious walking back into their site. We would definitely go back to this site.