List of Georgia state parks
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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 Great Recession, 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 | |
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| A.H. Stephens State Park | Taliaferro | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1933 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Alexander Stevens State Park Lake | File:Stephens Monument.JPG | ||
| Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge | Dawson | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1940 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Amicalola Falls | File:Amicalola Falls 01.jpg | ||
| Black Rock Mountain State Park | Rabun | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1952 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Black Rock Lake | File:Black Rock Mountain State Park view, August 2017 1.jpg | ||
| Chattahoochee Bend State Park[5] | Coweta | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2011 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Chattahoochee River | File:Chattahoochee Bend State Park.jpg | ||
| Cloudland Canyon State Park | Dade | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1938 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Hemlock Falls | File:Cloudland Waterfall 2.jpg | ||
| Crooked River State Park | Camden | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1939 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Intracoastal Waterway | File:1994 Crooked River Sunset (612001088).jpg | ||
| Don Carter State Park[2] | Hall | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2013 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Lake Lanier | |||
| Elijah Clark State Park | Lincoln | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1953 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Clarks Hill Lake | File:Sunset clarkshill-lake.jpg | ||
| F. D. Roosevelt State Park | Harris, Meriwether | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1938 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Dowdell knob.JPG | |||
| Florence Marina State Park | Stewart | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1985 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Walter F. George Lake | File:Florence state park.JPG | ||
| Fort McAllister State Park | Bryan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1980 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Ogeechee River & Atlantic Ocean | File:GA Richmond Hill Fort McAllister inside01.jpg | ||
| Fort Mountain State Park | Murray | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1938 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Fort Mountain Lake | File:Fort mountain, Georgia wall 2016.JPG | ||
| Fort Yargo State Park | Barrow | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1954 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Fort Yargo Lake | File:Fort Yargo State Park lake view.jpg | ||
| General Coffee State Park | Coffee | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1970 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:17 04 035 general coffee.jpg | |||
| George L. Smith State Park | Emanuel | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1975 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Parish Pond | File:GLSmith-SP Entrance.jpg | ||
| George T. Bagby State Park | Clay | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1970 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Walter F. George Lake | File:2011.05.21.080736 George T. Bagby SP Fort Gaines Georgia USA.jpg | ||
| Georgia Veterans State Park | Crisp | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1946 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Lake Blackshear | File:Clay Pit Rd entrance, Georgia Veterans State Park.JPG | ||
| Jack Hill State Park | Tattnall | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1956 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Altamaha River | |||
| Hamburg State Park | Warren | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1968 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Hamburg Mill Pond | File:17 12 057 hamburg.jpg | ||
| Hard Labor Creek State Park | Morgan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1946 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Hard Labor Creek | |||
| High Falls State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1966 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Towaliga River | File:15-20-184, high falls - panoramio.jpg | ||
| Indian Springs State Park | Butts | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1825 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Sandy Creek | File:17 08 099 indian springs.jpg | ||
| James H. Floyd State Park | Chattooga | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1973 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Sloppy Floyd Lake | File:James H. Floyd State Park 1.JPG | ||
| Kolomoki Mounds State Park | Early | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1938 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Yahola & Kolomoki Lakes | File:Kolomoki-temple-mound.jpg | ||
| Laura S. Walker State Park | Ware | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1941 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Laura S. Walker Lake | Laura S Walker State Park | ||
| Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge | Telfair | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1935 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Little Ocmulgee Lake | File:L-Ocmulgee-SP.jpg | ||
| Magnolia Springs State Park | Jenkins | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1939 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Magnolia Springs State Park Lake | File:Magnolia Springs State Park, Jenkins County, GA, US.jpg | ||
| Mistletoe State Park | Columbia | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1965 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Clarks Hill Lake | |||
| Moccasin Creek State Park | Rabun | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1966 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Lake Burton | File:Lake Burton with boat.jpg | ||
| Panola Mountain State Park | Henry | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Alexander Lake & South River | File:Panola.JPG | ||
| Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area | Stewart | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1971 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Providence Canyon from rim.jpg | |||
| Red Top Mountain State Park | Bartow | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1950 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Lake Allatoona | File:Red Top Mountain State Park 1.JPG | ||
| Reed Bingham State Park | Colquitt | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1958 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Reed Bingham Lake | File:Reed Bingham Park lake 1.JPG | ||
| Richard B. Russell State Park | Elbert | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1987 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Russell Lake | File:Richard B. Russell State Park.jpg | ||
| Seminole State Park | Seminole | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1956 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Lake Seminole | File:Seminole State Park sign.jpg | ||
| Skidaway Island State Park | Chatham | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1975 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Intracoastal Waterway | File:Skidaway Island State Park.jpg | ||
| Smithgall Woods State Park | White | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1994 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Dukes Creek | File:Lodge at Smithgall Woods Conservation Area, April 2017.jpg | ||
| Stephen C. Foster State Park | Charlton | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1954 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Suwannee River | File:Cypresses on the water.jpg | ||
| Sweetwater Creek State Park | Douglas | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1972 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Sweetwater Creek | File:Sweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River) 2013.JPG | ||
| Tallulah Gorge State Park | Rabun, Habersham | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1993 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tallulah River | File:Tallulah Gorge view from an overlook, May 2017 1.jpg | ||
| Tugaloo State Park | Franklin | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1965 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Lake Hartwell | File:Tugaloo State Park Beach.jpg | ||
| Unicoi State Park & Lodge | White | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1954 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unicoi Lake | File:Unicoi State Park lake, October 2014 2.JPG | ||
| Victoria Bryant State Park | Franklin | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1952 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | North Fork of the Broad River | File:Wooden bridge, Victoria Bryant State Park, Royston, Georgia, USA.jpg | ||
| Vogel State Park | Union | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1927 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Lake Trahlyta | File:Lake Trahlyta, Vogel State Park, Oct 2016 1.jpg | ||
| Watson Mill Bridge State Park | Madison | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1969 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | South Fork of the Broad River | File:Watson mill state park.jpg | ||
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Historic sites
| Park name | County or Counties | Size | Year established[6] | Location | Image | Remarks | |
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| acres | ha | ||||||
| Chief Vann House State Historic Site | Murray | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1952 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Chief Vann House, Sept 2017.jpg | ||
| Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site | Lumpkin | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1966 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site.jpg | ||
| Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site | Bartow | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1953 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:USA-Georgia-Etowah Indian Mounds-Mound B.jpg | ||
| Fort King George State Historic Site | McIntosh | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1940 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Fort King George front, McIntosh County, GA, US.jpg | ||
| Fort Morris State Historic Site | Liberty | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1968 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Fort Morris mounds (Midway, GA).JPG | ||
| Hardman Farm State Historic Site[7] | White | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2014 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:17 22 390 hardman.jpg | ||
| Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site | Glynn | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation, back view, Glynn County, GA, US.jpg | ||
| Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site | Monroe | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:JPmillComplex (3).JPG | ||
| Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site | Irwin | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1997 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:JEFFERSON DAVIS CAPTURE SITE.jpg | ||
| Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site | Thomas | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1971 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Thomasville GA Lapham-Patterson vpano02.jpg | ||
| Little White House State Historic Site | Meriwether | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1948 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:USA-Georgia-Warm Springs-Roosevelt's Little White House.JPG | ||
| New Echota State Historic Site | Gordon | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1962 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Council House, New Echota, GA July 2017.jpg | ||
| Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site | Paulding | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Pickett's Mill Battlefield Site, Paulding County, Georgia by George Paul Puvvada.jpg | ||
| Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo Island | McIntosh | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:RJ Reynolds mansion, Sapelo Island, GA, US.jpg | |||
| Robert Toombs House State Historic Site | Wilkes | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1982 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Robert Toombs Home-Washington, Georgia.jpg | ||
| Traveler's Rest State Historic Site | Stephens | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1955 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Traveler's Rest, Toccoa.jpg | ||
| Wormsloe State Historic Site | Chatham | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1973 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Wormsloe Historic Site, Chatham County, GA, US (36).jpg | ||
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Former state parks
| Park name | County or Counties | Size | Year established | Year disestablished | Location | Image | Remarks | |
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| Chehaw State Park | Dougherty | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1937 | 1977 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 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 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1950s | 2015 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 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 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1950 | 1975 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Bartow Carver Park 2016.JPG | 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 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1968 | 2020 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 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 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1947 | 1950 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 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 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1971 | 2013 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 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 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 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 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1993 | 2013 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | File:Sprewell Bluff Park.jpg | 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] | |
| Standing Boy Creek Park | Muscogee | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2004 | 2022 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Transferred to the City of Columbus for funding purposes[16] | ||
Other
- 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 contract with the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.
Images
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Georgia State Parks Dept. seal, ca. 1939
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Georgia's state parks
See also
References
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