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Concord Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · GA · 33.29097, -83.80562
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Concord Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 1017 (Lower Concord Ch), 0.3 mi away. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
What the record says about the site — Concord Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
- Campfires allowed on the record -- check today's restrictions
- No toilet
- Listed as a backcountry site
From the OpenStreetMap contributors listing for this site — their words, not our visit. Records go stale; treat it as a starting point and confirm anything your trip depends on.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Concord Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 634 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Concord CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Concord Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery2 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- WWater9 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- DDump22 mi
- PPropane54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 2 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Concord Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
634 ft
Ground slope
1.9% · flat
Nearest rail line
~5.4 mi · main line
State
GA
Coordinates
33.29097, -83.80562
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Concord Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureKinnard Creek · ~0.7 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Also mapped (OSM)Kinard Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townMcElheneys Crossroads · ~4.2 mi
- Nearest rail line~5.4 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.0 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~29.4 mi
- GroceriesBig Dam Store · ~3.1 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~20.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicJasper Memorial Hospital · ~7.1 mi
- HardwareJasper County Lumber Company · ~7.1 mi
EV charging — from Concord Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.0 mi straight-line W — Flying J 630, Jackson, GA · eVgo Network · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach17 within 25 mi · 166 within 50 · 400 within 100 · 602 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)18.8 mi — Walmart EV Charging, Locust Grove
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO19.0 mi — Walmart 907 (Forsyth, GA), Forsyth
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.1 mi — Wellness Cottage and Day Spa, Monticello, GA · VIALYNK · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 330679 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Concord Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~14.4 mi SE · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~14.5 mi S · FWS
- Highway rest areaGeorgia Weigh Station Region 6 North(Monroe) · ~18.1 mi SW
- Highway rest areaGeorgia Weigh Station Region 6 South (Monroe) · ~18.1 mi SW
Coming out here — Concord Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Kinnard Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.7 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 1.9% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~5.4 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Concord Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Concord Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rush Creek Campground~2.8 mi
- Gladesville Campground~5.6 mi
- Ocmulgee Flats Camp~7.8 mi
- Cedar Creek WMA - Big Oak Hunt Camp~15.6 mi
The unit that manages Concord Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Concord Campground are set by Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Concord Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
Site details
The OpenStreetMap contributors listing's own fields for this site (site type, whether tents or trailers fit, capacity, toilet, water, campfires, reservations). Printed as the record states them, unchecked by us, and never used to make a cost claim -- the cost verdict above is decided separately and audited before every deploy.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Concord Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Concord Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →