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Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1

Drive-up · public land · GA · 32.16190, -83.13293
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The land manager lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.

Nearest town: Eastman. Primitive boat-in campsite on a Georgia DNR Public Fishing Area. GA DNR's page for this PFA lists "Primitive (boat-in) campsites" and publishes no camping fee, but requires a hunting licence, fishing licence or Lands Pass for property access. Camping is closed during scheduled hunts. No potable water is claimed.

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USGS topographic map of Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1
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Weather outlook — at Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 257 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1NIFC · 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 Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1 · public land · GA

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 11 miWDump · 25 miDLove's · Propane · 39 miPMurphy USA · Fuel · 3 miFWalmart Supercenter · Grocery · 3 miGCVS Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 3 miRxChas Mar Home & Garden · Hardware · 5 miHJiffy Lube · Mechanic · 28 miMLaundry · 24 miLAir-up · 58 miAWilcox County Health Department · Urgent care · 24 mi+Tractor and Equipment Company · Outfitter · 57 miOMail · 6 mi@GEORGIA POWER EASTMAN DC1 · EV fast charger · 3 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • GGrocery3 mi
  • FFuel3 mi
  • EVEV fast charger3 mi
  • RxPharmacy3 mi
  • HHardware5 mi
  • @Mail6 mi
  • WWater11 mi
  • LLaundry24 mi
  • +Urgent care24 mi
  • DDump25 mi
  • MMechanic28 mi
  • PPropane39 mi
  • OOutfitter57 mi
  • AAir-up58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1

Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
257 ft
State
GA
Coordinates
32.16190, -83.13293
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1 · public land · GA (OpenStreetMap)

  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelMurphy USA · ~3.0 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump station~24.7 mi
  • GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~2.9 mi
  • PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~3.3 mi
  • Hospital / clinicWilcox County Health Department · ~23.7 mi
  • HardwareChas Mar Home & Garden · ~4.6 mi

EV charging — from Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1 · public land · GA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1 · public land · GA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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How we know this — Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1

Permit
The WMA License is no longer available or required. A basic hunting or fishing privilege that allows hunting or fishing on state lands is all that is needed to be present on designated state WMAs, state PFAs, and state shooting ranges.
Source
public land records
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
GA DNR layer values for this point, verbatim: Camping='Primitive', Access='Year Round', Maintained='Yes', Management='FM', Comments='Boat-in access only, no drive up', Name=None. Coordinate is Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division's own, unrounded, from the agency's public WMA feature service, layer 6 "Campgrounds" (188 points statewide, read 2026-08-16): https://services6.arcgis.com/9QlSLDqa0P1cHLhu/arcgis/rest/services/WRD_WMA_Public/FeatureServer/6 . Not derived, not geocoded, not rounded by us. SECOND SOURCE - the property's own page (https://georgiawildlife.com/dodge-county-pfa, read 2026-08-16) affirms camping: Accommodations & Facilities: "Primitive (boat-in) campsites - no camping during scheduled deer and turkey hunts". Fees & Passes: "For property access, one of the following passes is required: Hunting License, Fishing License, Lands Pass" - no camping fee printed. FEE BASIS: Georgia DNR prints a "Fees & Passes" block on every property page and none of the 135 WMA pages read this fire names a camping fee. State-managed WMAs and PFAs print "Land Access: Hunting License, Fishing License, or Lands Pass" - i.e. a licence or Lands Pass is required to BE on the property at all, camping or not. GA DNR (https://georgiawildlife.com/LicenseChanges, read 2026-08-16): "The WMA License is no longer available or required." / "A basic hunting or fishing privilege that allows hunting or fishing on state lands is all that is needed to be present on designated state WMAs". We found no first-party page printing the Lands Pass price, so no price is claimed here. This is an ABSENCE-OF-CAMPING-FEE finding, not a published "free" statement; fee=0 means "no camping charge", not "free to enter". REVIEWER: decide whether a pass-gated site should be labelled on a free-camping map. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
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 Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1

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.

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