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Floyd County
Drive-up · public land · Floyd County, GA · 34.56065, -85.10232
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A free primitive campground near Rome, Georgia. Consists of tent pads and fire circles. In a lovely wooded area near beautiful babbling stream. Several sites along stretch of road. Enough room for one or two vehicles per site. No cell service. The campsites themselves aren't impressive, but they're clean, quiet, and the stream is wonderful. Recommended.
A night on record
Dave slept here on 24 April 2019. No agency publishes a season for this site, so that night is the only season evidence we have — what the site was then, not a forecast for this year.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Floyd County
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 783 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Floyd CountyNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Floyd County · 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
- ShShower2 mi
- +Urgent care2 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- WWater14 mi
- DDump20 mi
- OOutfitter28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Floyd County
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
783 ft
Ground slope
5.3% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~5.1 mi · passing siding
Nearest highway
~8.7 mi · Interstate 75
County
Floyd County, GA
Coordinates
34.56065, -85.10232
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Floyd County · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureJohns Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townBeatum · ~3.0 mi
- Nearest rail line~5.1 mi · passing siding
- Nearest highway~8.7 mi · Interstate 75
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.6 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~9.0 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~10.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicAdventHealth Gordon Hospital · ~10.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~15.1 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
No signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
No
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Recommended
EV charging — from Floyd County · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.9 mi straight-line E — Flying J 632, Resaca, 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 reach16 within 25 mi · 67 within 50 · 368 within 100 · 653 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)13.5 mi — Adairsville, GA - Union Grove Road - Tesla Supercharger, Adairsville
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO15.1 mi — GEORGIA POWER SUMMERVILLE DC2, Summerville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.7 mi — The Exchange Calhoun Apartments · Blink Network · 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 350487 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Floyd County · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDry Creek Equestrian Trailhead · ~2.0 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKeown Falls · ~3.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPinhoti #1, Hwy 136 · ~7.4 mi N · USFS
- Highway rest areaGDOT Rest Area 35 · ~9.0 mi E
Coming out here — Floyd County · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Johns Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 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 5.3% — gentle. 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 ~5.1 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a passing siding. 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.
- Interstate 75 is mapped ~8.7 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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 Floyd County elsewhere
Other camps near Floyd County
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pocket Recreational Area - Campground~2.1 mi · fee
- Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA - Pettyjohn’s Designated Campground~16.6 mi
- Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA - Bluehole Designated Campground~17.0 mi
- Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA - Sawmill Designated Campground~18.1 mi
The unit that manages Floyd County
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Floyd County are set by Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Floyd County
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Floyd County, GA). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
A night on record
Dave's own GPS diary, 2017–2020: the date of the waypoint he saved here. The timestamp is UTC, so an entry saved in the evening carries the next morning's date. An observation of one night, never a forecast.
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
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. He camped here on 24 April 2019. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know about Floyd County
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.
- How many rigs actually fit
- 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 — Floyd County
Finding water out here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Reading the aerial →All field notes →