Agency-listedUSFSFree
Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · GA · 34.89403, -84.67270
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,824 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping AreaNIFC · 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 Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- LLaundry19 mi
- WWater23 mi
- DDump26 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 23-mi drive, 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 — Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,824 ft
State
GA
Coordinates
34.89403, -84.67270
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMill Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townCohutta Springs · ~3.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~14.7 mi
- Propane / LPGFreeman Gas Propane · ~17.0 mi
- Dump station~25.6 mi
- GroceriesFresh N' Low · ~7.1 mi
- PharmacyLiving Well Pharmacy · ~7.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicAdventHealth Murray · ~10.0 mi
- HardwareBlue Ridge Stone Depot · ~20.7 mi
EV charging — from Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.4 mi straight-line SW — Chatsworth Ford (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach11 within 25 mi · 49 within 50 · 364 within 100 · 638 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.3 mi — Lowe's - Tesla Supercharger, East Ellijay
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO18.6 mi — GEORGIA POWER E ELLIJAY DC2, East Ellijay
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)15.2 mi — Building 1196, Dalton, GA · 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 390426 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSongbird Trailhead · ~2.8 mi S · USFS
- RestroomBall Field Camping Area · ~3.0 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSumac Shooting Range · ~3.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletConasauga Blue Hole · ~7.2 mi N · USFS
Open Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lake Conasauga Campground Area~2.4 mi · fee
- Lake Conasauga Overflow~2.9 mi · fee
- Ball Field Camping Area~3.0 mi
- Cottonwood Patch Area~6.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area are set by Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area
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 — Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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