Free and paid camping in Georgia

158 camps in Georgia: 130 free, 28 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in Georgia, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests73 camps

• A.T. Black Mountain Gap Shelter3,165 ft
• A.T. Blood Mountain Shelter4,441 ft
• A.T. Blue Mountain Shelter3,891 ft
• A.T. Deep Gap Shelter
• A.T. Gooch Mountain Shelter2,743 ft
• A.T. Hawk Mountain Shelter
• A.T. Low Gap Shelter2,955 ft
• A.T. Plum Orchard Shelter
• A.T. Springer Mountain Shelter3,713 ft
• A.T. Stover Creek Shelter
• A.T. Tray Mountain Shelter4,226 ft
• A.T. Whitley Gap Shelter
• A.T. Woods Hole Shelter3,616 ft
• Andrew'S Cove2,060 ft · fee
• Ball Field Camping Area3,205 ft
• Bear Creek Campground1,604 ft
• Bear Creek Dispersed Camping Area1,730 ft
• Cedar Creek WMA - Big Oak Hunt Camp576 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - Cedar Creek Check Station653 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - Firetower Hunt Camp688 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - Glady Creek475 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - Hadaway571 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - Lazenberry’s Mill532 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - oak grove hunt camp597 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - oconee lake hunt camp562 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - Rock Creek Hunt Camp539 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - Union Hill532 ft · notes
• Cedar Creek WMA - Willard563 ft · notes
• Concord Campground634 ft
• Cooper Creek Campground2,287 ft · fee
• Cottonwood Patch Area961 ft · fee
• Deep Hole Recreation Area1,985 ft · fee
• Desoto Falls Recreation Area2,084 ft · fee
• Dicks Creek Dispersed Area1,779 ft
• Dockery Lake Recreation Area2,408 ft · fee
• Fannin County2,269 ft · notes
• Floyd County783 ft · notes
• Frank Gross Recreation Area2,316 ft · fee
• Gladesville Campground563 ft
• Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area1,824 ft
• Indian Grave Gap Road Dispersed Campsite 12,262 ft
• Jack'S River Fields Campground2,849 ft · fee
• Jones Creek Dispersed Area1,928 ft
• Lake Chatuge Recreation Area1,974 ft
• Lake Conasauga Campground Area3,102 ft · fee
• Lake Conasauga Overflow3,142 ft · fee
• Lake Rabun Beach Recreation Area Campground1,737 ft · fee
• Lake Russell Recreation Area Campground1,059 ft · fee
• Lake Sinclair Rec Area337 ft · fee
• Lake Winfield Scott Campground2,986 ft · fee
• Low Gap Campground1,792 ft · fee
• Montgomery Creek Dispersed Area1,882 ft
• Morganton Point Recreation Area1,747 ft · fee
• Nimblewill Dispersed Area1,988 ft
• Noontootla Dispersed Area2,243 ft
• Ocmulgee Flats Camp404 ft
• Oconee River Rec. Area462 ft · fee
• Padena Dispersed Area
• Pocket Recreational Area - Campground888 ft · fee
• Rock Creek Dispersed Area
• Rush Creek Campground469 ft
• Sandy Bottoms Recreation Area (Campground)2,311 ft · fee
• Sarah'S Creek Campground2,039 ft · fee
• Tallulah River1,979 ft · fee
• Tate Branch Campground2,273 ft · fee
• Toccoa River -Sandy Bottoms Campground1,848 ft · fee
• Union County2,943 ft · notes
• Upper Chattahoochee River Campground2,191 ft · fee
• USFS dispersed camp — Union County, GA2,457 ft
• West Fork Campground1,642 ft · fee
• Wildcat Campground #12,506 ft · fee
• Wildcat Campground #22,667 ft · fee
• Willis Knob Horse Camp1,672 ft · fee

Georgia Wildlife Resources Division27 camps

• Alapaha River WMA Primitive Campground #1342 ft · notes
• Beaverdam WMA - Old Camp234 ft · notes
• Beaverdam WMA Primitive Campground #1312 ft · notes
• Big Lazer Creek WMA - Lakeside Campground497 ft · notes
• Ceylon WMA - Black Point - Grover’s Island Overlook campground15 ft · notes
• Ceylon WMA - Check Station Camp17 ft · notes
• Chickasawhatchee WMA Primitive Campground #1254 ft · notes
• Chickasawhatchee WMA Primitive Campground #2197 ft · notes
• Clayhole Swamp WMA - Check Station Camp12 ft · notes
• Dodge County PFA Primitive Campground #1257 ft · notes
• Hannahatchee WMA Primitive Campground #1643 ft · notes
• Horse Creek WMA Primitive Campground #1166 ft · notes
• Hugh Gillis PFA Primitive Campground #1296 ft · notes
• Lanahassee WMA Primitive Campground #1485 ft · notes
• Mayhaw WMA Primitive Campground #1156 ft · notes
• Morgan Lake WMA - Morgan Lake Primitive Camp39 ft · notes
• Oaky Woods WMA Primitive Campground #1467 ft · notes
• Ohoopee Dunes WMA Primitive Campground #1275 ft · notes
• Paulding Forest WMA Primitive Campground #11,130 ft · notes
• River Creek (Rolf and Alexandra Kauka) WMA Primitive Campground #1229 ft · notes
• Sheffield WMA - Cochran camping area1,040 ft · notes
• Silver Lake WMA Primitive Campground #1101 ft · notes
• Tuckahoe WMA - Mayfield65 ft · notes
• Tuckahoe WMA - Saxon Bay80 ft · notes
• Wilson Shoals WMA - Wilson Shoals Campground1,145 ft · notes
• Yuchi WMA Primitive Campground #1191 ft · notes
• Yuchi WMA Primitive Campground #2156 ft · notes

Dawson Forest WMA15 camps

• Dawson Forest WMA - Baptising Hole1,487 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA - Six Mile / Lindy Ford1,404 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA - Wildcat1,513 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #11,327 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #101,233 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #111,010 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #121,006 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #21,324 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #31,063 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #41,291 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #51,191 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #61,242 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #71,329 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #81,214 ft · notes
• Dawson Forest WMA Primitive Campground #91,107 ft · notes

Altamaha WMA8 camps

• Altamaha WMA - Buffalo Swamp Primitive Camp16 ft · notes
• Altamaha WMA - Fulton Creek Primitive Camp4 ft · notes
• Altamaha WMA - Lewis Creek Primitive Camp3 ft · notes
• Altamaha WMA - Louis Island Primitive5 ft · notes
• Altamaha WMA - Louis' Creek Primitive Camp5 ft · notes
• Altamaha WMA - McGowan Lake Campground14 ft · notes
• Altamaha WMA - Piney Island Primitive Camp6 ft · notes
• Altamaha WMA - Poppell's Hill Primitive Camp6 ft · notes

B. F. Grant WMA5 camps

• B. F. Grant WMA Primitive Campground #1608 ft · notes
• B. F. Grant WMA Primitive Campground #2506 ft · notes
• B. F. Grant WMA Primitive Campground #3560 ft · notes
• B. F. Grant WMA Primitive Campground #4541 ft · notes
• B. F. Grant WMA Primitive Campground #5582 ft · notes

Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA5 camps

• Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA - Bluehole Designated Campground846 ft · notes
• Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA - Estelle Designated Campground867 ft · notes
• Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA - Pettyjohn’s Designated Campground991 ft · notes
• Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA - Pocket Designated Campground1,048 ft · notes
• Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA - Sawmill Designated Campground2,008 ft · notes

Townsend WMA4 camps

• Townsend WMA - Big Lake Primitive Campground24 ft · notes
• Townsend WMA - Cowhouse Lake Campground36 ft · notes
• Townsend WMA - Middleton Lake Primitive Camp25 ft · notes
• Townsend WMA - Wesley Lake Primitive Campground12 ft · notes

Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA3 camps

• Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA - Almo Primitive Campground #1560 ft · notes
• Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA - Fort Perry Primitive Campground #1635 ft · notes
• Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA - Hilliard Primitive Campground #1551 ft · notes

Di-Lane WMA3 camps

• Di-Lane WMA Primitive Campground #1243 ft · notes
• Di-Lane WMA Primitive Campground #2236 ft · notes
• Di-Lane WMA Primitive Campground #3227 ft · notes

Flint River WMA3 camps

• Flint River WMA - Kayak/Canoe Portage and Primitive Campground247 ft · notes
• Flint River WMA Primitive Campground #1316 ft · notes
• Flint River WMA Primitive Campground #2315 ft · notes

Rum Creek WMA3 camps

• Rum Creek WMA Primitive Campground #1509 ft · notes
• Rum Creek WMA Primitive Campground #2530 ft · notes
• Rum Creek WMA Primitive Campground #3505 ft · notes

Sprewell Bluff WMA3 camps

• Sprewell Bluff WMA - Devil's Backbone Campground704 ft · notes
• Sprewell Bluff WMA - Pigeon Creek Campground617 ft · notes
• Sprewell Bluff WMA - Tick Farm Campground668 ft · notes

West Point WMA3 camps

• West Point WMA - Campground 1758 ft · notes
• West Point WMA - Campground 2 (north)688 ft · notes
• West Point WMA - Campground 2 (south)740 ft · notes

Elsewhere in Georgia3 camps

• James Dykes Memorial Park - Dykes Landing (Cochran)219 ft · notes
• Sandhills WMA Primitive Campground #1595 ft · notes
• Sandhills WMA Primitive Campground #2687 ft · notes