A white Tacoma with a camper shell parked on a rise above a broad, empty basin under building cloud.

Camping near

Talking Rock, Georgia

15 federal places to camp within 30 miles of Talking Rock in Pickens County: 9 Forest Service, 6 Army Corps.

15
federal places to camp
9 Forest Service, 6 Army Corps
9.5 mi
to the nearest one
Doll Mountain Campground
3,150 ft
at the highest of them
Lake Conasauga Overflow Campground. The lowest, Sweetwater Campground, sits at 848 ft
523
campsites you can book ahead
On Recreation.gov. The longest rig any of them takes is 80 feet

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  • US Forest Service (USFS)
  • National Park Service (NPS)
  • US Fish and Wildlife (USFW)
  • Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
  • Department Of Defense (DOD)
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
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Federal campgrounds, by agency

  • Forest Service
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • National Park Service
  • Army Corps of Engineers
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  • State land
  • County and city land
  • Regional agency or district
  • Land trust or conservancy

Gaps with no tint inside public land are private parcels, often old mining claims and homesteads. They are not open to the public.

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Within 30 miles of Talking Rock, nearest first

15 places

  1. Doll Mountain Campground Army Corps · Carters Lake · Gilmer County 9.5 miaway 1,147 ftelevation 49sites 55 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  2. Woodring Campground Army Corps · Carters Lake · Gilmer County 10.5 miaway 1,214 ftelevation 42sites 40 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  3. Woodring Branch Primitive Campground Army Corps · Carters Lake · Gilmer County 10.6 miaway 1,127 ftelevation 11sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  4. Frank Gross Campground Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Fannin County 22.8 miaway 2,235 ftelevation 8sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  5. Sandy Bottoms Recreation Area Campground Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Fannin County 22.9 miaway 1,835 ftelevation 12sites 50 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  6. Toccoa River Sandy Bottoms Campground Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Fannin County 22.9 miaway 1,835 ftelevation 6sites 20 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  7. Jacks River Fields Campground Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Fannin County 23.1 miaway 2,700 ftelevation 7sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  8. Sweetwater Campground Army Corps · Allatoona Lake · Cherokee County 23.7 miaway 848 ftelevation 150sites 78 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  9. Lake Conasauga Overflow Campground Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Murray County 24.5 miaway 3,150 ftelevation 6sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  10. Lake Conasauga Campground Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Murray County 24.6 miaway 3,148 ftelevation 29sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  11. Deep Hole Recreation Area Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Fannin County 24.7 miaway 1,987 ftelevation 9sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  12. Victoria Campground Army Corps · Allatoona Lake · Cherokee County 27.1 miaway 861 ftelevation 72sites 80 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  13. Morganton Point Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Fannin County 27.6 miaway 1,819 ftelevation 41sites 30 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  14. Cooper Creek Campground Forest Service · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · Union County 28.6 miaway 2,136 ftelevation 25sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  15. Payne Campground-Allatoona Lake Army Corps · Allatoona Lake · Cherokee County 28.7 miaway 1,059 ftelevation 56sites 70 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov