This is a list of state parks in Georgia.
The park system of the US state of Georgia was founded in 1931 with Indian Springs State Park and Vogel State Park. Indian Springs has been operated by the state as a public park since 1825, making it perhaps the oldest state park in the United States.
The newest state park is Don Carter. Overall, there are 64 sites total.
A
- A.H. Stephens State Park in Crawfordville
- Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge northwest of Dawsonville
B
- Black Rock Mountain State Park in Mountain City
C
- Chattahoochee Bend State Park west-northwest of Newnan
- Chief Vann House State Historic Site in Chatsworth
- Cloudland Canyon State Park in Rising Fawn
- Crooked River State Park in St. Marys
D
- Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site in Dahlonega
- Don Carter State Park in Gainesville
E
- Elijah Clark State Park in Lincolnton
- Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site in Cartersville
F
- F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain
- Florence Marina State Park in Omaha
- Fort King George State Historic Site in Darien
- Fort McAllister State Park in Richmond Hill
- Fort Mountain State Park in Chatsworth
- Fort Yargo State Park in Winder
G
- General Coffee State Park in Nicholls
- George L. Smith State Park in Twin City
- George T. Bagby State Park & Lodge in Fort Gaines
- Georgia Veterans State Park & Resort in Cordele
- Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park in Reidsville
H
- Hamburg State Park in Mitchell
- Hard Labor Creek State Park in Rutledge
- Hart State Outdoor Recreation Area in Hartwell
- High Falls State Park in Jackson
- Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site in Brunswick
I
- Indian Springs State Park in Flovilla
J
- James H. "Sloppy" Floyd State Park in Summerville
- Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site in Juliette
- Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site in Fitzgerald
K
- Kolomoki Mounds State Park in Blakeley
L
- Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site in Thomasville
- Laura S. Walker State Park in Waycross
- Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge in McRae
- Little White House State Historic Site in Warm Springs
M
- Magnolia Springs State Park in Millen
- Mistletoe State Park in Appling
- Moccasin Creek State Park in Clarkesville
N
- New Echota State Historic Site in Calhoun
P
- Panola Mountain State Park in Stockbridge
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site in Dallas
- Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area in Lumpkin
R
- Red Top Mountain State Park in Cartersville
- Reed Bingham State Park in Adel
- Richard B. Russell State Park in Elberton
- Robert Toombs House State Historic Site in Washington
S
- Sapelo Island Reserve and Reynolds Mansion in Darien
- Seminole State Park in Donalsonville
- Skidaway Island State Park in Savannah
- Smithgall Woods State Park in Helen
- Stephen C. Foster State Park in Fargo
- Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs
T
- Tallulah Gorge State Park in Tallulah Falls
- Travelers Rest State Historic Site in Toccoa
- Tugaloo State Park in Lavonia
U
- Unicoi State Park & Lodge in Helen
V
- Victoria Bryant State Park in Royston
- Vogel State Park in Blairsville
W
- Watson Mill Bridge State Park in Comer
- Wormsloe State Historic Site in Savannah
Other
- Jekyll Island was formerly a state park, but since 1951 it has been managed by the Jekyll Island Authority, a self-supporting state agency.
- Lake Lanier Islands were leased from the US Army Corps of Engineers by the Georgia Department of State Parks for a recreation resort. The islands are now managed by a private company.
- Stone Mountain Park is owned by the state and managed by the self-sufficient state agency, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association. It is operated as an amusement park under a contact with the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.
See also
- List of U.S. national parks
References
External links
- Georgia state parks
- Map of Georgia State Parks