Georgia State Parks

Georgia Parks Map Fact Box Stephen C. Foster Fargo, Georgia 80 acres Website: http://gastateparks.org/StephenCFoster Located entirely inside Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Stephen C. Foster State Park offers visitors several ways to explore the unique ecosystem of the Okefenokee Swamp. The abundant wildlife in the park includes alligators, turtles, raccoons, black bears, deer, ibis, herons, wood storks, and red-cockaded woodpeckers. Visitors can walk on a boardwalk which goes through the swamp, fish in the nearby Billy Lake, take boat tours of the swamp, or look at exhibits in the Museum.  Fact Box Tallulah Gorge Tallulah Falls, Georgia Created in 1993 2,689 acres Website: http://gastateparks.org/TallulahGorge Located in the northeast corner of Georgia, the centerpiece of the this state park is the 1,000-foot deep, 2-mile long Tullalah Gorge, which is considered to be one of the most spectacular canyons in the eastern United States. Visitors to the park can hike or bike along the rim of the canyon, browse exhibits at the Jane Hurt Yarn Interpretive Center, swim, fish, go whitewater paddling, or walk a suspension bridge which crosses the canyon 80 feet above its bottom. The park has 50 campsites, a gift shop, picnic shelters, and tennis courts.  Fact Box Fort Mountain Ellijay, Georgia Created in 1938 3,712 acres Website: http://gastateparks.org/FortMountain Fort Mountain State Park is located on the 2,851-foot Fort Mountain, which is named for an ancient 885 foot long rock wall located on its peak. While not much about this wall is known, it is thought to have been built by early Indians as a fortification. Other theories suggest that it was built by Hernando De Soto's Conquistadors, or was used for ancient ceremonies. Elsewhere, visitors can explore a 50-foot stone fire tower built by the CCC, hike on the park's 14 miles of trails, or fish and swim in Fort Mountain Lake. The park has 80 campsites, 15 cottages, 10-walk in campsites, and 6 platform campsites.  Other State Parks in Georgia A.H. Stephens State Park Amicalola Falls State Park Black Rock Mountain State Park Bobby Brown State Park Buck Shoals State Park Chattahoochee Bend State Park Chief Vann House State Historic Site Cloudland Canyon State Park Crooked River State Park Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site Don Carter State Park Elijah Clark State Park Etowah Indiana Mounds State Historic Site F.D. Roosevelt State Park Florence Marina State Park Fort King George State Historic Site Fort McAllister State Park Fort Yargo State Park General Coffee State Park George L. Smith State Park George T. Bagby State Park Georgia Veterans State Park Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park Hamburg State Park Hard Labor Creek State Park Hart State Park High Falls State Park Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site Indiana Springs State Park James H. "Sloppy" Floyd State Park Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site John Tanner State Park Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site Laura S. Walker State Park Little Ocmulgee State Park Little White House Historic Site Magnolia Springs State Park Mistletoe State Park Moccasin Creek State Park New Echota Historic Site Panola Mountain State Park Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site Providence Canyon State Park Red Top Mountain State Park Reed Bingham State Park Richard B. Russell State Park Robert Toombs House Historic Site Sapelo Island Reserve and Reynolds Mansion Seminole State Park Skidaway Island State Park Smithgall Woods Conservation Area Sprewell Bluff State Park Standing Boy Creek State Park Sweetwater Creek State Park Traveler's Rest Historic Site Tugaloo State Park Unicoi State Park Victoria Bryant State Park Vogel State Park Watson Mill Bridge State Park Wormsloe Historic Site Sources http://gastateparks.org/FortMountain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mountain_State_Park http://gastateparks.org/TallulahGorge http://gastateparks.org/StephenCFoster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallulah_Gorge_State_Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_C._Foster_State_Park Florida State Parks                                                                                                                                                                                           Hawaii State Parks