DO IT: Boating

Explore the Okefenokee Swamp on a guided interpretive tour. Rent a canoe, kayak, boat or bike. Nature trails, boardwalk, observation tower.

Explore Georgia’s Natural Wonder from this convenient entry to the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge. Tour by boat, train, canoe, or on the boardwalks.

Photo courtesy Explore Georgia

The mountain is similar to both Stone Mountain and Heritage Area sister, Arabia Mountain but unlike either, it has never been quarried. Today, the park has expanded to more than 1,600 acres and includes lakes, a former golf course now returned to nature and early settler homesteads.

Red Top Mountain State Park, located on Lake Allatoona, is a great destination for swimming, watersports, and fishing. Visitors can enjoy the swimming beach, picnic shelters, and rental cottages and campgrounds.

Located on a 26,650-acre lake, this park offers some of the state’s finest fishing and boating, as well as a well-kept disc golf course, a nature trail, and an 18-hole traditional golf course.

18 primitive campsites with pit toilets, boat ramp, and dock. Accessible by dirt road only.

Recreational area with 32 RV sites: 30-amp electric hook-ups, water, fire ring, picnic table, deck and dump station; 25 primitive camping sites with restrooms and showers; lake, swimming and beach area, playgrounds, picnic pavilion, boat launch, john boat rentals, and a 1.5 mile nature trail. Pet friendly.

This southwest Georgia park is on beautiful Lake Seminole, a 37,500-acre reservoir with excellent boating, fishing and birding. A sand swimming beach is provided.

Habersham, home to both the Chattahoochee and Soque Rivers, boasts the best fishing east of the Mississippi. The 30-mile Soque starts and ends in Habersham County, feeding into the Chattahoochee. The Soque is a favorite among fly fishermen. It is not uncommon for anglers to catch a 30+ inch trout.

Sprewell Bluff Park is a gem on the Flint River. Cool off in the gently flowing river, skip rocks across the water, picnic on the banks, launch a boat or throw out a fishing line.

This remote park is a primary entrance to the legendary Okefenokee Swamp. Paddlers and photographers will enjoy breathtaking scenery and abundant wildlife. Stargazers will appreciate the particularly dark sky.

Where getting back to nature is easy! Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center’s RV Park and Campground is located on the Altamaha River and the Bullard Creek Wildlife Management Area near Hazlehurst, Georgia.

From paddle board courses and s’mores with stories around the campfire to fly fishing classes, from guided hikes to our exciting, pulse-pumping adventure course, Unicoi State Park & Lodge has something that everyone will enjoy.

Explore Gainesville’s Upper Lanier Water Trail by Kayak! Five lake parks within Gainesville serve as the perfect launch, landing or stopover site for avid or beginning paddlers. This 14 mile section of Lake Lanier is a continuation of the Upper Chattahoochee River Water Trail.
Download the Gainesville Water Trail Map here.

Enjoy geocaching, fishing and boating, while also learning about A.H. Stephens, the vice president of the Confederacy and governor of Georgia. Horseback riders can explore 12 miles of trails.

91 acres. 18-hole disc golf course,1.4-mile paved, multi-purpose trail, 1-mile soft surface trail, horse shoe pit, playground, pavilions, lake, lakeview piers, outdoor classroom, restrooms, grill.

Allatoona Wildlife Management Area is in Cherokee and Bartow counties and owned by The Corps of Engineers. This 6,818-acre property offers hunting opportunities for deer, bear, turkey, small game and waterfowl. No ATVs and no camping allowed on the WMA.

Allatoona Wildlife Management Area is in Cherokee and Bartow counties and owned by The Corps of Engineers. This 6,818-acre property offers hunting opportunities for deer, bear, turkey, small game and waterfowl. No ATVs and no camping allowed on the WMA.

Offers 56 campsites, rental cabins, bait, swimming area, picnic facilities, boat ramps, fishing, fishing pier, camp store, bath houses, laundry facility, wilderness trail, and wilderness surroundings.

The Altamaha Water Trail offers 138 miles of trail, originating near Lumber City at the confluence of the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Darien.