DO IT: Swimming

Bass fishing rules this 38,000 acre lake, but every water sport is possible! Pack up the family and find out for yourself!

When you visit Lake Lanier Olympic Park, you can relax on the sandy beach, enjoy a picnic and a good book in Fields Memorial Butterfly garden, or take a walk through the park taking in wonderful art. If you enjoy fishing, there’s a great shoreline to cast a line. You can also participate in paddling and rowing.

Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge is a charming destination for a relaxing getaway and offers activities including golf, camping, fishing, swimming, hiking, tennis and more.

Magnolia Springs State Park is known for its crystal clear springs flowing 7 million gallons per day. A boardwalk spans the cool water, allowing visitors to look for alligators, turtles and other wildlife. A 28-acre lake is available for fishing and boating.

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.

101 new spacious level graveled sites which can accommodate the largest RVs or motor coaches with: full hookups, 20, 30, or 50 amp service, cable TV, campfire rings, picnic tables, and wireless internet service.

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.

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.

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.

At the base of Blood Mountain, Vogel is particularly popular during the fall when the Blue Ridge Mountains transform into a rolling blanket of red, yellow and gold leaves.

The YMCA puts Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

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.