# List of Georgia state parks

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 State Park.
Since the Great Recession, Georgia has halved the budget for the Division of State Parks and Historic Sites and turned over the management of five of the parks to Coral Hospitality, a Florida-based hotel and resort management company. The five parks are Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge, Unicoi State Park & Lodge, Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge, Georgia Veterans State Park, and George T. Bagby State Park.

## State parks

| Park name | County or counties | Size | Size | Year established | Location | Water body(s) | Image | Remarks |
| Park name | County or counties | acres | ha | Year established | Location | Water body(s) | Image | Remarks |
| A.H. Stephens State Park | Taliaferro | 1,177 | 476 | 1933 | 33°33′44.16″N 82°53′44.56″W﻿ / ﻿33.5622667°N 82.8957111°W﻿ / 33.5622667; -82.8957111 | Alexander Stevens State Park Lake | | |
| Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge | Dawson | 829 | 335 | 1940 | 34°34′34.11″N 84°14′10.5″W﻿ / ﻿34.5761417°N 84.236250°W﻿ / 34.5761417; -84.236250 | Amicalola Falls | | |
| Black Rock Mountain State Park | Rabun | 1,743 | 705 | 1952 | 34°54′34″N 83°24′55″W﻿ / ﻿34.90944°N 83.41528°W﻿ / 34.90944; -83.41528 | Black Rock Lake | | |
| Chattahoochee Bend State Park | Coweta | 2,910 | 1,180 | 2011 | 33°25′58.05″N 84°59′10.13″W﻿ / ﻿33.4327917°N 84.9861472°W﻿ / 33.4327917; -84.9861472 | Chattahoochee River | | |
| Cloudland Canyon State Park | Dade | 3,488 | 1,412 | 1938 | 34°48′57.96″N 85°29′21.12″W﻿ / ﻿34.8161000°N 85.4892000°W﻿ / 34.8161000; -85.4892000 | Hemlock Falls | | |
| Crooked River State Park | Camden | 500 | 200 | 1939 | 30°50′35″N 81°33′29″W﻿ / ﻿30.84306°N 81.55806°W﻿ / 30.84306; -81.55806 | Intracoastal Waterway | | |
| Don Carter State Park | Hall | 1,316 | 533 | 2013 | 34°23′5.44″N 83°44′35.68″W﻿ / ﻿34.3848444°N 83.7432444°W﻿ / 34.3848444; -83.7432444 | Lake Lanier | | |
| Elijah Clark State Park | Lincoln | 447 | 181 | 1953 | 33°51′16.2″N 82°25′10.54″W﻿ / ﻿33.854500°N 82.4195944°W﻿ / 33.854500; -82.4195944 | Clarks Hill Lake | | |
| F. D. Roosevelt State Park | Harris, Meriwether | 9,049 | 3,662 | 1938 | 32°49′55″N 84°48′29″W﻿ / ﻿32.83194°N 84.80806°W﻿ / 32.83194; -84.80806 | | | |
| Florence Marina State Park | Stewart | 173 | 70 | 1985 | 32°5′26.88″N 85°2′35.99″W﻿ / ﻿32.0908000°N 85.0433306°W﻿ / 32.0908000; -85.0433306 | Walter F. George Lake | | |
| Fort McAllister State Park | Bryan | 1,725 | 698 | 1980 | 31°53′28″N 81°11′46″W﻿ / ﻿31.89111°N 81.19611°W﻿ / 31.89111; -81.19611 | Ogeechee River & Atlantic Ocean | | |
| Fort Mountain State Park | Murray | 3,712 | 1,502 | 1938 | 34°45′39.3″N 84°42′25.8″W﻿ / ﻿34.760917°N 84.707167°W﻿ / 34.760917; -84.707167 | Fort Mountain Lake | | |
| Fort Yargo State Park | Barrow | 1,816 | 735 | 1954 | 33°58′10.64″N 83°43′46.6″W﻿ / ﻿33.9696222°N 83.729611°W﻿ / 33.9696222; -83.729611 | Fort Yargo Lake | | |
| General Coffee State Park | Coffee | 1,511 | 611 | 1970 | 31°31′26.4″N 82°46′1.2″W﻿ / ﻿31.524000°N 82.767000°W﻿ / 31.524000; -82.767000 | | | |
| George L. Smith State Park | Emanuel | 1,634 | 661 | 1975 | 32°33′43.2″N 82°6′46.8″W﻿ / ﻿32.562000°N 82.113000°W﻿ / 32.562000; -82.113000 | Parish Pond | | |
| George T. Bagby State Park | Clay | 700 | 280 | 1970 | 31°39′57.6″N 85°3′25.2″W﻿ / ﻿31.666000°N 85.057000°W﻿ / 31.666000; -85.057000 | Walter F. George Lake | | |
| Georgia Veterans State Park | Crisp | 1,308 | 529 | 1946 | 31°57′23″N 83°54′58″W﻿ / ﻿31.95639°N 83.91611°W﻿ / 31.95639; -83.91611 | Lake Blackshear | | |
| Jack Hill State Park | Tattnall | 662 | 268 | 1956 | 32°5′31.51″N 82°8′9.61″W﻿ / ﻿32.0920861°N 82.1360028°W﻿ / 32.0920861; -82.1360028 | Altamaha River | | |
| Hamburg State Park | Warren | 741 | 300 | 1968 | 33°12′28.37″N 82°47′20.05″W﻿ / ﻿33.2078806°N 82.7889028°W﻿ / 33.2078806; -82.7889028 | Hamburg Mill Pond | | |
| Hard Labor Creek State Park | Morgan | 5,804 | 2,349 | 1946 | 33°39′49.88″N 83°36′22.15″W﻿ / ﻿33.6638556°N 83.6061528°W﻿ / 33.6638556; -83.6061528 | Hard Labor Creek | | |
| High Falls State Park | Monroe | 1,050 | 420 | 1966 | 33°10′44.31″N 84°1′10.73″W﻿ / ﻿33.1789750°N 84.0196472°W﻿ / 33.1789750; -84.0196472 | Towaliga River | | |
| Indian Springs State Park | Butts | 528 | 214 | 1825 | 33°14′38″N 83°55′52″W﻿ / ﻿33.24389°N 83.93111°W﻿ / 33.24389; -83.93111 | Sandy Creek | | |
| James H. Floyd State Park | Chattooga | 561 | 227 | 1973 | 34°26′13.83″N 85°20′22.47″W﻿ / ﻿34.4371750°N 85.3395750°W﻿ / 34.4371750; -85.3395750 | Sloppy Floyd Lake | | |
| Kolomoki Mounds State Park | Early | 1,293 | 523 | 1938 | 31°28′17.28″N 84°55′45.72″W﻿ / ﻿31.4714667°N 84.9293667°W﻿ / 31.4714667; -84.9293667 | Yahola & Kolomoki Lakes | | |
| Laura S. Walker State Park | Ware | 626 | 253 | 1941 | 31°8′10.67″N 82°12′36.3″W﻿ / ﻿31.1362972°N 82.210083°W﻿ / 31.1362972; -82.210083 | Laura S. Walker Lake | | |
| Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge | Telfair | 1,360 | 550 | 1935 | 32°5′32.17″N 82°53′49.11″W﻿ / ﻿32.0922694°N 82.8969750°W﻿ / 32.0922694; -82.8969750 | Little Ocmulgee Lake | | |
| Magnolia Springs State Park | Jenkins | 1,070 | 430 | 1939 | 32°53′12″N 81°57′20″W﻿ / ﻿32.88667°N 81.95556°W﻿ / 32.88667; -81.95556 | Magnolia Springs State Park Lake | | |
| Mistletoe State Park | Columbia | 1,920 | 780 | 1965 | 33°38′37.56″N 82°23′2.7″W﻿ / ﻿33.6437667°N 82.384083°W﻿ / 33.6437667; -82.384083 | Clarks Hill Lake | | |
| Moccasin Creek State Park | Rabun | 32 | 13 | 1966 | 34°49′36.84″N 83°33′18.36″W﻿ / ﻿34.8269000°N 83.5551000°W﻿ / 34.8269000; -83.5551000 | Lake Burton | | |
| Panola Mountain State Park | Henry | 1,635 | 662 | 1974 | 33°38′7″N 84°10′13″W﻿ / ﻿33.63528°N 84.17028°W﻿ / 33.63528; -84.17028 | Alexander Lake & South River | | |
| Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area | Stewart | 1,003 | 406 | 1971 | 32°3′47.44″N 84°55′11.58″W﻿ / ﻿32.0631778°N 84.9198833°W﻿ / 32.0631778; -84.9198833 | | | |
| Red Top Mountain State Park | Bartow | 1,776 | 719 | 1950 | 34°9′5.4″N 84°42′55.8″W﻿ / ﻿34.151500°N 84.715500°W﻿ / 34.151500; -84.715500 | Lake Allatoona | | |
| Reed Bingham State Park | Colquitt | 1,613 | 653 | 1958 | 31°10′14.49″N 83°33′16.98″W﻿ / ﻿31.1706917°N 83.5547167°W﻿ / 31.1706917; -83.5547167 | Reed Bingham Lake | | |
| Richard B. Russell State Park | Elbert | 2,508 | 1,015 | 1987 | 34°10′41.09″N 82°45′40.89″W﻿ / ﻿34.1780806°N 82.7613583°W﻿ / 34.1780806; -82.7613583 | Russell Lake | | |
| Seminole State Park | Seminole | 604 | 244 | 1956 | 30°48′18.61″N 84°52′44.2″W﻿ / ﻿30.8051694°N 84.878944°W﻿ / 30.8051694; -84.878944 | Lake Seminole | | |
| Skidaway Island State Park | Chatham | 588 | 238 | 1975 | 31°56′13.41″N 81°3′7.98″W﻿ / ﻿31.9370583°N 81.0522167°W﻿ / 31.9370583; -81.0522167 | Intracoastal Waterway | | |
| Smithgall Woods State Park | White | 5,664 | 2,292 | 1994 | 34°41′30.57″N 83°46′4.71″W﻿ / ﻿34.6918250°N 83.7679750°W﻿ / 34.6918250; -83.7679750 | Dukes Creek | | |
| Stephen C. Foster State Park | Charlton | 80 | 32 | 1954 | 30°49′35.86″N 82°22′45.9″W﻿ / ﻿30.8266278°N 82.379417°W﻿ / 30.8266278; -82.379417 | Suwannee River | | |
| Sweetwater Creek State Park | Douglas | 2,549 | 1,032 | 1972 | 33°45′30″N 84°38′10″W﻿ / ﻿33.75833°N 84.63611°W﻿ / 33.75833; -84.63611 | Sweetwater Creek | | |
| Tallulah Gorge State Park | Rabun, Habersham | 2,739 | 1,108 | 1993 | 34°43′30″N 83°22′13″W﻿ / ﻿34.72500°N 83.37028°W﻿ / 34.72500; -83.37028 | Tallulah River | | |
| Tugaloo State Park | Franklin | 393 | 159 | 1965 | 34°29′41.37″N 83°4′4.54″W﻿ / ﻿34.4948250°N 83.0679278°W﻿ / 34.4948250; -83.0679278 | Lake Hartwell | | |
| Unicoi State Park & Lodge | White | 1,050 | 420 | 1954 | 34°43′22.92″N 83°43′20.28″W﻿ / ﻿34.7230333°N 83.7223000°W﻿ / 34.7230333; -83.7223000 | Unicoi Lake | | |
| Victoria Bryant State Park | Franklin | 502 | 203 | 1952 | 34°18′4.23″N 83°9′35.52″W﻿ / ﻿34.3011750°N 83.1598667°W﻿ / 34.3011750; -83.1598667 | North Fork of the Broad River | |
| Vogel State Park | Union | 233 | 94 | 1927 | 34°45′46″N 83°55′40″W﻿ / ﻿34.76278°N 83.92778°W﻿ / 34.76278; -83.92778 | Lake Trahlyta | | |
| Watson Mill Bridge State Park | Madison | 1,118 | 452 | 1969 | 34°1′34″N 83°4′23″W﻿ / ﻿34.02611°N 83.07306°W﻿ / 34.02611; -83.07306 | South Fork of the Broad River | | |

## Historic sites

| Park name | County or Counties | Size | Size | Year established | Location | Image | Remarks |
| Park name | County or Counties | acres | ha | Year established | Location | Image | Remarks |
| Chief Vann House State Historic Site | Murray | 137 | 55 | 1952 | 34°45′47.21″N 84°49′19.14″W﻿ / ﻿34.7631139°N 84.8219833°W﻿ / 34.7631139; -84.8219833 | | |
| Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site | Lumpkin | .264 | 0.107 | 1966 | 34°31′57.62″N 83°59′5.46″W﻿ / ﻿34.5326722°N 83.9848500°W﻿ / 34.5326722; -83.9848500 | | |
| Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site | Bartow | 54 | 22 | 1953 | 34°7′40.83″N 84°48′25.42″W﻿ / ﻿34.1280083°N 84.8070611°W﻿ / 34.1280083; -84.8070611 | | |
| Fort King George State Historic Site | McIntosh | 12 | 4.9 | 1940 | 31°21′59.18″N 81°24′57.13″W﻿ / ﻿31.3664389°N 81.4158694°W﻿ / 31.3664389; -81.4158694 | | |
| Fort Morris State Historic Site | Liberty | 67 | 27 | 1968 | 31°45′36.2″N 81°17′22.14″W﻿ / ﻿31.760056°N 81.2894833°W﻿ / 31.760056; -81.2894833 | | |
| Hardman Farm State Historic Site | White | 173 | 70 | 2014 | 34°41′5.97″N 83°42′29.73″W﻿ / ﻿34.6849917°N 83.7082583°W﻿ / 34.6849917; -83.7082583 | | |
| Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site | Glynn | 1,286 | 520 | 1974 | 31°18′18.09″N 81°27′19.83″W﻿ / ﻿31.3050250°N 81.4555083°W﻿ / 31.3050250; -81.4555083 | | |
| Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site | Monroe | 200 | 81 | 1974 | 33°2′53.29″N 83°43′9.93″W﻿ / ﻿33.0481361°N 83.7194250°W﻿ / 33.0481361; -83.7194250 | | |
| Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site | Irwin | 13 | 5.3 | 1997 | 31°39′52.38″N 83°23′12.07″W﻿ / ﻿31.6645500°N 83.3866861°W﻿ / 31.6645500; -83.3866861 | | |
| Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site | Thomas | 1 | 0.40 | 1971 | 30°50′44.2″N 83°58′58.45″W﻿ / ﻿30.845611°N 83.9829028°W﻿ / 30.845611; -83.9829028 | | |
| Little White House State Historic Site | Meriwether | 163 | 66 | 1948 | 32°52′52.99″N 84°41′15.48″W﻿ / ﻿32.8813861°N 84.6876333°W﻿ / 32.8813861; -84.6876333 | | |
| New Echota State Historic Site | Gordon | 200 | 81 | 1962 | 34°32′27.55″N 84°54′33.59″W﻿ / ﻿34.5409861°N 84.9093306°W﻿ / 34.5409861; -84.9093306 | | |
| Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site | Paulding | 765 | 310 | 1974 | 33°58′26.41″N 84°45′32.93″W﻿ / ﻿33.9740028°N 84.7591472°W﻿ / 33.9740028; -84.7591472 | | |
| Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo Island | McIntosh | 6,110 | 2,470 | | 31°23′49.57″N 81°16′37.38″W﻿ / ﻿31.3971028°N 81.2770500°W﻿ / 31.3971028; -81.2770500 | | |
| Robert Toombs House State Historic Site | Wilkes | 4.34 | 1.76 | 1982 | 33°44′10.07″N 82°44′1.91″W﻿ / ﻿33.7361306°N 82.7338639°W﻿ / 33.7361306; -82.7338639 | | |
| Traveler's Rest State Historic Site | Stephens | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1955 | 34°36′33.26″N 83°14′19.73″W﻿ / ﻿34.6092389°N 83.2388139°W﻿ / 34.6092389; -83.2388139 | | |
| Wormsloe State Historic Site | Chatham | 1,232 | 499 | 1973 | 31°58′48.69″N 81°4′9.26″W﻿ / ﻿31.9801917°N 81.0692389°W﻿ / 31.9801917; -81.0692389 | | |

## Former state parks

| Park name | County or Counties | Size | Size | Year established | Year disestablished | Location | Image | Remarks |
| Park name | County or Counties | acres | ha | Year established | Year disestablished | Location | Image | Remarks |
| Chehaw State Park | Dougherty | 800 | 320 | 1937 | 1977 | 31°37′3.44″N 84°8′17.17″W﻿ / ﻿31.6176222°N 84.1381028°W﻿ / 31.6176222; -84.1381028 | | In 1974, the city of Albany leased 100 acres (40 ha) of unused land in Chehaw Park from the state of Georgia to develop a wild animal park where exotic and indigenous animals would be displayed in their natural habitats. With the inception of the wild animal habitat, the State donated the entire Chehaw Park acreage to the city to further develop. |
| Bobby Brown State Park | Elbert | 665 | 269 | 1950s | 2015 | 33°58′26.93″N 82°34′43.6″W﻿ / ﻿33.9741472°N 82.578778°W﻿ / 33.9741472; -82.578778 | | The park was established on the waters of the newly constructed Clark Hills Lake in the 1950s. It was downgraded to Bobby Brown State Outdoor Recreation Area in 2009. In 2015, a lease agreement was reached with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The park is now operated by the government of Elbert County, Georgia. |
| George Washington Carver State Park | Bartow | 345 | 140 | 1950 | 1975 | 34°8′20.86″N 84°40′1.06″W﻿ / ﻿34.1391278°N 84.6669611°W﻿ / 34.1391278; -84.6669611 | | It was established during segregation on land adjacent to Red Top Mountain State Park and billed as Georgia's first state park for African Americans. It was removed from the state park system due to budget cuts, turned over to Bartow County, and renamed Bartow Carver Park. It returned to its original name in 2017. |
| Hart State Park | Hart | 147 | 59 | 1968 | 2020 | 34°22′35.16″N 82°54′38.4″W﻿ / ﻿34.3764333°N 82.910667°W﻿ / 34.3764333; -82.910667 | | In April 2020, management of the park passed from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to the City of Hartwell. In June 2020, a groundbreaking ceremony was officially held for the renamed Hartwell Lakeside Park. |
| Jekyll Island State Park | Glynn | 5,700 | 2,300 | 1947 | 1950 | 31°4′12″N 81°25′13″W﻿ / ﻿31.07000°N 81.42028°W﻿ / 31.07000; -81.42028 | | It was formerly a state park, but since 1951 it has been managed by the Jekyll Island Authority, a self-supporting state agency. |
| John Tanner State Park | Carroll | 138 | 56 | 1971 | 2013 | 33°36′7.92″N 85°10′3.72″W﻿ / ﻿33.6022000°N 85.1677000°W﻿ / 33.6022000; -85.1677000 | | Operated from 1954 to 1971 as Tanner's Beach, it was purchased by the state in 1971, and opened in 1972. It became managed by Carroll County in 2010 and was purchased by Carroll County in 2013. |
| Santo Domingo State Park | Glynn | | | 1934 | 1946 | 31°19′37.28″N 81°29′13.13″W﻿ / ﻿31.3270222°N 81.4869806°W﻿ / 31.3270222; -81.4869806 | | The state of Georgia conveyed the Santo Domingo State Park property to J. Ardell Nation in 1946. Ardell established the Boys Estate, an orphanage for homeless boys modeled upon Boys Town, Nebraska. The former property of the Boys Estate is now run by Morningstar Children and Family Services. |
| Sprewell Bluff State Park | Upson | 1,372 | 555 | 1993 | 2013 | 31°52′15.85″N 84°28′26.15″W﻿ / ﻿31.8710694°N 84.4739306°W﻿ / 31.8710694; -84.4739306 | | It was a state park leased from Georgia Power. In 2013, Upson County, Georgia took over management of the property and it was de-listed. |
| Standing Boy Creek Park | Muscogee | 1,579 | 639 | 2004 | 2022 | 32°34′20.33″N 85°2′10.77″W﻿ / ﻿32.5723139°N 85.0363250°W﻿ / 32.5723139; -85.0363250 | | Transferred to the City of Columbus for funding purposes |

## Other

* 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 contract with the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.

## Images

* Georgia State Parks Dept. seal, ca. 1939
* Enjoy Yourself in Georgia We Have Variety
* Georgia's state parks