This is a great little park that is run by the County now, but is everything you would expect from a clean campground! Large campsites that you can back into or pull through. You get to choose. They have a beautiful beach and a large lake for canoeing. Lots of covered picnic shelters and even a playground for the kids. Not that we take any along! We were there on Nov. 29, 2010 and the fall colors on some tree’s. There bath house is great as well.

I highly recommend this park because it’s a great stay-over for a night or a whole weekend. There is no wi-fi, not even through our VirginMobile. Then again, there’s never any connection at any State Park so none was expected.

John Tanner State Park
354 Tanner’s Beach Road
Carrollton, Georgia 30117
Phone: 770-830-2222
Reservations: 800-864-7275

Sloppy Floyd State Park is a nice hilly little park centered on Sloppy Floyd Lake.  James H. “Sloppy” Floyd was a long-serving state congressman.

The park straddles Sloppy Floyd Lake road, which is fairly narrow, but the road’s really narrow near the lake.  A turn into the office area can be made but large units might have a bit of trouble getting back out.  Following the road across the lack toward the campground turnoff,  it’s curvy and narrow with an abrupt steep dropoff on the lake side.  Put a wheel over and you’ll roll over right down the bank.  They’re working on widening the road in that area.

The campground is on a hillside and the sites are constructed as terraces; they’re level and graveled, as are the picnic-table and grill areas.

Miss Lueffie in site 25, top of the hill.

Campsites down the hill.

Mountain Girl TheMrs said we wouldn’t need a heater in May.

The exit road from the CG is mighty steep but at least it’s short.

Sloppy Floyd Lake.

F.D. Roosevelt State Park is a very large park centered on Pine Mountain in west central Georgia on US 27. It has 140 developed level campsites, two lakes, cabins and lots of trails.
We arrived on a Thursday in early May and it was virtually empty, but when we left on Saturday it was packed. It’s very popular with families with popups or tents, lots of children and lots of dogs, so if you want tranqulity go on weekdays.
The little town of Pine Mountain is just a couple of miles from the back gate and has a grocery store, gas and several small restaurants.

Here we are snuggled up to the creek running alongside Loop 2.

The creek runs down toward Lake Delano.

Lake Delano.