Camping Journal

Location: Georgia Veterans State Park Date:  9/24/2006
Miles Towed: 340 Weather: H 90's  L mid 70's

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We had business in the Cordel, GA area so we decided to try out Georgia Veterans State Park.  
 
The park lies next to 8,600-acre Lake Blackshear and was established as a memorial to U.S. veterans.  The park has a museum with aircraft, armored vehicles, uniforms, weapons, medals and other items from the Revolutionary War through the Gulf War.
 
The campground is set up in three "camping areas.  Camping area #1 and #2 are next to each other and have premium sites situated  lakeside.GaVets1.JPG (1605455 bytes) Camping area #3 is across the street in a pine grove.  A comfort station serves each camping area. The photo to the right is taken through the center of camping area #3 and shows how large the sites are.
 
While reservations are taken, it is a first come first served campground.  Once you arrive, you pick your site from available sites of your type.
 
We chose camping area #3 as it has much larger sites.  While larger, there is little understory in any area of the campground to shield you from yourGaVets2.JPG (1596774 bytes) neighbors.  If you don't like that closed in feeling, chose area #3.  Another nice thing in camping area #3 is that all site4s are pull through.  All sites, not just the premium ones have water, electric and cable.  Additionally, each site has a fire ring, grill and lantern pole.  A dump station is situated just down the road from all camping areas.
 
In addition to the "educational" aspects of the park, an 18 hole golf course, a swimming beach, radio controlled airfield, boat ramp, fishingGaVets3.JPG (1761711 bytes) piers, disk golf and hiking are available.  If you bring your boat and have a [premium site you can pull right up behind you camper.  
 
 
Handicapped Availability
The comfort stations were noted to have roll in showers, but camping area #3 is entirely gravel roads,