Chattahoochee Bend State Park Campground

If you want a quiet and clean place to spend some time in your camper, then this is a great place to do it. We live in Georgia and went here to take our maiden voyage in our new camper. The experience was great and we will definitely go there again. We were in a pull-through site, with hard-packed area for the camper and truck. There was a gravel area adjacent to the parking pad, with a picnic table, fire ring (with a grate for cooking) and a pole for hanging a lantern, torch, etc.

There is also a $5.00 park fee that is in addition to the site price, but that cost goes away if you have an annual state park pass.

Sites have water and electricity, but no sewer. But there are two dump stations at the entry to the camping area. The facilities are modern and relatively new, with private showering stalls and a small laundry facility.

Our site had no cell service (ATT) and no TV reception, but that was a plus for us.

We tent-camped here over TG weekend. There are basically 4 separate camping areas in this park.

Campground 1 is dedicated to RVs and has 50, 30 and 20 amp service. It's more open than wooded but still a pleasant place to stay. The sites are spacious and seem to have lots of clearance for large RVs. There are back-in and pull-thru spaces.

Campground 2 has water and 110 power but is dedicated to tent camping. There are drive-up sites and a cluster of walk-ins. We chose a walk-in to give us a little extra space for our dogs.
Finally, there are 2 walk-in only areas.The 1st has platforms and normal spaces close to the river. No power or water at this area. The bathhouse is maybe 50 yards away. The 2nd walk-in was under construction while we were there; it's a mile or so upriver and quite removed from the other areas of the park.

The entire park is well maintained and has a new-ish feel to it. The bathrooms are cleaner than we're used to seeing in public spaces! There are well-marked hiking trails; but only those along the river are at all interesting. There are also launches for paddlers and lots of spots for fishermen. The river is slow, flat and wide in this section.

A newish addition here are mountain biking trails. They're not long and we didn't try them but they appear well planned.
One more nice thing: you can safely run here for a decent number of miles without leaving the park. There was not much traffic when were were there and the trails are also runner-friendly.

The park seems safe as well. They lock the gate at night (you'll have a code), the Ranger's residence is across from CG 2. There are hosts at both 1 and 2.

Chattahootchee Bend is 2500 acres in size - large, hilly expanses of beautiful woods. The 5 star part of this park, for me, were the many hiking and mtn biking trails throughout the park. The several hiking trails my dog and I used were in great shape and were very clearly flagged with paint swatches on trees.

I stayed in a back in site on the first campground loop with 50amp elec and water hookup. The park roads and sites are in excellent shape. The sites are very large and well spaced from each other. I stayed here over Thanksgiving week, so the campground was pretty full, with lots of families, but it was very quiet and peaceful. The hookups are conveniently located on the edge of the site. There is a 2 lane dumpstation that’s very convenient to use as you’re exiting the campground. Both lanes are wide and straight.

The park is pretty far out from “town”, but the peace makes it worthwhile. The park office has some food and some camping/outdoorsy supplies, plus the staff there is very friendly. My Verizon reception was pretty low, only one bar. I couldn’t stream tv episodes on my ipad either with my jetpack or using data, but i could stream podcasts and upload photos. My SiriusXM radio did have fine reception.

The drive into the park itself is worth the visit.

I would have stayed here longer if there was good cell service. I got one Verizon bar in most spots at the campground and one to two on ATT but it was not strong enough to get me on a hotspot. Talked to a couple who said even with their boost they could not hold a signal. Office has wifi but not good when it rains. Would definitely go back on the weekend when I don't need to work!

Lots of trails, kayaking, biking options. Playground looked nice for kids, if it was open (oh, COVID).

Friendly campers. Huge sites and very well maintained. Quiet with lots of birds after nightfall.

All staff I came in contact with were very nice and well distanced :)

Town is far so be prepared.

Chattahoochee Bend is a great campground! Spacious sites with lots of hiking trails! Staff in the office are so sweet and very helpful. If you have Verizon.. be prepared to have almost no service. Our friends who camped with us had AT&T and had no issues.

Huge park with wide roads and camping spots. Pretty private sites especially if you’re on the outer loop. Water, power and cable, very leveled, gravel sites. Some sites are more shaded than others. T-Mobile gave us barely one bar. Able to stream and work with cell booster. Trails are very pretty, nice and easy. Tall skinny oak trees all around over relatively flat terrain. Kids can ride bikes around campground but not beyond as park roads are hilly.

Great place to camp. Would definitely stay again. My AT&T service worked perfectly. Stayed mid January for 6 nights, chilly but lovely. Great trails and super clean everything. GPS likes to take you in the back side of the park, which can be closed… best to follow the clearly marked roads leaving old town Newnan. If your a large rig it can feel a bit narly to drive in, but again road is clearly marked and well maintained. Would definitely come back!

This is a nice campground if you are interested in hiking relatively flat trails, mountain biking nice flow trails or paddling the Chattahoochee River. They are supposed to be getting another 20 miles of MTB trails at this state park over the next year or so. The campground has a large and newly built playground for kids that looked cool. Other than those activities, you can chill at your site and relax.

The state park is huge and it seems as if you will never reach the campground after entering the park. Keep in mind that the park is about 25-30 minutes away from anything like grocery stores or gas stations. If you work from home, make sure you have an AT&T hotspot. Verizon is useless. We couldn't even get texts to go out. Also, for those of you who like to watch television, antenna television is poor. The sites are spread apart well, as they are in most Georgia State Parks, but not many trees between sites at this campground. I would stay here again after the mountain bike trails are finished, but not before.

This is a beautiful park off the beaten path (hit a grocery store & stock up somewhere by the freeway!) and the campground was very clean with large spots. No issue with hookups. The camp hosts were very nice. Unfortunately for us we were both working and there are too many trees for starlink to work well, and barely any Verizon coverage, so we wound up in town quite a bit and didn’t do as much exploring as we would have liked. We would definitely stay here again if we didn’t need connectivity. Note: they do close the gates at 10pm. You don’t need a code to get out but you will to get back in!

Lovely state park along the Chattahoochee River. Plenty of space btwn sites makes all of them good for just about any rig. WIFI is non-existent except to text but that was fine with us. We’ll maintained and marked hiking trails. Clean bathrooms, level dump station.