The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate Rvs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos

by Johnny Molloy

Whether it's rafting down the Chattooga River, hiking along the Bartram Trail, or sea kayaking around Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia is chock full of opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts of all abilities. Written to steer campers away from concrete slabs and convoys of RVs, The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia profiles the state's most scenic and serene campsites, from Amicalola Falls State Park, starting point for the Appalachian Trail,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897327241
• ISBN13: 9780897327244
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Camping Guide

This is a great guide for camping in Georgia. It gives you a pretty detailed description of what are the best sites in a camp and prices. This is by no means the only camping areas in the state but has showed me many areas that I didn't know of before getting the book. It includes state parks and national forests so there are going to be a wide range of prices so you know where to go for the cheap.

One of the Best in Campground Books

Most campground books give information on camping based on RV's. It is really difficult to find good information for tent camping. But this book gives wonderful descriptions of camp sites, trails, facilities, and other activities from the viewpoint of a tent camper. He tells which sites are the most enjoyable for people that like to experience nature and want to avoid concrete jungles. Each campground listed has a small illustration showing the camp sites and surrounding area. I especially like the ratings for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, quiet, security, and cleanliness. It is also very handy to have the information about nearby trails. I do wish the numbers on the state map showing the location of the campgrounds were bigger. I had to use a magnifying glass to see the numbers. Even so, this book is a definite "MUST" for all tent campers headed to Georgia.

great guide to local sites

Don't know where to go? Use this guide -- including regional maps! -- to find a site close to you or close to where you are traveling. It's rating system gives you a means to compare sites.

Very informative - a must have for tent campers

The detail level is fantastic. You feel like you have already camped at one of these sites before you even go. It gets down to descriptions of each numbered site within a campground so you can easily decide which one to grab when you arrive. Details like beauty, security etc...are rated with stars. I have visited 4 sites now from the book and find the ratings right on. My only knock is the directions need to be a little better. They dont start you from a major road - but rather obscure backroads. You will need to do some additional map work to find some of the more remote spots - but other than that it's a must have for tent campers.

All the heavy lifting is done...

JM has done a great job of camping in the stellar, and not so stellar camping destinations of Georgia doing the heavy lifting for the rest of us. Each location has all the information needed whether interested in hiking, swimming, boating, etc. JM's descriptions are true to form for each location. I truly enjoy noticing something mentioned in JM's book as I vist the Best in Tent Camping destinations.