Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:58 UTC
Right now
Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:58 UTC
A night
$26–$48When it reopens, per site
Sites
87In the agency’s record
40 ftLongest rig
190 ftElevation
54 ftWater · Mill Creek
6.4 miSW of Cusseta, GA
55%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices

In the agency’s own words

Bluff Creek Campground is situated on the shores of Walter F. George Lake on the Georgia and Alabama border. The lake is a great place to get away for a week, a weekend or just an afternoon. Boating, swimming, fishing and camping are popular activities. Click here for a virtual tour of the many facilities at Walter F. George Lake. Keep reading

Recreation

The Chattahoochie River lakes are an angler's paradise, where largemouth bass, white bass, hybrids, crappie, channel catfish and bream are found. The lake's 640 miles of shoreline offer many excellent locations for bank fishing, and a boat ramp is conveniently located nearby. The lake and its surrounding forests provide a great locale for hiking, hunting or simply observing wildlife.

Facilities

The campground offers 77 sites with electric and water hookups. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, a dump station and fish cleaning station. A group picnic shelter is available on a first come, first served basis.

Natural Features

Walter F. George Lake, sometimes called Lake Eufaula, stretches 85 miles up the Chattahoochee River. Visitors come to relax and play among the natural beauty of the area. The lands surrounding the lake are forested with dense stands of mixed hardwoods. A wide variety of wildlife is commonly seen, including waterfowl, deer, squirrels, rabbits, eagles, hawks, bobcats and dozens of species of songbirds.

Nearby Attractions

The historic towns of Eufaula, Alabama and Cuthbert, Georgia are nearby. Eufaula boasts more than 20 structures and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Beautiful antebellum mansions are located throughout both towns. Contact Info Between 03/14/2025 and 09/14/2025 this location is staffed. Please call (334) 855-2746 to speak with local staff. From 09/14/2025 to 03/15/2026 this location is unstaffed. Please call (229) 768-2516 for general information.

What the agency tells you

Rule

Review all Rules and Regulations at https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-III/part-327.Camping is 327.7 section.

Rule

LENGTH OF STAY: Limited to fourteen (14) days, consecutive or non-consecutive, on this project during any thirty (30) day consecutive period. Extensions require prior approval from the Resource Management Office.

Rule

CAMPSITE OCCUPANCY: Only twelve (12) people per site, age 13 and up counts to this total. Only four (4) camper/visitor vehicles per site.

Everything else this campground posts · 9
Rule

CHECKOUT TIME: 11:00 AM. (No Exceptions).

Rule

GRAY WATER AND WASTE MATTER: Discharge onto campsite is prohibited. Use the sanitary dump station.

Rule

QUIET HOURS: 10:00 PM till 7:00 AM. Unreasonable loud noise is prohibited any time.

Rule

Gates are closed from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. E.T.

Rule

This campground operates on Eastern Standard Time.

Rule

Off-road vehicles not permitted

Rule

Livestock not permitted at the campground

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Rule

No skinning deer or other wild game in campground

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
87
Hookups
87 electric, 87 water
Longest rig
40 ft
Paved pads
All
Accessible sites
None listed
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets
“…and water hookups. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, a dump station and fish…”
Showers
Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
“Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, a dump station and fish cleaning station.”
Drinking water
Yes
“…include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, a dump station and fish cleaning station. A group…”
Dump station
Yes
Boat ramp
Yes
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Creek, Beach
Boating
Fishing
Hunting
Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 34th darkest of 41 in AL
Bortle 4
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:58 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.

Max stay14 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record
A night, when it reopens$26–$48plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
What’s open near here
Tell me when it reopens

Watch for it to come back

One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

We’ll write once, when the agency reopens it.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Every line of the receipt · 11

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, when it reopens$26–$48
Standard Electric$26
Standard Electric$48
These are next season’s rates, Mar 18, 2027 to Sep 12, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 4
Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Bluff Creek closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.

Closure: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers status record · Oct 17, 2026

There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.

Open within 150 miles · 4

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 17, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 15:58 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

87 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 86 mapped sites
60 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least roomLoop CLOO 81 40 ftLoop CLOO 82 40 ftLoop CLOO 76 42 ft

All 87 sites

86 of 87 sites located
RV / electric86
SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 86 of the 87 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 84 of the 87 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.

CLOO75standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp63 ft63 ftBluff Creek1,114 ft$26–$48
CLOO76rv electric40 ft50/50/30/20 amp42 ft63 ftBluff Creek1,169 ft
CLOO77standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp70 ft153 ftBluff Creek1,165 ft$26–$48
CLOO78standard electric38 ft50/50/30/20 amp42 ft56 ftBluff Creek1,210 ft$26–$48
CLOO79standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp53 ft63 ftBluff Creek1,263 ft$26–$48
CLOO80standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp65 ft171 ftBluff Creek1,232 ft$26–$48
CLOO81standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp40 ft49 ftBluff Creek1,323 ft$26–$48
CLOO82standard electric40 ft50/50/30/20 amp40 ft71 ftBluff Creek1,353 ft$26–$48
CLOO83standard electric38 ft50/50/30/20 amp82 ft154 ftBluff Creek1,342 ft$26–$48
CLOO84standard electric38 ft50/50/30/20 amp50 ft203 ftBluff Creek1,338 ft$26–$48
CLOO85standard electric40 ft50/50/20/30 amp54 ft232 ftBluff Creek1,264 ft$26–$48
CLOO86standard electric36 ft50/50/30/20 amp50 ft213 ftBluff Creek1,369 ft$26–$48
CLOO87standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp54 ft281 ftBluff Creek1,252 ft$26–$48
CLOO88standard electric34 ft50/20/30/50 amp59 ft223 ftBluff Creek1,365 ft$26–$48
MRUN11standard electric38 ft50/30/50/20 amp48 ft250 ft667 ft$26–$48
MRUN12standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp48 ft205 ft673 ft$26–$48
MRUN13standard electric38 ft50/50/30/20 amp55 ft115 ft590 ft$26–$48
MRUN14standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp55 ft77 ft558 ft$26–$48
MRUN15standard electric38 ft50/50/20/30 amp60 ft74 ft485 ft$26–$48
MRUN16standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp60 ft89 ft433 ft$26–$48
MRUN17standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp56 ft95 ft357 ft$26–$48
MRUN18standard electric38 ft50/50/30/20 amp56 ft103 ft302 ft$26–$48
MRUN19standard electric38 ft50/30/50/20 amp66 ft188 ft275 ft$26–$48
PBLU59standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp63 ft122 ftBluff Creek716 ft$26–$48
PBLU60standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp63 ft89 ftBluff Creek779 ft$26–$48
PBLU61standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp58 ft41 ftBluff Creek849 ft$26–$48
PBLU62standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp58 ftunder 10 ftBluff Creek905 ft$26–$48
PBLU63standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp80 ftunder 10 ftBluff Creek971 ft$26–$48
PBLU64standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp82 ftunder 10 ftBluff Creek1,074 ft$26–$48
PBLU65standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp80 ftunder 10 ftBluff Creek1,047 ft$26–$48
PBLU66standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp76 ftunder 10 ftBluff Creek1,020 ft$26–$48
PBLU67standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp66 ftunder 10 ftBluff Creek1,008 ft$26–$48
PBLU68standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp66 ftunder 10 ftBluff Creek981 ft$26–$48
PBLU69rv electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp59 ft145 ftBluff Creek828 ft
PBLU70standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp59 ft115 ftBluff Creek863 ft$26–$48
PBLU71standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp60 ft65 ftBluff Creek953 ft$26–$48
PBLU72standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp60 ft44 ftBluff Creek998 ft$26–$48
PBLU73standard electric38 ft50/50/30/20 amp52 ft44 ftBluff Creek1,033 ft$26–$48
PBLU74standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp52 ft46 ftBluff Creek1,068 ft$26–$48
RFOR20standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp49 ft253 ft255 ft$26–$48
RFOR21standard electric38 ft50/50/30/20 amp49 ft244 ft208 ft$26–$48
RFOR22standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp53 ft227 ft167 ft$26–$48
RFOR23standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp46 ft188 ft153 ft$26–$48
RFOR24standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp46 ft179 ft156 ft$26–$48
RFOR25standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp49 ft169 ft178 ft$26–$48
RFOR26standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp62 ft144 ft234 ft$26–$48
RFOR27standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp62 ft125 ft289 ft$26–$48
RFOR28standard electric36 ft50/30/50/20 amp73 ft120 ft349 ft$26–$48
RFOR29standard electric36 ft50/20/50/30 amp68 ft118 ft415 ft$26–$48
RFOR30standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp63 ft96 ft483 ft$26–$48
RFOR31standard electric36 ft50/20/50/30 amp61 ft91 ft546 ft$26–$48
RFOR32standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp76 ft250 ft475 ft$26–$48
RFOR33standard electric36 ft50/30/20/50 amp61 ft116 ft594 ft$26–$48
RFOR34standard electric36 ft50/30/50/20 amp76 ft192 ft536 ft$26–$48
RFOR35standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp66 ft136 ft600 ft$26–$48
RFOR36standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp109 ft143 ft637 ft$26–$48
RFOR37standard electric36 ft50/20/50/30 amp125 ft83 ft659 ft$26–$48
RFOR38standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp68 ft131 ftChattahoochee River423 ft$26–$48
RFOR39standard electric36 ft50/50/30/20 amp68 ft112 ftChattahoochee River391 ft$26–$48
RFOR40standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp61 ft55 ftChattahoochee River352 ft$26–$48
RFOR41standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp98 ft216 ftChattahoochee River333 ft$26–$48
RFOR42standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp61 ft30 ftChattahoochee River304 ft$26–$48
RFOR43standard electric36 ft50/30/20/50 amp60 ft60 ftChattahoochee River239 ft$26–$48
RFOR44standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp53 ft112 ftChattahoochee River184 ft$26–$48
RFOR45standard electric36 ft50/50/30/20 amp$26–$48
RFOR46standard electric36 ft50/20/50/30 amp53 ft160 ftChattahoochee River143 ft$26–$48
RFOR47standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp112 ft158 ftChattahoochee River209 ft$26–$48
RFOR48standard electric36 ft50/50/30/20 amp60 ft164 ftChattahoochee River182 ft$26–$48
RFOR49standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp59 ft143 ftChattahoochee River239 ft$26–$48
RFOR50standard electric38 ft50/30/50/20 amp52 ft110 ftChattahoochee River297 ft$26–$48
RFOR51standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp52 ft132 ftChattahoochee River339 ft$26–$48
RFOR52/53standard electric34 ft50/50/30/20 amp57 ft146 ftChattahoochee River437 ft$26–$48
RFOR54standard electric34 ft50/20/30/50 amp53 ft151 ftChattahoochee River476 ft$26–$48
RFOR55standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp53 ft159 ftChattahoochee River514 ft$26–$48
RFOR56standard electric36 ft50/20/30/50 amp44 ft163 ftChattahoochee River561 ft$26–$48
RFOR57standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp44 ft136 ftChattahoochee River605 ft$26–$48
RFOR58standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp63 ft160 ftBluff Creek641 ft$26–$48
UTRA01standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp66 ft424 ft1,358 ft$26–$48
UTRA02rv electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp66 ft385 ft1,363 ft
UTRA03standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp70 ft330 ft1,345 ft$26–$48
UTRA04standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp59 ft262 ft1,304 ft$26–$48
UTRA05standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp59 ft207 ft1,246 ft$26–$48
UTRA06standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp84 ft150 ft1,162 ft$26–$48
UTRA07standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp80 ft102 ft1,079 ft$26–$48
UTRA08standard electric38 ft50/20/30/50 amp60 ft73 ft1,009 ft$26–$48
UTRA09standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp60 ft75 ft958 ft$26–$48
UTRA10standard electric40 ft50/20/30/50 amp75 ft139 ft888 ft$26–$48

25 of 87 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate32.17972, -85.01333
The phone334-855-2746
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

From Eufaula, Alabama, follow US 431 north. Turn right on State Route 165 and continue for 18 miles, then follow signs into the campground.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today72°Sunny
Tonight48°Clear
Sunday70°Sunny
Sunday Night44°Clear

NWS forecast for Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, GA

Typical weather

Typical October night 51°F, day 81°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 34°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

100°32°20°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: LUMPKIN 2 SE, GA (USC00095394), 17 miles away and 295 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Shomari Figures, official portrait

Bluff Creek is in Alabama’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Shomari Figures (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 15:58 UTC). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.
Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.