Tallulah River Campground
1Heads up1 fire 48 mi away
- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 16All of them booked ahead
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
At an elevation of 2080 ft, on the banks of Tallulah River, this campground is a favorite of families and anglers alike. For the hikers, the Coleman River Trailhead is 0.03 miles north on Tallulah River Road. There are many ways to enjoy the outdoors and all it has to offer, and many are within reach of this campground. The Tallulah River is routinely stocked with Rainbow Trout by the Georgia Dept of Natural Resources (DNR). There is an annual Kid's Fishing Rodeo held at this campground in June. Keep reading
Recreation
Tallulah River Campground is in a unique area. You can enjoy walking along the Tallulah River. Fishing is a popular sport in the Tallulah River. If a hike is what you desire, take a short drive along the Tallulah River Road through Tate City to the end of the road, which not only has some great views but at the end of the road is Beech Creek Trail and Buck Creek Trail both are found in the Southern Nantahala Wilderness Area. Looking for an easier hike, you can go the other direction on Tallulah River Road for approximately 0.03 miles to bridge #1 where you will find a small parking area for the Coleman River Trail a 1.1 in and out trail that runs along a portion of the Coleman River that flows with the Tallulah River.
Facilities
The campground offers 17 campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, and lantern posts at each site. The vault toilet has interior lighting. The campground has many areas to collect drinking water for your use while visiting the site. There are two day-use areas for those who are not camping but want to have a little picnic by the Tallulah River for their enjoyment. The campground is open year-round, starting in mid-April through mid-October a camp host is available on-site.
Natural Features
Tallulah River Campground is located in the Chattahoochee National Forest, a place of exploration and wonder. This National Forest is rich in history and is said to be a hiker's paradise with its winding trails, scenic mountains, and rolling hills.
Nearby Attractions
Visitors to the campground can enjoy scenic drives when going to visit nearby Rabun Bald the second-highest peak in Georgia at 4696 ft above sea level. Continue your exploring and you can find many waterfalls to see and trails to hike. One of the longest trails in the area is the National Recreational Bartram Trail. If some water activities are on your mind the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River has fishing, whitewater rafting, canoe, and kayak possibilities with outfitter and guide services available if you enjoy your time on the river. Tallulah Gorge State Park and historic Lakemont are also a close drive. Lake Rabun and Lake Burton are great places to put a boat in the water and enjoy those memories you are ready to make. Within an hour's drive, you can spend some time visiting the city of Helen a beautiful alpine village in White County if you find yourself there be sure and stop by Anna Ruby Falls, Dukes Creek Falls, or Ravens Cliff Wilderness for more hiking fun. While in the neighborhood a short drive around will find you at Brasstown Bald the highest peak in Georgia rising to 4784 ft above sea level.
Charges & Cancellations
If I book this reservation today, what are my options to change or cancel? Please remember that reservations at these facilities prevent other visitors from using these sites. Planned changes to your stay should be made as far in advance as possible. You can make changes to your reservation ahead of your arrival date in My Reservations. Changes If your new stay dates are completely different from your original stay dates, there is a $10 change fee (per reserved site). There are no additional fees for: • Adding or removing nights to your stay. • Changing to a different campsite. Balances will adjust based on your new stay's nightly rate. Cancellations You can cancel the reservation any time before the date of your scheduled arrival. You will receive a refund for your stay, minus the following fees: • $10 cancellation fee • Any reservation fees (only if paid when booking) • Any previous change fees Late cancellation penalties may also apply: What is “Late”? For individual campsites, a late cancellation applies starting from midnight 1 calendar day before your scheduled check-in. For cabins and group sites, a late cancellation applies starting from midnight 14 calendar days or fewer before your scheduled check-in. Late Fee In addition to the fees listed above, a late cancellation will also subtract your first night's recreation use fee from any refund owed. As of the expected check-in day, cancellations or changes to your stay are not possible through My Reservations. It is at the facility's discretion to support additional Late Cancellations, No Show, or Early Departure updates – on-site personnel may not be able to assist. These changes carry penalties and may forfeit recreation use fees. For additional details, please visit here:
What the agency tells you
Camping is by Reservation Only. To camp on all sites, reservations need to be made before arrival online at recreation.gov or by calling the recreation.gov call center at (877) 444-6777.
Camping stay limit is 14 days of any 30-day period within all Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest lands. A twenty-eight-day interval is required before returning for another stay. 36 CFR Section 261.58(a).
Generators may be used up to 4 total hours per day between the hours of 6:00 am and 10:00 pm. Quiet hours are between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am no vehicles, generators, music, or other noises that can be heard beyond a party's campsite are tolerated. Depending on generator volume and campground occupancy, the host may instruct users to discontinue generator use as necessary outside of quiet hours.
Everything else this campground posts · 5
No driving, unloading, or loading of any ATVs, UTV, or Golf Carts allowed on or near all the campgrounds and the Tallulah River Road outside of the private properties in Tate City.
No hunting within 450' of a developed campground, campsite, trail, or other developed recreation site on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.
Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
Click here for more information on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.
Check out time is 12:01 pm and check in time starts at 2:00 pm
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 16
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 65 ft
- Paved pads
- 2 of 16
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- VAULT TOILETS on 11 of 17 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 14 of 17 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 16 of 17 campsite records, WATER SPIGOT on 8 of 17 campsite records
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Picnicking
- Scenic drives
- Night sky · 6th darkest of 96 in GA
- Bortle 4
1 of 32 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:52 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $15 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“Changes If your new stay dates are completely different from your original stay dates, there is a $10 change fee (per reserved site). You will receive a refund for your stay, minus the following fees: • $10 cancellation fee • Any reservation fees (only if paid when booking) • Any previous change fees Late cancellati…” · this campground’s own no-show terms
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 · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 15:52 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
17 records
All 17 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 16 of the 17 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Tallulah River Campground | 1 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 10 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 11 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 12 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 13 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 14 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 15 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 16 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 17 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 2 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 3 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 4 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 5 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 6 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 7 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $15 |
| Tallulah River Campground | 8 | day use | ||
| Tallulah River Campground | 9 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | $15 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Low Gap CampgroundChattahoochee National Forest · 0.1 mi
Tate Branch Campground (Clayton, GA)Chattahoochee National Forest · 2.0 miSandy Bottoms CampgroundChattahoochee National Forest · 2.4 miWildcat Creek Campground #2 UpperChattahoochee National Forest · 8.0 miWildcat Creek Campground #1 LowerChattahoochee National Forest · 8.1 miKimsey Creek Group CampgroundNantahala National Forest · 9.9 miTake U.S. 76 west from Clayton for 8 miles; turn right (north) on Persimmon Road for 5 miles; turn left (northwest) on Tallulah River Road (Forest Service Road 70) for 1 mile to the campground entrance.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Tate City, GA
Typical weather
Typical October night 47°F, day 71°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 30°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Tallulah River Campground is in Georgia’s 9th congressional district. Its representative, Andrew Clyde (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →