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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · GA

Winfield

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:04 UTC

Why it’s closed, and what’s open near here Tell me when it comes back

Right now: Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:04 UTC
A night: $32When it reopens, per site
Sites: 80In the agency’s record

Photos · USACE M. BARLOW

65 ftLongest rig

340 ftElevation

143 ftWater · J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir

9.2 miSE of Lincolnton, GA

54%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 15 notices

In the agency’s own words

Winfield Campground is located on the Little River portion of the J. Strom Thurmond Lake, near Mistletoe State Park. Camping at Winfield is ripe with many different opportunities for relaxation, skill-building, family bonding, and nature appreciation. The 70,000 acre lake and 1,000+ miles of shoreline are prime for activities that facilitate such opportunities such as boating, water skiing, swimming, fishing, kayaking, hiking, biking, and bird watching, and so much more of course! Keep reading

Recreation

Thurmond Lake provides some of the best fishing, hunting, and water sports in the southeastern United States. Anglers fish for largemouth bass, bream, crappie, catfish and striped bass. The large lake offers great conditions for exciting activities such as boating, water skiing, jet skiing, canoeing and swimming. Mistletoe State Park is nearby and offers hiking trails, a nature center, and wildlife viewing to further expand recreational opportunities and experiences. When recreating at Thurmond Lake, we hope to give our visitors opportunities to bond, appreciate nature, relive stress, improve skills, and improve physical fitness.

Facilities

Winfield Campground has many facilities that every camper can enjoy which include 80 sites with water and electric hook ups. The gatehouse has friendly Gate Attendants with information about the campground, and local area. There are two bathhouses that have flush toilets and showers, and a pit toilet. Access to the boat ramp and courtesy dock are for registered campers only making your water adventure moments away! For the little campers, there is a playground near the designated swimming beach. For camper convenience, a new dump station and dumpsters are located in the campground.

Natural Features

Water/ Land: Winfield Campground is on the shoreline of the J Strom Thurmond lake that is over 70,000 acres, and surrounded with a mix of pine and hardwood trees which offer shade and visual interest. Wildlife: Wildlife is abundant around the lake. Visitors regularly see southern bald eagles, migratory waterfowl, neo-tropical birds, wild turkeys and whitetail deer. Weather/ Climate: Average temperatures during the camping season starts out at 76 degrees Fahrenheit and peaks in July at 90 degrees Fahrenheit. May receives the least amount of rainfall on average, but increased rainfall for June, July, and August.

Nearby Attractions

Numerous parks and recreation areas lie around Thurmond Lake, providing additional settings for outdoor activities such as, boating, swimming, hunting, and hiking. There are many USACE managed day-use areas, trailheads, and the dam to explore. Mistletoe State Park is the closest attraction with many activities available. Nearby cities house museums, art galleries, zoos, restaurants, and shopping areas.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Gates open at 7:00am and close at 10:00pm. Combination lock codes will be issued to registered campers at check-in. If you need to leave due to an emergency and have trouble opening the gate, please notify the on-duty camp host.

Rule

Check-out time is 1 p.m. Check-in time is 3 p.m. Please call ahead to confirm early check-in.

Rule

No more than 12 campers allowed per site, and 4 vehicles per site if space allows. If vehicles do not fit, vehicles must be parked at the overflow lot.

Everything else this campground posts · 12

Rule

One wheeled camping unit (RV, Camper, Camper van/truck, etc) per single site and must be parked on impact pad. Tents are restricted to impact pad.

Rule

Scooters, UTVs, and ATVs are prohibited; however, golf carts are allowed per campground rules. See Park Attendant at the campground gatehouse for more information.

Rule

Maximum stay is 14-days within 30 day period. Changing names on a reservation, changing campsites, or making multiple reservations in order to stay over 14-days is prohibited and applicable across USACE campgrounds. Violaters may have reservations cancelled.

Rule

Alcohol is prohibited

Rule

Keep your campsite and campground clean. Keep your trash contained and frequently remove trash from campsite (dumpsters located within campground). Do not leave litter in fire ring or on campsite upon check out.

Rule

Gray water (any wastewater from sinks, dishwashing, bathing, etc) or other waste water such as black water must be disposed of properly at campground dump station.

Rule

All pets must be penned, caged, or on a leash no longer than 6 feet; pets are prohibited on swim beaches, playgrounds, and in restrooms. You MUST clean up after your pet!

Rule

Fireworks and firearms are prohibited.

Rule

All shorelines adjacent to campsites are public property.

Rule

For current lake conditions, call 1-800-533-3478 ext 1147

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

For a complete set of rules and regulations concerning, please refer to Title 36, Chapter III, Part 327 - Rules and Regulations Governing Public Use of Corps of Engineers Water Resources Development Projects.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Oct 1, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 80
Hookups: 79 electric, 80 water
Longest rig: 65 ft
Accessible sites: 2
Pets: Allowed
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets · Pit Toilets; “…area. There are two bathhouses that have flush toilets and showers, and a pit toilet. Access to the boat…”
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; “There are two bathhouses that have flush toilets and showers, and a pit toilet.”
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: 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, Beach; Biking; Birding; Boating; Fishing; Hunting; Kayaking; Swimming; Water access; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 52nd darkest of 96 in GA: Bortle 4

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:04 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 nightsthe facility record

A night, when it reopens$32plus $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.

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$32

Standard Electric$32

These are next season’s rates, Apr 2, 2027 to Sep 11, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.

All payments and fees will occur through recreation.gov or the on-site Gate Attendant.

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

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Winfield 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 16, 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 60 miles · 1

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

Lick Fork Lake Recreation AreaSumter National Forest · 23 mi

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 16, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:04 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

80 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 79 mapped sites

106 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop WINF 042 214 ftLoop WINF 034 185 ftLoop WINF 020 165 ftLoop WINF 054 159 ftLoop WINF 080 154 ft

Least roomLoop WINF 049 53 ftLoop WINF 050 53 ftLoop WINF 048 66 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 80 sites

80 of 80 sites located

RV / electric79Type not stated1

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 79 of the 80 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


WINF	001	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		97 ft	36 ft	$32
WINF	002	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		97 ft	38 ft	$32
WINF	003	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		91 ft	62 ft	$32
WINF	004	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		88 ft	103 ft	$32
WINF	005	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		88 ft	68 ft	$32
WINF	006	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		114 ft	83 ft	$32
WINF	007	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		114 ft	89 ft	$32
WINF	008	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp		110 ft	119 ft	$32
WINF	009	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		99 ft	39 ft	$32
WINF	010	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		99 ft	47 ft	$32
WINF	011	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		125 ft	119 ft	$32
WINF	012	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		117 ft	80 ft	$32
WINF	013	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		100 ft	63 ft	$32
WINF	014	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		100 ft	56 ft	$32
WINF	015	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		132 ft	54 ft	$32
WINF	016	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		110 ft	47 ft	$32
WINF	017	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp		110 ft	91 ft	$32
WINF	018	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		117 ft	97 ft	$32
WINF	019	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		123 ft	102 ft	$32
WINF	020	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp		165 ft	104 ft	$32
WINF	021	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		100 ft	29 ft	$32
WINF	022	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp		100 ft	66 ft	$32
WINF	023	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp		105 ft	65 ft	$32
WINF	024	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp		108 ft	83 ft	$32
WINF	025	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp		116 ft	46 ft	$32
WINF	026	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp		93 ft	53 ft	$32
WINF	027	standard electric	41 ft	50 amp		93 ft	50 ft	$32
WINF	028	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		117 ft	32 ft	$32
WINF	029	standard electric	41 ft	50 amp		125 ft	42 ft	$32
WINF	030	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		125 ft	39 ft	$32
WINF	031	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		152 ft	71 ft	$32
WINF	032	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp		120 ft	80 ft	$32
WINF	033	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp		120 ft	88 ft	$32
WINF	034	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp	yes	185 ft	156 ft	$32
WINF	035	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	yes	140 ft	105 ft	$32
WINF	036	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		106 ft	63 ft	$32
WINF	037	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp		106 ft	56 ft	$32
WINF	038	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		106 ft	39 ft	$32
WINF	039	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		106 ft	35 ft	$32
WINF	040	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		107 ft	93 ft	$32
WINF	041	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		131 ft	211 ft	$32
WINF	042	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		214 ft	103 ft	$32
WINF	043	type not stated	36 ft	50 amp			83 ft
WINF	044	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		105 ft	181 ft	$32
WINF	045	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		115 ft	47 ft	$32
WINF	046	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		115 ft	115 ft	$32
WINF	047	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp		105 ft	139 ft	$32
WINF	048	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		66 ft	38 ft	$32
WINF	049	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		53 ft	90 ft	$32
WINF	050	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		53 ft	48 ft	$32
WINF	051	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp		111 ft	83 ft	$32
WINF	052	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp		105 ft	64 ft	$32
WINF	053	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		105 ft	43 ft	$32
WINF	054	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp		159 ft	47 ft	$32
WINF	055	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp		107 ft	57 ft	$32
WINF	056	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp		80 ft	102 ft	$32
WINF	057	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		80 ft	50 ft	$32
WINF	058	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		99 ft	25 ft	$32
WINF	059	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		81 ft	44 ft	$32
WINF	060	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp		81 ft	67 ft	$32
WINF	061	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		66 ft	166 ft	$32
WINF	062	standard electric	24 ft	50 amp		66 ft	161 ft	$32
WINF	063	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		93 ft	143 ft	$32
WINF	064	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		123 ft	174 ft	$32
WINF	065	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp		111 ft	108 ft	$32
WINF	066	standard electric	36 ft	50 amp		108 ft	70 ft	$32
WINF	067	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		87 ft	72 ft	$32
WINF	068	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		87 ft	under 10 ft	$32
WINF	069	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp		84 ft	67 ft	$32
WINF	070	standard electric	39 ft	50 amp		84 ft	76 ft	$32
WINF	071	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		104 ft	45 ft	$32
WINF	072	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		88 ft	86 ft	$32
WINF	073	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		88 ft	101 ft	$32
WINF	074	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		116 ft	96 ft	$32
WINF	075	standard electric	49 ft	50 amp		141 ft	61 ft	$32
WINF	076	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		141 ft	56 ft	$32
WINF	077	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		93 ft	43 ft	$32
WINF	078	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		93 ft	82 ft	$32
WINF	079	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp		130 ft	103 ft	$32
WINF	080	standard electric	34 ft	50 amp		153 ft	55 ft	$32

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.

25 of 80 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate33.65194, -82.42194

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone706-541-0147

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Amity Recreation Area2.9 mi

Petersburg9.3 mi

Ridge Road9.6 mi

Bussey Point Campground10 mi

Leroys Ferry Campground10 mi

Lake Springs11 mi

Getting there

7701 Winfield Rd Appling, GA 30802

From I-20, take Exit 175 (HWY 150) north 7 miles to campground sign. Turn left onto Mistletoe Road, go 2 miles and turn left onto Winfield Road. Campground is at the end of the road.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Oct 1, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

This Afternoon87°Mostly Sunny

Tonight55°Partly Cloudy13% rain

Saturday66°Mostly Sunny10% rain

Saturday Night47°Mostly Clear

NWS forecast for Appling, GA

Source: National Weather Service, CAE forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 52°F, day 75°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: WASHINGTON 2 ESE, GA (USC00099157), 17 miles away and 280 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Winfield is in Georgia’s 12th congressional district. Its representative, Rick Allen (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

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 16:04 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.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 79 of the 80 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 80 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.86 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 96 rated federal campgrounds in Georgia · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

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.

Nearest place of any size: Appling, GA, 7.5 mi NW (a census designated place). Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026