Canoeing/Kayaking

Stone Mountain Park Campground

263 RV Sites, 40 Tent Sites, 3 Glamping Sites, 17 Yurts, 6 Onsite RV/Trailers

Stone Mountain Park Campground in Georgia offers 270 RV sites, 40 tent sites, and 20 glamping and yurt units inside the park's 3,200-acre property, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 90 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Full hookup, super site, and cabled categories join a lake, kayak rentals, and pool, 16 miles from Atlanta. Two hundred seventy sites span full hookup RV, full hookup super site, and full hookup with cable categories, along with four- and six-person rental trailers, all carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 90 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Forty tent sites and 20 glamping and yurt units round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, showers, and a gated entrance handle the practical side. Cancellations more than five days before arrival are refunded less a $30 fee. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a lake supporting kayak rentals, canoeing, paddle boarding, fishing, and swimming. Sports courts, volleyball, horseshoes, walking trails, biking, a playground, and a pavilion fill the grounds. Staying inside the park is the advantage — the mountain, the family attractions, and the natural spectacle that draw Georgia's visitors are all within the gates rather than a drive away. Pets are welcome. Summer and fall drive demand at one of Georgia's most visited destinations. Reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

Timberline Glamping at Lake Lanier - Shady Grove

Timberline Glamping at Lake Lanier Shady Grove in Cumming, Georgia, provides a gated glamping and camping retreat on the shores of Lake Sidney Lanier in Forsyth County's northern metro Atlanta lake country, combining direct water recreation access on one of the most visited lakes in the United States with the privacy and natural character of a wooded shoreline setting that the lake's more developed commercial areas cannot replicate. Positioned on Lake Lanier's eastern shore just south of the US Army Corps of Engineers' Shady Grove Recreation Area, the property serves both local metro Atlanta day visitors and overnight guests seeking the Georgia lake lifestyle in a gated property away from the crowded public beach and marina facilities. The property's water recreation focus is evident in every facility decision: boat docks, boat rentals, kayak rentals, paddle boats, and paddleboarding access give guests multiple on-water options without leaving the property, and the gated entrance and shoreline setting provide the private lake access that Lanier's most sought-after properties command. A beach for swimming, general store, firewood, laundry, playground, showers, and dump station serve the practical needs of overnight guests, and the bird and wildlife watching available in the property's wooded shoreline complements the active water sports recreation with quieter natural observation opportunities. Wine and beer tasting options accessible nearby reflect the north Georgia wine country character developing in the Forsyth County hills. Lake Sidney Lanier is a 38,000-acre reservoir on the Chattahoochee River in the northern Georgia Piedmont, created by Buford Dam in 1956 and now one of the most visited US Army Corps of Engineers lakes in the country with approximately 11 million annual visitors. The lake's proximity to Atlanta—approximately 40 miles northeast via GA-400—makes it the primary lake recreation resource for the nation's ninth-largest metropolitan area, driving the boating, fishing, and swimming demand that makes summer weekends on Lanier among the most energetically social lake experiences in the American Southeast. The Lake Lanier Islands Resort complex on the lake's eastern shore provides the most concentrated public amenity infrastructure with a water park, golf course, and marina that complement the more natural glamping experience at Timberline's wooded shoreline property. The north Georgia wine country developing in the Dahlonega area above the lake, and the Gold Rush heritage of Dahlonega's historic downtown—where the nation's first major gold rush occurred in 1829, 20 years before California's—provide cultural and culinary day-trip destinations that extend the Lake Lanier visit beyond the water recreation itself. Timberline Glamping at Lake Lanier Shady Grove operates seasonally from late spring through early fall in north Georgia's four-season climate, with the summer swimming and boating season from Memorial Day through Labor Day driving peak demand for the boat docks and water recreation access that distinguish this property from inland alternatives. The lake's famous July 4th fireworks display, visible from the water, represents the single most competitive reservation period of the summer when boat traffic on Lanier reaches its annual maximum. Fall's Georgia Piedmont foliage through October and the cooler temperatures of September provide a more relaxed canoeing and paddleboarding experience on water with significantly lighter boat traffic than the summer peak.

The Point RV at Lake Hartwell

97 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 6 Tent Sites, 4 Cottages

The Point RV at Lake Hartwell in Townville, South Carolina, offers 97 RV sites, eight cabin and cottage units, and six tent sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 55 feet. Premium 50-amp back-in and both 30 and 50-amp pull-through categories join water-and-electric tiers, with a pool, clubhouse, and direct lake access. Ninety-seven sites span back-in 30-amp, back-in 30-amp water-and-electric, back-in 50-amp, premium back-in 50-amp, pull-thru 30-amp, and pull-thru 50-amp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 55 feet. Confirm your tier — the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. Eight cabins and cottages and six tent sites round out the lodging. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, and firewood handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with the lake supporting fishing, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boating, and swimming. A clubhouse, walking trails, hiking, playground, volleyball, and basketball fill the grounds, with live music and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Lake Hartwell is one of the Southeast's premier reservoir destinations — 56,000 acres and 963 miles of shoreline on the Savannah River basin, straddling the South Carolina-Georgia border in the Blue Ridge foothills, with striped bass and largemouth fishing that draws anglers from three states. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand, with spring and fall fishing strong and far easier availability. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends and holiday periods.

from $35/night

River Falls at the Gorge

70 RV Sites

River Falls at the Gorge in Lakemont, Georgia, offers 70 RV sites along the Tallulah River with 30 and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 56 feet, open all year behind a gated entrance. River back-ins join premium categories including pull-throughs with decks and sites with private pavilions, 1.5 miles from the rim of Tallulah Gorge. Seventy sites span back-in river, premium, premium end, premium pull-through with deck, premium with pavilion, and pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 56 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The deck and pavilion categories are worth requesting — genuine outdoor living space rather than a pad. Loops A and B are nightly sites; Loop C is for leasing. Cabins, treehouses, a tiny cabin, and tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, and firewood handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with tubing, fishing, kayaking, and river swimming in the Tallulah's clear mountain water directly from the property. A clubhouse, arcade, sports courts, basketball, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, biking, a playground, pavilion, and community fire pit fill the grounds, with a lake and wineries nearby. Pets are welcome. Tallulah Gorge is one of the most spectacular natural landmarks in the Southeast, and this is one of the only riverside RV campgrounds in northeast Georgia. Summer river season and October foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $76/night

WyldStay Greenville

10 Glamping Sites

Occupying 30 acres of working Highland cattle farm near Fountain Inn, South Carolina, approximately 20 minutes south of downtown Greenville, WyldStay Greenville offers a waterfront glamping experience that occupies an uncommonly specific niche in the South Carolina outdoor hospitality market—premium, ensuite tent accommodations on a functioning farm property with a genuine pastoral character that distinguishes it sharply from both traditional campgrounds and conventional hotel lodging in the greater Greenville area. The property's combination of luxury safari-style accommodations, farm setting, and proximity to one of the South's most acclaimed mid-sized urban cultural districts gives it a versatile appeal across a broad range of guest types. Accommodations are premium Bushtec Safari Tents with private ensuite bathrooms—a configuration that delivers the sensory outdoor experience of sleeping in a tented structure alongside the sanitary infrastructure of a fixed building, without requiring guests to share facilities or compromise on comfort. Waterfront site positioning along the farm's water features provides views of the Highland cattle pastures and property landscape that reinforce the rural farm setting, and the secluded nature of the property's layout gives individual accommodation units a degree of private separation suited to the romantic retreat, couples getaway, or small family escape that WyldStay's accommodations are most naturally designed around. The Highland cattle that give the farm its agricultural identity are a distinctive feature of the property's sensory experience—large, shaggy-coated cattle whose docile temperament and photogenic appearance make them a memorable backdrop to a stay that emphasizes genuine farm immersion alongside glamping comfort. The working farm character of the property is authentic rather than performative, and the combination of cattle, pasture, water features, and woodland gives the 30-acre landscape a multi-layered natural quality that rewards guests willing to explore the property on foot across their stay. Greenville, South Carolina, consistently ranked among the South's most desirable small cities for its combination of dining, arts, outdoor access, and walkable urban design, is accessible within a 20-minute drive from the property. Falls Park on the Reedy, centered on a 60-foot waterfall in the middle of downtown Greenville, anchors the city's Main Street dining and retail district in one of the most architecturally successful urban waterfall park developments in the Southeast. Paris Mountain State Park north of Greenville provides hiking, mountain biking, and lake swimming within the city's immediate hinterland, and Lake Hartwell's extensive shoreline on the South Carolina-Georgia border is accessible for boating and fishing within a practical drive from the farm. WyldStay Greenville operates on a reservation basis with accommodations available across the spring, summer, and fall seasons—the periods when the South Carolina upstate climate most rewards outdoor stays in a tented safari tent with ensuite amenities. Spring offers the most comfortable daytime temperatures and the greenest pasture scenery, while fall provides cooler nights and the foliage color of the surrounding upstate woodland. The property's positioning as a couples and small-group retreat means accommodations should be reserved with advance notice, particularly for weekend stays during the spring event season in Greenville and the fall when the upstate South Carolina outdoor hospitality calendar is most active.

Meraki Escape

2 Cabins

Meraki Escape in Brevard, NC, offers 2 luxury Nordic Spruce log cabins. This is an adults-only cabin retreat rather than a serviced RV park — no children, and the published record shows no RV sites or hookups, so contact them directly if you're traveling in a rig. Laundry, a bathhouse, on-site dining, a general store, a spa, a hot tub and sauna, a library, a concierge, and EV charging serve guests. Pets are welcome. The property also hosts weddings. One practical note the property makes itself: print or download the driving directions before you set out, because cell and GPS coverage drops through these mountains. Creek frontage, walking trails, hiking, fishing, kayaking, and birding fill the forested grounds, with wine tasting, golf, and a state park nearby. Brevard sits in Transylvania County in the southern Blue Ridge — the self-styled Land of Waterfalls, with Pisgah National Forest, DuPont State Forest, and more than 250 named falls in the county. Rates for the cabins are on the booking page. Two cabins, adults only — book early, and download the directions.

from $319 $278/night

The Cabins at Long Branch

3 Cabins

The Cabins at Long Branch in Topton, NC, offers 3 handcrafted two-bedroom cabins at 3,500 feet above the Nantahala Gorge. This is a cabin property rather than a serviced RV park — the published record shows no RV sites or hookups, so contact them directly if you're traveling in a rig. WiFi covers the property, and there's a playground. The elevation and the seclusion are the product. A lake, creek frontage, and mountain forest surround the cabins, with fishing, kayaking, boating, whitewater rafting, and birding all close. Topton sits high above the Nantahala River's Class III and IV whitewater corridor in the southern Blue Ridge — one of the most-run stretches of whitewater in the eastern United States, with the Nantahala Outdoor Center and Great Smoky Mountains National Park nearby. Rates for the cabins are on the booking page. Three cabins in peak rafting and fall color season book out early — and call about RV accommodation before you tow.

from $169/night

Cedar Creek RV & Outdoor Center

29 RV Sites, 19 Tent Sites, 1 Lodge

Cedar Creek RV & Outdoor Center in Cave Spring, GA, offers 28 full-hookup creekside back-in RV sites, 1 lodge, and 19 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 40 feet. Every site is a creekside full-hookup back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue. Check-in is 3pm and early check-ins can't be guaranteed, though the center asks guests to reach out in advance if they need one. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, propane fills and exchange, kayak rentals, and both RV and boat storage cover the practical side. Pets are welcome. Big Cedar Creek runs the length of the property, with a ball field, sport courts, volleyball, a playground, and walking trails, plus kayaking, boating, water sports, fishing, hiking, and picnicking. Cave Spring sits in the ridge-and-valley country of Floyd County, about 40 miles northwest of Rome in the northwest Georgia mountains. Rates for sites, the lodge, and tent spots are on the booking page. Summer creek season books first — and ask about early check-in ahead of time if you need it.

from $21/night

Wilderness Cove Campground

3 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites, 8 Glamping Sites, 2 Cottages, 1 House

Wilderness Cove Campground in Saluda, NC, offers 3 RV sites, 3 cottage and house rentals, 7 tent sites, and 8 glamping sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in two categories, 30/50-amp full-hookup back-ins carrying water, sewer, and electric, and 30-amp water-and-electric back-ins, each with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. With 18 non-RV accommodations against 3 RV sites, this is a glamping and cottage property that also takes RVs. The grounds are gated, with a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, on-site dining, and visiting food trucks. Pets are welcome. A zip line, a marina, a beach, inflatable water toys, and walking trails fill the riverfront property, with kayaking, boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, and picnicking on the lower Green River. Saluda sits at the base of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, where the mountains drop dramatically from the Appalachian highlands to the Carolina Piedmont. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Three RV sites means booking early is essential.

from $31/night

Timberline Glamping at Cheaha State Park

8 Glamping Sites

Timberline Glamping at Cheaha State Park in Delta, Alabama, is a unique glamping destination next to the Talladega National Forest at the highest point in Alabama — a curated outdoor accommodation experience in Clay County providing the comfort-forward camping alternative to traditional tent or RV camping at the 2,407-foot Cheaha Mountain summit, where the granite and quartzite exposed summit of Alabama's highest point gives the campground the most dramatic elevation change and the most complete panoramic viewshed in the state's outdoor recreation landscape. Cheaha State Park's position in the Talladega National Forest's Cheaha Wilderness gives Timberline's guests the direct access to the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail, the park's summit rock scrambles, and the Talladega National Forest's mountain bike trail system that makes Cheaha one of the most comprehensively equipped outdoor recreation state parks in the Southeast. Glamping accommodations with the complete comfort infrastructure give Timberline the curated Cheaha State Park experience for guests who want the mountain summit setting, the forested park atmosphere, and the Talladega NF outdoor recreation access without the conventional tent camping logistics — the glamping format specifically gives couples and families the elevated accommodation that Cheaha's mountain park setting justifies as a destination in itself rather than a campground-stop in a travel corridor. The glamping accommodation's proximity to the state park's developed summit area gives guests the immediate park access that the overnight stay specifically enables for the sunrise and sunset summit views. Pets are welcome. Cheaha State Park's CCC-built stone observation tower on the 2,407-foot Cheaha Mountain summit gives guests the 360-degree panoramic view of the Talladega National Forest's ridge and valley landscape — the southern Appalachian talus slope, the Hillabee metamorphic belt's rock outcrops, and the forested ridgelines extending to the horizon in all directions from the summit tower give the Cheaha overlook the specific high-point perspective that the state's highest summit provides in the geologically complex terrain of the Piedmont's ancient metamorphic core. The Bald Rock Heritage Preserve's exposed granite flatrock ecosystem adjacent to the Cheaha summit gives the park its specific botanical diversity of the granite outcrop plants that are otherwise absent from the surrounding forested landscape. The Pinhoti National Recreation Trail, 335 miles long from the Georgia border through the Talladega National Forest to the Benton MacKaye Trail junction in the Cohutta Wilderness, begins in its Alabama section at Cheaha State Park and gives thru-hikers the most significant long-distance hiking trail in Alabama's mountain park landscape. The Pinhoti's passage through the Talladega National Forest's Dugger Mountain Wilderness and the Cheaha Wilderness gives day hikers and backpackers the complete spectrum of Alabama mountain hiking from the summit geology to the riparian hardwood bottomlands in a trail system that has sustained the Alabama outdoor recreation community for four decades. Timberline Glamping at Cheaha State Park serves guests year-round in Clay County's southern Appalachian mountain climate, where the spring wildflower bloom from March through May and the October fall foliage color on the Talladega ridgeline give the Cheaha summit its most visually spectacular shoulder seasons. Talladega Superspeedway, 30 miles west of Cheaha in Talladega County, hosts the NASCAR Cup Series races in the spring and fall that give the Talladega area the motorsports tourism event calendar that draws the camping and RV market from across the Southeast twice annually. Reserve glamping accommodations well ahead for the Talladega NASCAR race weekends and the spring and fall Cheaha peak outdoor season.

from $123 $107/night

Great Escapes Chestnut Bay Campground

157 RV Sites, 10 Tent Sites, 32 Cottages

Great Escapes Chestnut Bay in Leesburg, Alabama, offers 157 RV sites, 32 cottages, and 10 tent sites on Weiss Lake, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Back-in and pull-through categories join a water park, splash pad, mini-golf, and a full marina operation. One hundred fifty-seven sites run in back-in and pull-through categories carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Thirty-two cottages and 10 tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, dump station, boat storage, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Pools and the water park run Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, with pool hours 9am to 9pm and the water park from 10am, closing after October 31. A water park, outdoor pool, splash pad, and beach anchor the summer, with a boat ramp, boat docks, and boat rentals giving direct lake access for boating, fishing, paddle boats, kayaking, and paddle boarding. Mini-golf, a jumping pillow, gaga ball, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, golf cart rentals, walking trails, a playground, dog park, barn, pavilion, and on-site dining fill the rest. Pets are welcome. Weiss Lake is one of the most productive crappie fisheries in the Southeast, within reach of both Atlanta and Birmingham. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

Lake Jasper RV Park

100 RV Sites

Lake Jasper RV Park in Hardeeville, South Carolina, offers 100 full-hookup RV sites on a lake in the Lowcountry, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Lake-front back-in categories and long-term options join standard back-ins and pull-throughs, 30 minutes from both Hilton Head and Savannah. One hundred sites span full-hookup back-in, long-term back-in, pull-through, lake full-hookup back-in, and long-term lake back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The lake categories are worth requesting early. A general store, laundry, dump station, RV storage, boat storage, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The lake carries the recreation. A fishing pier, kayak rentals, and paddle boats put guests on the water, with fishing, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, and water sports from the shoreline and inflatable water toys in season. An outdoor pool, disc golf course, bike rentals, horseshoes, walking trails, hiking, biking, a playground, dog park, pavilion, and community fire pit fill the grounds, with planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Hardeeville sits in Jasper County, and the position is the park's strongest asset: 30 minutes from Hilton Head Island's beaches and 30 minutes from Savannah's historic district, with the Beaufort District's coastal attractions filling the region between. Winter and spring drive the heaviest Lowcountry demand. Reserve ahead.

from $59/night