Glamping near Cumming, Georgia

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.

Timberline Glamping at Lula

6 Glamping Sites

Timberline Glamping at Lula in Lula, Georgia, is a modern outdoor accommodation experience bringing fully furnished safari-style tents to the North Georgia foothills between Atlanta and the Blue Ridge Mountains — a new-concept glamping property in Hall County with climate-controlled canvas tents, cozy beds, air conditioning and heating, and a Keurig coffee maker on each site in the rolling piedmont forest northeast of Gainesville. Lula's Hall County position at the southern edge of the Chattahoochee National Forest's Blue Ridge unit gives the glamping property the North Georgia mountain corridor access — Lake Lanier, the Appalachian Trail, Dahlonega's gold rush history, and Unicoi State Park — within a comfortable day-trip radius from a campground that serves the Atlanta metro's nature escape market without requiring the drive to the deeper mountain destinations two hours further north. Fully furnished safari-style tents with air conditioning, heating, cozy beds, Keurig coffee makers, and the ready-to-use setup that a true glamping property provides give guests the outdoor overnight experience without the equipment logistics that conventional tent camping requires — the format specifically serves the Atlanta market segment that wants the North Georgia mountain nature experience alongside the comfort threshold that makes camping feasible for guests without camping equipment or the inclination to manage a tent setup. The Timberline property's new-property investment in quality furnishings reflects the glamping market's premium positioning. Pets are welcome. Lake Lanier, the Chattahoochee River impoundment in Hall and Forsyth Counties immediately south of Lula, is the most-visited Corps of Engineers lake in the United States — a 38,000-acre reservoir with 690 miles of shoreline that sustains boating, water skiing, wakeboarding, fishing, and the summer water recreation economy of the Atlanta metropolitan area's primary drive-to lake destination. The Lake Lanier Islands' water park, marina, golf, and resort complex on the lake's south shore gives the reservoir the full resort infrastructure that sustains it as a family destination beyond the boat-ownership market, and the Corps of Engineers' public recreation areas distributed across the lake's shoreline give non-boat-owner campers the swimming beach and fishing pier access that the private marina development otherwise dominates. Dahlonega, 30 miles north of Lula via U.S. 19 in Lumpkin County, is the site of America's first significant gold rush — an 1828 discovery that preceded the California Gold Rush by 21 years and sustained the Georgia Gold Rush as the primary driver of the southeastern United States' economy through the 1830s and 1840s before the California discovery relocated the national gold-seeking market. The Dahlonega Gold Museum in the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse, the working gold panning and tours at the Consolidated Gold Mines, and the downtown's mountain town commercial character give Dahlonega's day-trip the specific historical depth that distinguishes it from the mountain wine and craft tourism that now primarily sustains the Dahlonega visitor economy. Timberline Glamping at Lula serves guests year-round in Hall County's transitional piedmont-to-mountain climate, where the spring wildflower and waterfall season from March through May, the summer Lake Lanier recreation peak from June through August, and the fall North Georgia leaf season from October through November represent the three peak demand windows from the Atlanta metropolitan market. The Appalachian Trail's southern terminus at Springer Mountain, 50 miles north in Dawson County, gives the property the proximity to one of the most significant long-distance trail landmarks in the eastern United States for the through-hiking and section-hiking community that the North Georgia AT corridor draws. Reserve glamping tents well ahead for the fall foliage season and Lake Lanier summer weekends, when the Atlanta market's North Georgia drive-to accommodation fills at high volume.

from $102 $89/night

Timberline Glamping at Amicalola Falls

6 Glamping Sites

Timberline Glamping at Amicalola Falls offers six luxury glamping sites inside Amicalola Falls State Park in Dawsonville, Georgia, at the foot of the state's tallest waterfall. Retro RV and furnished tent accommodations come with an outdoor pool, zip line, and full park access at 418 Amicalola Falls State Park Road. Six glamping sites make up the accommodations, including Retro RV units and spacious furnished tents — you arrive with luggage rather than equipment, which is the entire point. Restrooms, showers, laundry, a general store, and firewood serve the property. With six sites, reserve well ahead. Pets are welcome. An outdoor pool and a zip line anchor the on-site recreation, with sports courts, basketball, corn hole, walking trails, a playground, and a pavilion filling the grounds. A creek runs the property, with hiking, swimming, and picnicking from the site and wine tasting nearby. The waterfall is the reason to come. Amicalola Falls drops 729 feet — the tallest cascade in Georgia — and the state park serves as the approach trail terminus for the Appalachian Trail, marking the start of the 2,190-mile footpath to Katahdin. Watching thru-hikers set off in spring is part of the experience here. The setting sits within an hour's drive of the Atlanta metro, which makes this one of the most accessible genuine mountain glamping locations in the Southeast. Spring thru-hiker season and October foliage in the North Georgia mountains drive the heaviest demand. Reserve well ahead for both.

from $109/night

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 $35/night

Timberline Glamping at Unicoi State Park

6 Glamping Sites

Timberline Glamping at Unicoi State Park near Helen, Georgia, offers six luxury tent accommodations inside the state park, furnished with beds, air conditioning, heaters, and Keurig coffee makers. A lake, beach, walking trails, and full park access sit at 1788 Highway 356 in the North Georgia mountains. Six glamping sites make up the accommodations, and the furnishing list is what separates this from camping in name only — beds, climate control in both directions, and coffee in the morning without a camp stove. Restrooms, showers, a dump station, firewood, propane fills and exchange, and WiFi serve the property, with cabins also available. With six sites, reserve well ahead. Pets are welcome. The park does the rest. Unicoi's 53-acre lake sits close by with a beach for swimming, and walking trails, hiking, a playground, and a community fire pit fill the grounds. A creek and river run nearby, with birding across the forested mountain setting, planned activities through the season, and wine tasting and an amusement park nearby. The approach makes genuine outdoor immersion accessible to guests who do not own camping equipment or want to haul it — you get the state park's trail network and mountain setting without the logistics. Helen is the Bavarian-themed alpine village a short drive away, which gives the area an unusual combination of North Georgia wilderness and walkable town. October foliage in the North Georgia mountains and Helen's Oktoberfest drive the sharpest demand. Reserve well ahead for fall.

from $138/night

Scenic City RV Campground

44 RV Sites, 2 Glamping Sites

Scenic City RV Campground in Ringgold, Georgia, offers 44 full-hookup RV sites and two glamping sites on 10 wooded acres, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Open all year, with a clubhouse, boat rentals, a game room, and a dedicated Class B site category, it sits at Georgia's northwest gateway to Chattanooga. Forty-four sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp in back-in and pull-through configurations, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. A separate back-in category is reserved for Class B vans — a genuinely useful distinction that keeps small rigs from being placed on oversized pads. Two glamping sites round out the accommodations. A general store, boutique shop, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The 10 wooded acres give the campground its character. A pond and creek run the property for fishing, boat rentals are available, and a clubhouse, game room, playground, and dog park fill the grounds. Planned activities run through the season, and the tree canopy and dark surroundings make for good stargazing. A lake, boating, and an amusement park are nearby. Pets are welcome. Ringgold sits in Catoosa County on the I-75 and US-41 corridors, at the edge of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park's 5,300 acres of Civil War battlefield. The Lookout Mountain and Signal Mountain recreation corridor extends Chattanooga's outdoor footprint into the northwest Georgia ridgeline. The campground is open year-round and family-owned. Summer and fall color drive demand — reserve ahead for October, when Chattanooga-area lodging tightens.

Gorgeous Stays

5 Cabins, 3 Tent Sites, 2 Glamping Sites, 1 Yurt, 3 Vintage RV Rentals

Gorgeous Stays in Bryson City, NC, offers 3 RV rentals, 5 cabins, 3 tent sites, and 3 glamping sites and yurts. The RV accommodations here are the point and they are not ordinary: a double decker bus called The Crown Jewel, a converted school bus billed as the Travel-Inn Skoolie, and a vintage Shasta camper. These are rentals rather than sites for your own rig — if you're towing, contact the property directly about hookups and fit before booking. A bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, a community fire pit, and a pavilion serve the grounds. Pets are welcome. Glamping here means the conveniences of home without the distractions, and the property leans into that: billiards, ping pong, picnicking, planned activities, creek frontage, and fishing, with biking and a casino close by. Bryson City sits in Swain County in the western North Carolina mountains, minutes from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with the Nantahala, Fontana Lake, and the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad all nearby. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. The vintage rentals are one-of-one — book them early.

from $30/night

Wanderland Campground

2 Glamping Sites

On 72 wooded acres at the edge of Cloudland Canyon State Park on Lookout Mountain in northwest Georgia, Wanderland Campground offers a deliberately off-grid retreat that steps away from the hookup-and-amenity model of conventional RV camping in favor of something quieter and more elemental. The campground provides a range of glamping accommodations with fire pits, wood grills, fire rings, and picnic tables in a setting that connects directly to the Cloudland Canyon trail network—one of the most spectacular hiking destinations in the Deep South—and pairs the natural environment with a covered stage, fitness loop, and event infrastructure that makes the property as well-suited to yoga retreats, small concerts, and family reunions as it is to traditional camping. This is a campground for guests who come to be in the mountain, not just near it. Accommodation options at Wanderland are oriented around the glamping experience rather than RV hookups—the campground's off-grid character means no running water or electricity at individual sites, with portable restroom facilities available on the property. What the campground provides instead is a beautifully maintained 72-acre forest environment with different glamping site configurations featuring fire pits with chairs, wood grills, fire rings, and picnic tables in a variety of settings from dense oak forest to open meadow edge. A 1.25-mile loop trail through the oak forest with installed fitness stations provides a built-in morning workout that few campgrounds anywhere can match for scenery and trail quality. A covered stage with seating for up to 100 guests provides the infrastructure for concerts, yoga classes, celebrations, and community gatherings. Lookout Mountain's setting above the Chattanooga Valley provides one of the most dramatic landscape contexts in the southeastern United States. The mountain extends 80 miles from Chattanooga south through northwest Georgia, and the Cloudland Canyon section—where the West Fork of Chickamauga Creek has carved two dramatic gorges through the sandstone—represents the mountain's geological peak moment. Trails from Cloudland Canyon descend through the canyon walls to waterfalls at the canyon floor and return through mixed hardwood forest that transitions through wildflower-rich understory in spring and spectacular color in fall. Wildlife is abundant and diverse—black bears, wild turkeys, timber rattlesnakes, and the remarkable bird diversity of the Cumberland Plateau ecosystem. The region surrounding Wanderland connects to Chattanooga's remarkable concentration of attractions. The Tennessee Aquarium on the Chattanooga waterfront—one of the finest freshwater aquariums in the world—the Hunter Museum of American Art, the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge, the Incline Railway ascending Lookout Mountain's steepest grade, and the legendary attractions of Lookout Mountain itself (Ruby Falls, Rock City, the Civil War battlefield on the mountain's crest) provide a depth of day-trip options that can fill a long weekend without repetition. The city's restaurant scene has undergone a significant renaissance in recent years. Wanderland Campground is ideal for guests who want to disconnect intentionally—to wake up in the forest, hike into the canyon, and spend evenings around a real fire without the background hum of generators and air conditioning units. Seasonal programming including concerts and events makes the campground particularly vibrant during event weekends. Book early for the fall foliage season, when Cloudland Canyon's colors make this one of the most visually rewarding camping destinations in the entire South.

from $56/night

Smoky Mountain Meadows Campground

1 Onsite RV/Trailer

Smoky Mountain Meadows Campground in Bryson City, North Carolina, offers full-hookup RV sites, tent camping and cabin rentals across an open meadow valley four miles from the Deep Creek entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Sites accommodate rigs up to 42 feet, and the campground's meadow setting — framed by forested ridgelines rather than enclosed by them — gives it a more open feel than most sites in the Tuckasegee drainage. Full-hookup RV sites take rigs to 42 feet, with a dump station available on the property. Tent sites serve campers who want the valley setting at a simpler price point, and cabins provide enclosed lodging with the same meadow outlook. A general store stocks camp basics and firewood, and bathrooms, showers and laundry cover the practical side of a longer stay. WiFi reaches the campground. On-site recreation centers on the meadow itself. A playground anchors the family end of the property, and basketball, volleyball, horseshoes and corn hole give guests something to do without leaving camp. A community fire pit provides the evening gathering point, and a covered pavilion handles group meals and rainy afternoons. Pets are welcome. Great Smoky Mountains National Park's Deep Creek entrance sits four miles north on Deep Creek Road and holds the most accessible waterfall cluster in the park — Tom Branch, Indian Creek and Juney Whank Falls all fall within a 2.5-mile walk of the trailhead, and the creek's calm Class I water makes Deep Creek the park's most family-friendly tubing run. Bryson City itself is the departure point for the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad through the Nantahala Gorge, and Harrah's Cherokee and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian are eight miles northwest on the Qualla Boundary. The campground runs April through October. Spring wildflowers peak from late March into May and fall color arrives in the Tuckasegee valley through October — the two busiest windows of the year alongside the summer national park season. Reserve early for October weekends, when Bryson City lodging fills across the board.

Raccoon Mountain Caverns & Campground

55 RV Sites, 9 Cabins, 22 Tent Sites, 5 Glamping Sites

Raccoon Mountain Caverns and Campground in Chattanooga, Tennessee, offers 55 full-hookup RV sites, nine cabins, 22 tent sites, and five glamping sites at the entrance to a 5.5-mile guided cave system, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Compact and deluxe pull-through categories join rustic back-in sites, with a pool, fitness center, and clubhouse. Fifty-five sites span compact pull-thru, compact pull-thru max tow, deluxe pull-thru, and rustic back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The compact max-tow category is a thoughtful distinction for smaller rigs with a vehicle in tow. Nine cabins, 22 tent sites, and five glamping sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Three policies to know: no hammocks or car camping on any site, no tents on RV sites, RVs manufactured before 2000 require photo approval, and you must be 21 to book. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a fitness center, clubhouse, pavilion, basketball, shuffleboard, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, a playground, and dog park besides. Sleeping beside the cave entrance is the singular draw — one of the Southeast's most accessible wild cavern experiences, with Lookout Mountain and downtown Chattanooga close. Summer and fall foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $27 $23/night

Ash Grove Mountain Cabins and Camping

Ash Grove Mountain Cabins and Camping in Brevard, North Carolina, nestles into the hardwood forests of Transylvania County, offering both rustic log cabin accommodations and traditional tent camping in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains where western North Carolina's concentration of waterfalls, old-growth forest, and wilderness trails makes it one of the most biodiverse and scenically rewarding outdoor destinations in the eastern United States. The property's understated, forest-immersed character attracts guests who prioritize natural setting over resort infrastructure, and its location between two major public land units gives it an unusually strong position for serious trail users. Guests choose between fully appointed cabins suited to families and couples seeking shelter and privacy or established tent sites set beneath a canopy of tulip poplars, white oaks, and second-growth hemlocks recovering from woolly adelgid damage that reshaped the forest understory in recent decades. On-site walking trails wind through the property's wooded grounds, and communal fire pits provide evening gathering spaces that encourage the quiet, unhurried social culture that distinguishes campground stays from hotel travel. The overall atmosphere is deliberately low-key—cell signal is limited, evenings are genuinely dark, and the sounds are forest sounds. The landscape surrounding Brevard is defined by the layered ridges of Pisgah National Forest, a 512,000-acre protected wilderness that encompasses more than 600 miles of hiking trails, multiple designated wilderness areas, and some of the best trout streams and single-track mountain biking in the Southeast. Transylvania County receives over 80 inches of rain annually—among the highest precipitation totals in the eastern US—feeding more than 250 waterfalls within the county boundaries, a concentration so extraordinary that the county markets itself as the Land of Waterfalls. Black bears, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and the occasional river otter inhabit the surrounding forest with a density that makes wildlife sightings a routine part of any extended stay. DuPont State Recreational Forest, just south of Brevard, protects the famous cascades used as filming locations for The Hunger Games—High Falls, Triple Falls, and Hooker Falls—all accessible from connected trail systems that allow visitors to link multiple waterfalls in a single outing without backtracking. The Blue Ridge Parkway's historic motor road runs along the ridge crests to the north, providing access to scenic overlooks, higher-elevation meadows, and the cultural heritage of Appalachian communities preserved along the route. Asheville's vibrant arts district, nationally recognized restaurant scene, craft brewery culture, and the Biltmore Estate's elaborate Victorian architecture are approximately 30 minutes northeast. Ash Grove operates from spring through late fall, with the summer waterfall season and October's hardwood foliage drawing the heaviest visitation. The property books steadily with hikers using it as a base for multi-day Pisgah Forest itineraries and families returning annually for cabin stays during Brevard's Music Center summer festival season. For guests whose primary goal is deep immersion in the forest landscape of the southern Appalachians, Ash Grove's combination of genuine woodland setting and strategic location between Pisgah National Forest and DuPont State Recreational Forest makes it one of the better-positioned campgrounds in the region.

Pine Mountain RV Resort

1 RV Site

Pine Mountain RV Resort in Pine Mountain, Georgia, offers premium full-hookup pull-through RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, at the base of Pine Mountain in Harris County. An outdoor pool, clubhouse, dog park, and pavilion serve guests exploring one of Georgia's premier inland tourism corridors. Premium pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. Pulling through means no backing and no unhitching for an overnight. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. One policy to check before booking: the resort enforces a ten-year age restriction on RVs, though older coaches are reviewed for approval if you send a photo in advance. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a clubhouse, pavilion, playground, and dog park across the grounds and a golf course nearby. Pets are welcome. Pine Mountain sits at the southern end of the Appalachian foothills, where the ridge breaks from the Piedmont Plateau into mature hardwood forest, rolling terrain, and creeks draining toward the Flint River. The concentration of attractions along Pine Mountain Ridge is what draws visitors — natural, horticultural, and historical sites cluster here more densely than anywhere else in inland Georgia, and the small-town setting is among the state's more charming. Spring bloom season and fall color drive the heaviest demand along the ridge. Reserve well ahead for those windows, and confirm RV age approval if your coach is over ten years old.

from $9 $8/night