Georgia State Parks · Georgia
Fort Mountain State Park
Georgia State Parks · Georgia, United States
- Sites
- 87
- Hookups
- 70 electric, 70 with water, 17 no hookups
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Laundry
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 2,635 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Cell coverage
- Verizon weak · T-Mobile good · AT&T good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Chatsworth
- Address
- 181 Fort Mountain Park Road
- Phone
- (706)422-1932
102 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Fort Mountain State Park is a Georgia state park campground with 87 sites near Chatsworth. Site mix: 4 no-hookup backcountry/hike-in campsites; 70 standard electric/water hookup campsites; 3 primitive group-capacity "Pioneer Camping" area(s) (no hookups); 6 no-hookup elevated tent-platform campsites; 4 no-hookup tent-only walk-in campsites. This park's RA inventory also lists 15 Cottages, 1 Pavilion, 6 Picnic Shelters (day-use/lodging, not counted as camping). Reservable through Georgia State Parks' own ReserveAmerica contract (gastateparks.reserveamerica.com).
Fees
Tent Only Walk-In Campsites: $20.00/night; Platform Camping: $14.00/night; Pioneer Camping: $55.00/night; Campsite Electric: $35.00-$37.00/night; Backcountry Campsite: $12.00/night. *Listed rate(s) exclude the ParkPass, hookup attribute fees, taxes, and incremental charges per this park's own fee-table footnote. Plus Georgia's statewide $10/vehicle daily ParkPass (paid once per stay by overnight guests; gastateparks.org/ParkPass), a ReserveAmerica reservation processing fee, and any electric/water hookup attribute fee not included in the listed site rate. Pets are welcome on a leash no longer than six feet (gastateparks.org/FAQs, confirmed live).
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 26° | 6° | 63° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 51° | 32° | 17° | 65° | 10 of 11 |
| March | 59° | 40° | 19° | 74° | 8 of 11 |
| April | 65° | 45° | 28° | 77° | 2 of 11 |
| May | 75° | 57° | 41° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 80° | 63° | 50° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 83° | 66° | 58° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 83° | 66° | 57° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 78° | 63° | 49° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 65° | 46° | 31° | 82° | 1 of 10 |
| November | 56° | 38° | 20° | 70° | 5 of 10 |
| December | 47° | 30° | 15° | 61° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Lake Conasauga Overflow Campground · USDA Forest Service · 7 mi · 6 sites
- Lake Conasauga Campground Area · USDA Forest Service · 7 mi
- Lake Conasauga Campground · USDA Forest Service · 7 mi · 36 sites
- Hickey Gap Campground · USDA Forest Service · 9 mi
- Woodring Branch Primitive Campground · Army Corps of Engineers · 10 mi · 11 sites
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