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Bolding Mill Campground is an excellent choice for camping on Lake Sidney Lanier, offering plenty of comfortable amenities in addition to a well-kept facility.
Visitors will enjoy fishing and boating on the lake as well as the lush picnic area and large swimming beach, perfect for families.
The large swimming beach is concrete, which provides a gentle slope and ADA access for visitors. An on-site boat ramp and fishing pier provide access to many water activities. Land-based recreation features picnic shelters and playground area near the front of the park.
The campground offers 88 sites with electric and water hookups (no sewer). There's also nine tent-only primitive sites. Campground conveniences include a laundry facility, fishing pier, and restroom/showerhouses. Facilities outside of the campground but within Bolding Mill park include the playground, swim beach and boat ramp. There's also two dump stations, inside and outside the campground which rotate use per year.
Lake Lanier spans 38,000 surface water acres and 17,000 land acres across five counties in northern Georgia. The reservoir is known for its aqua-blue coloring and spectacular scenery in the forested foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Bolding Mill campground is on the northwest side of the lake, which has plenty of grass and shade for comfortable camping.
Head to the Don Carter State Park for birding and hiking opportunities. Another idea is the Sawnee Mountain Preserve, with breathtaking scenic overlooks, hiking opportunities and rock climbing. Nearby Gainesville, Dawsonville and Dalonega provide many different experiences and opportunities.
Cancellations must be made via the online/phone reservation system.
From Atlanta, GA, take SR 400 north to Exit 17, turn right on GA Hwy 306, turn right on GA Hwy 53, turn left on Old Sardis Rd, and turn left on Chestatee Rd. Follow into campground.
Reservations can be made online at recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777.
If your idea of camping is listening to highway noise all night then you've got a very pretty campground.
I rate this a 1 star only b/c there wasnt an option for 1/2 star. If i had expected a salty, abrasive welcome to the weekend I would have gone home instead :)... beyond rude upon every encounter! Bring your own weed eater if u want to access your firepit, electric meter or h20 spigot. The most insane part is, and this is no joke, they will LOCK you in camp at 1030 pm nitely behind a gate and no contact # provided in the event of emergencies. Gate will be opened at 7 am'ish. I was told 'safety trumps emergencies'... how is that even legal whether its private, public or federal is beyond me. Add lock cutters to your over nite bag.
We have stayed here numerous times over the years and it's still a beautiful and quiet place to camp. I have to agree with the others regarding the mowing though, they are just doing a strip around the pad.
We stayed on site 19 this time and it has a path with easy access to the lake, most sites don't! The lake is a little down, so there is a beach area at this access point, but as the water rises this would not be accessible as it would be under water. The sides have a lot of rocks which can damage a boat or PWC.
This is a pretty location with extremely rude gate attendants, they berate you on check in, after letting them know I am checking into site # they ask why am I here and who am I visiting. Then I tried to give it a pass, (everyone has bad days) extended one more day due to unforeseen weather issues. Went to receive a new pass and was spoken to rudely again demanding that I turn in my old pass before receiving a new pass for the exact same spot. I have health concerns that do no make it easy walking to the gate and my vehicles is attached to my tent so therefore would have to be broken down for driving. The attendant was made aware of this and states rules are rules bring me your pass because I won’t give you the new one without it. Just could have Been handled so much better and giving a positive feeling here, but they have made it pretty clear that’s not their goal.
