Our fall campout is returning to its rightful home in W4G after having to cross the border into NC last year. Our base of operations this year will be in the Forest Service campground at Lake Winfield Scott. The campgroud is located smack dab in the middle of the high point summits in North Georgia. You can hike directly from the campground up to the Appalachian Trail and the highest summit on the AT in Georgia - W4G/NG-004 - Blood Mtn.
IMPORANT NOTE - You can only reserve campsites six months in advance and the earliest that you can make a reservation for the entire campout weekend will be on Saturday, April 16th, 2022.
There are two campsite loops in the campground and they have a mix of sites suitable for tents, small trailers/RVs and a few with electrical hookups. There are bath houses with showers on both loops. I have reserved the group campsite (exception to the six month rule) which can accomodate a few tenters, but more importantly it has a large fire pit and four picnic tables grouped together which will be a great common hangout spot. The group campsite (tent icon) is next to the south loop with trails that lead down to the south loop. Campsites 1-6 are very conveniently located to the group site, but any site on the south loop is very close. The campsites on the north loop are at least a 5-10 minute walk from the south loop.
I am going ahead and posting a tenative list of campsites for people that have already spoken up for planning purposes. Not that any of the individual campsites have/can be reserved yet and will update as soon as they are āofficial.ā
Let me know if anyone need specifics and/ or pictures for any site before reserving. I can go and take pictures since this is pretty much in my backyard and I am up in that area every week activating something.
Before we got the Interagency Pass, we went in one time to just drive through. Told the guy at the gate we were there to look at some campsites before we made our reservation. He let us right in without paying.
Well, today is the day that reserving individual campsites has opened up! It looks like all 4 of the sites with electric hookups are already booked, but there are still plenty of sites on the south loop. We can probably accomodate 2-3 more tents on the group campsite, so just let me know if you are interested.
Now, that Tim has booked campsite 11, it looks like the south loop is fully booked for the weekend. The group site is already full, but Tim has offered to share his larger campsite if anyone is interested. There is one reservable spot in the north loop, but the rest of the sites in the north loop are first come-first serve so it really shouldnāt be a problem showing up during the week and finding a site.
With the exception of the site that Richard just grabbed in the north loop, I think that all of the north loop is first come - first serve. Not sure what day you were thinking of arriving on , but there should be plenty of spots available on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday would probably not be a problem either and I have a ādecoy tentā that I could throw out on a site if needed to stake a claim!
My goal is to arrive at the campsite Thursday afternoon so Iām happy to snag a North loop spot that evening then vacate it for someone in our party to use Friday evening onward and Iāll move to the group site if that would help anyone. Just let me know. I also have a decoy tent if needed.
I realize weāre still away out but I have never been to this area before. Does anyone have information on which nearby summits are drive-ups, which require hikes of different skill levels, etc.? Any suggestions are appreciated so I can gather maps, etc.
Iāve been casually using the mapping feature on www.sotl.as to determine the same thing and am slowly constructing an activation plan. Hopefully it will be helpful to you as well.
