Stone Mountain Park

Stone Mountain, GA

The first time we tried to camp at Stone Mountain was last August. We were thwarted at that time by severe weather, which closed down our part of the campground and caused minor damage to our camper.

Undaunted, we tried again, but perhaps we'd have done better to avoid amateur weekend. The campground itself was fairly decent, but it was PACKED. On weekends like this, it was easy to see how the sites are stacked on top of one another. There were several sites that were so unappealing, it seemed the only possible reason for them to exist would be to eke out that extra $30 or so a night on holiday weekends.

We took advantage of the pool but not many of the other amenities... we were occupied with activities elsewhere in the park. Which is something else I noted: the campground is really not convenient to the rest of the park. There is a water taxi service however, which we did not take advantage of, but will have to check out on future visits.

Overall we do not rate this very highly, but we do attribute most of the unpleasantness to the holiday weekend and the accompanying hordes. We will definitely visit them again for a second... or would that be third? chance.

Scoring:
Site: 3 (#55 - very narrow, could not set up our awning. picnic table/fire pit were on a lower level, had to climb down over rocks to reach it. Right on the lake, however)
Amenities: 5
Bathrooms: 1.5 (apparently the men's rooms were NASTY, but this could have been due in large part to it being amateur weekend. Private, hot showers, and plenty of stalls)
Overall: 9.5