COE

mtnman1989 wrote:
Why would that be important?

I thought it would be fun to go camp one night at each COE cgs somewhere in Arkansas, Kansas or Kentucky? I think Kentucky has a lot of COE? We are retired and been traveling for 14 years. We usually stay gone 2-3 weeks at a time, mostly at USFS cgs. We are free from work and schedules.

Open the COE map I linked to above. Click on a state and it shows the COE parks on that state map. Click on an icon and get details of that park.

vermilye wrote:
The Ultimate Public Campgrounds Project app can be filtered so it only shows COE campgrounds. While the AllStays app can do the same, I find the Ultimate Public list better for non commercial campgrounds.

Thanks for the link to that site!

Tennessee has a LOT of COE campgrounds, usually multiples on every TVA reservoir. I would not be surprised if it had the most of any state.

I have the book and it shows the basic area where the COE is located (by state) and then a description. I used in it my travels across the US last year and am getting ready to go to 2 different ones in NC in just a few days.

Doing reservations on the website works for me, especially if you look at availability on sites for dates you want, first.

Here is the official Corp Lakes website with all of the lakes, recreation areas, etc. Lots of info.

https://corpslakes.erdc.dren.mil/visitors/visitors.cfm

They used to have a CD-ROM you could get free. I was given one when I got my senior pass three years ago (just before the price went up).

Charles

Lake Seminole, Lake Hartwell, Allatoona Lake and Carter’s Lake all in Georgia have COE CGs. Some of the lakes have more than one.

Here is a table from filtering a list of government campgrounds on the website poi-factory.com

I have not verified the accuracy.

State Count of COE parks
AL 26
AR 117
CA 3
CO 2
CT 1
FL 3
GA 44
IA 24
ID 4
IL 20
KS 50
KY 32
MN 9
MO 51
MS 21
MT 3
NC 4
ND 10
NE 6
NM 5
OH 2
OK 76
OR 2
PA 15
SC 7
SD 3
TN 25
TX 88
VA 11
VT 2
WA 7
WI 5
WV 12
Grand
Total 690

Thank you everyone, this is very helpful and good info!

one_strange_texan wrote:
Here is a table from filtering a list of government campgrounds on the website poi-factory.com

I have not verified the accuracy.

State Count of COE parks
AL 26
AR 117
CA 3
CO 2
CT 1
FL 3
GA 44
IA 24
ID 4
IL 20
KS 50
KY 32
MN 9
MO 51
MS 21
MT 3
NC 4
ND 10
NE 6
NM 5
OH 2
OK 76
OR 2
PA 15
SC 7
SD 3
TN 25
TX 88
VA 11
VT 2
WA 7
WI 5
WV 12
Grand
Total 690

I suspect those aren't all campground parks, COE manages boat ramps, picnic areas and other sites around these lakes. I'll have to figure out where the other FL COE site is, maybe up at three rivers. There are two active ones around Lake Okeechobee. We have a reservation at the one on the west called WP Franklin South, Ortona is on the other side of the lake and has very few RV spots making it very hard to get into. These also have the highest prices of any COE CG I've ever seen.

coolmom42 wrote:


Thanks for the link to that site!

Tennessee has a LOT of COE campgrounds, usually multiples on every TVA reservoir. I would not be surprised if it had the most of any state.

TVA lakes are not USACE lakes, and TVA's campgrounds aren't really in the same class. Plus TVA has leased out or closed many of the ones they did have.

Most of the dams on the Columbia River in Washington and along Oregon border have Campgrounds. Some are contracted but still operate through the Corps.
POIs quite often do not have all the campgrounds. Many require the agency to submit them or something like that.