Bears Den wrote:
Thank you all for the recommendations, I've been looking at reviews and pictures of all of your recommendations. I think the SPs will be more our cup of tea.
We like the SPs too: roomy sites, plenty of bike and hike paths, fishing, waterfalls, convenient to all the places you like, and very reasonable rates. IIRC there are no COEs in the GA Mtns per se.
If you can't get into Unicoi, Vogel is nice too. They have a waterfall at the end of the man made lake. Blairsville nearby has a good farmer's market.
Here's an interactive map of GA State parks
http://gastateparks.org/map/?s=139843.0.0.5&genstatic=1