FD Roosevelt state park, Ga.

[Pine_Barren]

The wife and I are thinking about heading to this park does anybody have any info on it. We have a 32' travel trailer with a full slide. We enjoy being able to relax and enjoy nice shady sites. We also enjoy hiking trails and seeing nature. Any recommendations on sites to get and things to see and do around the area. We are in the process of planning trips for next year. Thanks in advance.

[Pine_Barren]

Thank you everybody for the replies with very good info and pictures. Looks like a great place to go

[wxtoad]

It's been a few years since our visit to FDR State Park, but here is an article with some notes and pictures.

Ted H.

[CharlesinGA]

Just a spelling correction to make it easier to find in Google, its Callaway Gardens (no O in it).

The Little White House was FDR's home away from home. He came to Warm Springs when he found out about the "curing properties" of swimming in the pool at what was a tourist hotel prior to that. There were actually several different tourist hotels at various springs in the area, White Sulfur Springs, and Chalybeate Springs, and Warm Springs, in the late 1800's. They were all gone by about 1920. Roosevelt died in his home in Warm Springs and you can walk thru the bedroom, left just as it was the day he died in there, and you can see the automobile he drove, with hand controls, in the garage. He was well known and liked in the area, getting out and about during his frequent visits, seeing people on farms and city folks in the towns nearby.

FDR was a younger cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, and Teddy's mother (whose maiden name was Bulloch) was reputed to have been born near White Sulfur Springs (not far from Warm Springs, originally known as Bullochville), though some say she was born in Savannah and was moved to Warm Springs at a very young age.

Both the towns of Warm Springs and Pine Mountain, have a number of antique and curio shops that many people enjoy looking thru, and there are a few good eating places too. The restaurants at the Gardens serve veggies grown in their own gardens. There is a very nice butterfly house and quite a few other things, in addition to some great golf courses and the sand beach at Robin lake. Not sure if the Florida State Univ Flying High Circus still performs in the summer or not.

Be sure and eat at the Gardens Country Store, located right at the south west entrance to the park, at the intersection of US27 and GA190 on top of the mountain.

I grew up in Columbus and now live about 30 miles north of FDR park.

Charles

[Retired_JSO]

If they haven't change it, the check in was at the office on 190. There are a few pull through sites right on the lake, a few more adjacent to the lake and a separate more wooded campground closer to the entrance on 354. We enjoyed the lake area both visits. Lots to see in the area, Warm springs, pine mountain, Calloway Gardens, Columbus and the National Infantry Museum along with Columbus Civil War Navel Museum.

[WTP-GC]

accsys wrote:
We stayed in site 104 Thanksgiving 2011 and really enjoyed it!

Go Gators!

Its a great place. Been there once for Labor Day weekend. We have a 32' 5er with one full slide, got there on a Friday afternoon and had plenty of spots to pick from.

[Pine_Barren]

Nice pics thank you for sharing

[bobcouch]

From our stay in 2015 - FDR State Park

[Pine_Barren]

That's is very nice looking site thank you

[accsys]

We stayed in site 104 Thanksgiving 2011 and really enjoyed it!

[Pine_Barren]

Thanks for the replies. We are looking at next July 2018. If you don't mind you could snap a few pics of the level shady sites that will fit my 32 foot trailer, and any sites that you would recommend would be appricated .

[Spearfisherman7]

I will be there for 2 days mid October. Driving through but stopping to go to the Calloway gardens. That may be later that your travels but if not and you want any pics of specific info while I'm there let me know.

[junmy3]

There are lots of sites that you will have no problems getting into. Most Georgia State Parks do not take site specific reservations. You get to pick a site upon arrival. You have more site selections if you enter the park early in the week.

There is tons of hiking in the park. Warm Springs (Roosevelt's Little White House) is nearby and worth a visit. Calloway Gardens is a nice place to visit. There is an infantry museum in nearby Columbus that we highly enjoyed.

Have fun camping.