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Jan-01-2019 07:51 AM
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Mar-09-2019 11:30 AM
Some of the sites are listed at 40 ft and a few at 50 ft. There is one site that is probably 60 ft or more deep, would be a issue backing into it as it is not angled like some of the others. While I might not recommend it for a 40 ft triple axle fifth wheel, a truck and a 27 ft trailer would not have any issues.
I just finished looking over the park web site and the reservations web site and cannot find anything that specifies a 25 ft max recommended length. I will agree you need to exercise due care and caution and as the web site says, "RVers should be comfortable driving on steep, winding roads.".
Charles
Looking south toward Town of Clayton from Visitor Center
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Sunset view from the deck on the campground loop.
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Both of us. Thats a 35 to 38 ft Class A you can see thru the trees just above the Avion. Its the next site over.
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Mar-05-2019 07:20 AM
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Mar-05-2019 06:59 AM
Retired JSO wrote:
Black Rock should not be a recomedation to a guy pulling a 27’ trailer up that hill where the max RV is recommended at 25’. Just driving up there in our long wheel base truck requires me to be in the oncoming lane at many switchbacks.
Exactly! I tried to figure out a nice way to say that and could not.
you nailed it. Too small and too steep for anything of size
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Mar-04-2019 06:40 PM
I believe the lake is 500’ deep. We take out kayaks when we go there and once I put my fish finder on and about 100yds from the camper I was over 350’ of water. That a strange feeling.
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Mar-04-2019 05:38 PM
I agree they are nice sites.
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Mar-04-2019 03:34 PM
Retired JSO wrote:
Black Rock should not be a recomedation to a guy pulling a 27’ trailer up that hill where the max RV is recommended at 25’. Just driving up there in our long wheel base truck requires me to be in the oncoming lane at many switchbacks.
Agree with RetiredJSO
Camp at Unicoi, Moccasin Creek, or Talulah Gorge and visit the Black Rock SP in your truck. I was staying at Moccasin creek SP when we visited Black Rock and we all said the same thing, glad we didn't haul the Rv's up here.
Both times we visited Black Rock there were tow trucks attending to Rver's up there, go visit and you will see why. It really is a great park, but without my 5ver was better.
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Mar-04-2019 07:37 AM
The park has good views, and a couple of trails to walk, and you will find easy access to two or three large "Georgia Grown" food and produce markets along US 23. The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center is located right in Mountain City, where the turn off to the park is. If you are not familiar with the Foxfire series of books, Google it, this is the origin of those books.
Going north is the town of Dillard and there is a restaurant called the Dillard House, which is rather famous for its food and service. Franklin NC is just a short distance up the road and you can visit the Gem and Mineral Museum in the old Jail house.
Also on US 23 south of Clayton is Tallulah Falls State Park which also has a campground is a very scenic area.
The only issue with Black Rock Mtn SP is the 7 or 8% grade for a mile and a half or so up to the park. The campground is situated along the top of a ridge, and one site in particular I recall, if you make a wrong turn out of the camper door you are in for quite a drop. Generally the sites are very nice and there is a lot of trees and vegetation around.
If you are staying at more than one GA park this year, consider a Friends of Georgia State Parks Membership. For $65 you get one annual pass and one free night of camping, For $90 you get a annual state park pass, and two nights of free camping, and for $105 you get three nights of free camping and two annual passes. The annual passes allow you to enter any GA park without paying the day use fee.
https://friendsofgastateparks.org/node/1076
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Mar-04-2019 01:55 AM
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Mar-03-2019 05:49 PM
slapshot12 wrote:
We’re going to Fort Mountain next week and I’m getting conflicting info if my 39’ Momentum will fit in the CG without tagging a tree. Some say it’ll be snug, but be careful and it’ll fit, and others say don’t even try it. Can anyone with actual experience advise?
I’d narrowed it down to Vogel or FM and the available pull thru sites at FM looked to have easier access.
You should fit in ft mountain. We have been there many time, with a 30’ 5er. One of my coworkers took his 43’ raptor, it was tight I’m sure, but he got in.
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Mar-03-2019 02:03 PM
I’d narrowed it down to Vogel or FM and the available pull thru sites at FM looked to have easier access.
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Jan-01-2019 04:17 PM
Been to two campgrounds over near Hiawassee, GA. Bald Mountain Camping Resort and River Bend Campground. Have been to each more than once. But this east of your target area
garmp wrote:
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Morganton Point Recreation Area on Blue Ridge Lake (COE Park).
Morganton Point Recreation Area is part of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. Lake Blue Ridge is a TVA lake
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