Red Top Mountain State Park Campgrounds

Address: 50 Lodge Road SE Acworth, GA 30102
Telephone: (800) 864-7275
Lat/Long: 34.140036, -84.711783
Website: https://gastateparks.org/RedTopMountain
Date: September 4^th 2025
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Media Resources: GoPro Hero 10, Insta360 X3, Samsung Galaxy S21

I arrived at Red Top Mountain State Park around 2pm on Thursday. The drive up was quiet and easy being that it was a weekday. When I arrived, the ride through the campgrounds was stunning. There was barely a camper in sight. The windy roads curve around the lake while passing through falling leaves, it could not have been more perfect.

I found my camp spot, number 45, and I quickly realized this was a primitive camping site with campsite 46’s parking spot right next to mine. Luckily there was enough room for me to park my truck further to the side so that way I could pull out my tent. The lady at the front office did tell me there was someone else registered that evening in the spot next to mine but I never saw them. I did, however, have some neighbors the next campsite over, but that was about a block or two away and they seemed like a nice older couple. I loved their VW Bus! It had one of those roofs that pops up and I did manage to get a picture, but I gotta find it.

Once I had camp setup I went exploring. The lake here is beautiful. I had an early dinner/snack of crackers, cheese and meats. I wasn’t that hungry since I was sitting in a car for 6+ hours. I also took a stroll around the campgrounds and the lakefront, taking many pictures and videos. The red clay and rocks along the waterline was simply beautiful, but extremely slippery! So be cautious.

The evening was also nice and calm. Aside from the occasional car slowly passing by, no other campers’ setup up near me. There was, however, a group of campers that had a perfect spot. A little further down, the path was a camp site that had 4 parking spots together, and the camp was about a 30 second walk onto what appeared to be a small peninsula where up to 5 tents could fit. I’ve got to research that spot for next time! It did however start drizzling, but that was expected as I was paying attention to the weather forecasts and that front looked like it was passing my spots in GA and TN by Friday afternoon. I attempted to get a time lapse video, but it was pointless to keep it, seeing as it was only like 2 minutes long since it started raining more heavily and I had to bring my camera inside.

That was literally, the best sleep of my life! I woke up feeling refreshed. I packed up camp and decided to take one last stroll to the lake and grab more pictures. The sunrise over the lake and mountains in the background was stunning.