The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos [Paperback]

Johnny Molloy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Best in Tent Camping | Publication Date: July 28, 2007

Whether it’s rafting down the Chattooga River, hiking along the Bartram Trail, or sea kayaking around Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia is chock full of opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts of all abilities. Written to steer campers away from concrete slabs and convoys of RVs, The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia profiles the state's most scenic and serene campsites, from Amicalola Falls State Park, starting point for the Appalachian Trail, to the windswept dunes of Cumberland Island. Each of the 50 sites is rated for beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness. Also included are details on facilities, reservations, fees, and restrictions, as well as an accurate, easy-to-read map and suggestions for nearby recreation and sight-seeing.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a great resource for families looking for scenic, secluded locations where they can easily take the kids, or for those folks who don't have the time or the inclination for a full-scale backpacking trip." -- Backpacker Magazine

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From the Back Cover

If you subscribe to the opinion that televisions, Japanese lanterns, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia should be your constant outdoor companion.
From mountainous Amicalola Falls State Park, starting point for Appalachian Trail thru-hikers, to the windswept dunes of Cumberland Island, Georgia camping has never been better. The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia is a guidebook for tent campers who like scenic and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching your tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boombox, or waking up to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs.
The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia will guide you to the quietest, most beautiful, most secure, and best managed campgrounds in the Peach State. Painstakingly selected from hundreds of camping options, each profiled campground is rated for beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness.
Each campground profile gives unbiased and thorough evaluations, taking the guesswork out of finding the perfect site. Essential details on facilities, reservations, fees, and restrictions, as well as an accurate, easy-to-read campground map making planning your trip a snap. Also included are suggestions for nearby outdoor recreation and sightseeing, pinpointing attractions that often go unnoticed.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 2nd edition (July 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897327241
• ISBN-13: 978-0897327244
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #80 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hiking & Camping > Camping

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource and starting point; get out and see Georgia!, March 1, 2005

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Garrett M. Vonk (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RV's, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Paperback)

This book needs to have an online counterpart. The dearth of good (objective!) camping information online in this part of the country can be frustrating.

This book fills in the gaps for tent campers who need some details on the multitude of camping spots in Georgia, written by someone who had the time to actually visit many of them. This is perfect for busy professionals like myself who often have no idea where to start, and can't waste a free weekend on a campsite that may be subpar.

Molloy fills in the gaps for you with a rubric of important criteria, all from the standpoint of the casual camper who appreciates a quiet, beautiful setting to enjoy. This is information that doesn't really exist elsewhere, so if you camp in the state of Georgia, it's an absolutely essential reference. Seasoned campers with their own favorite spots may have slightly less of a use for this book, but even then one might find a gem that had been previously overlooked.

This work loses a star because the overall map and legend lacks an easy way to identify which star on the map is which campsite, without thumbing back through the table of contents. This made it slightly harder to see which campsites are in which area at a glance. Overall, a very useful reference.

Hint: Take the book along with you camping in your vehicle or duffel bag. Scribble your own notes in the margin regarding the campsite you visited, best places to park, nearest gas station, etc. Make it your own personal reference as well!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the heavy lifting is done..., October 9, 2005

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Scott M. Comptois (Conyers, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RV's, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Paperback)

JM has done a great job of camping in the stellar, and not so stellar camping destinations of Georgia doing the heavy lifting for the rest of us.

Each location has all the information needed whether interested in hiking, swimming, boating, etc. JM's descriptions are true to form for each location. I truly enjoy noticing something mentioned in JM's book as I vist the Best in Tent Camping destinations.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative - a must have for tent campers, April 21, 2007

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K. Haase (Alpharetta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RV's, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Paperback)

The detail level is fantastic. You feel like you have already camped at one of these sites before you even go. It gets down to descriptions of each numbered site within a campground so you can easily decide which one to grab when you arrive. Details like beauty, security etc...are rated with stars. I have visited 4 sites now from the book and find the ratings right on.

My only knock is the directions need to be a little better. They dont start you from a major road - but rather obscure backroads. You will need to do some additional map work to find some of the more remote spots - but other than that it's a must have for tent campers.