Lake Rabun Beach Recreation Area

in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests

The managing agency’s description mentions a closure. Read it below and confirm before you drive out.

The numbers that decide it

Longest rig
Not published
Sites
77
Electric hookups
Yes
Pull-through sites
No
Paved access
No
Accessible sites
Not published
Driveway grade
Not published
Bear boxes
Not published
Campfires
Yes
Shade
Yes
Group sites
Not published

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero. See it on Recreation.gov

Lake Rabun Beach Recreation Area

Cradled in the hills of the North Georgia Mountains overlooking beautiful Lake Rabun, this developed recreation area offers hiking, all sorts of water activities like swimming, boating, and fishing, and an opportunity to absorb the peaceful lake scenery. The 80-site campground located across the highway is closed in the winter months. This area is open year-round. Please feel free to print out the Rabun Beach Recreation Overview Guide (which has a map of the campground!) for your convenience.

Before you go

Season

Year round

Fees

Day Use — Parking – $5 per person ages 16+ Day Use – Busses & Vans – $5 per vehicles + $2 per person Boat & Trailer Launch – $5 Fee tubes are located at the Kiosk at the top of the boat launch and at the Kiosk near the sidewalk to the beach access point.

Hours

Lake Rabun Beach Boat Launch and Beach areas are open sunrise to sundown.

Restrictions

No overnight parking except those companies under a special use permit and it is stated in the permit.

Scenic drives that pass close

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.