Wildcat Creek Campground #1 Lower
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
Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.
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.
Wildcat Creek Campground #1 Lower
CLOSED TO MOTORIZED VEHICLE DUE TO ROAD HAZARDS. No safe access by vehicle to the campgrounds. Wildcat 1 Campground is closed, no camping, no trash. Wildcat Road has sustained 4 slides in recent years (with the first slide happening in 2019). Due to the risk of additional slides, the road has been closed in the interest of public safety. Funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Emergency Relief on Federally Owned R oads program has been submitted for all 4 slides. Since then, slide 1 has been repaired with slides 2-4 remaining. It is our goal to have these slides repaired and the road reopened. We appreciate your patience as we work to restore Wildcat Road. Please see photographs of the landslides and recent repairs to slide 1: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAQDh5 ***end of update*** Although the winding road leading to the campground is not trailer or RV-friendly, the payoff of landing a night in this environment is pure delight. These developed tent camping-only campgrounds are buried deep in the North Georgia Mountains west of Lake Burton and along the headwaters of Wildcat Creek. The creek, seasonally stocked with rainbow trout, runs directly adjacent to the campsites and provides an astounding setting, so be prepared to capture nature at its best, and bring your camera. On clear nights the stars appear to be just an arm’s reach away! Photo 1 Photo 2
Before you go
Reservations
Closed at this time. No camping.
Fees
Camping: $10/site/night. $5/site/night with Senior or Access Pass, must have actual pass with the pass number to place on envelopes with the $5 cash or check for the discount. Please make all checks payable to USDA Forest Service.
Hours
Closed until further road repairs can be made.
Restrictions
No camping, no fires, and no trash pickup until campground can reopen after road repairs completed.
Scenic drives that pass close
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.