Tugaloo State Park

Had a wonderful stay at Tugaloo. We were in site 73 which in my opinion is the best site. Large pull through lake front. Large outside living area with lots of grass for the dogs. Next favorite sites would be 78, 79 & 80. Also lake front but highly shaded. There was no one next to us or behind us during our Monday-Friday stay. Bathhouse was just okay. They did shut the water off to the entire park for a couple hours every day we were there. Not sure why. Make sure you check site lengths, some seemed fairly short.

We stayed at Tugaloo State Park in Lavonia, Georgia. Nice campground with electric and water at sites, easy pull through dump. Bathroom facilities were clean with laundry and camp hosts were nice. Premium sites on the water for $35. We were on site 73. Look at map as some big rigs may have issues. On Lake Hartwell, sites had nearby steps to enter water, so bring a float or boat.
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I drove through this campground looking for a spot for our 44’ Blue Bird. They list 50’ sites. However, there is no reasonable way I felt I could get our bus into the high 90’s to 100 site numbers. The turn into the sites is 90 degrees and very narrow. Certainly would require off roading the front axle or rear....maybe both.
If I could get the bus in, I would have to back all the way out because the exit has such a break in road elevation it looked like we would high center.
I’m not sure we could get our old 36’ Alpine Coach in there that had a wheelbase nearly as long as a 40’.
Check it out first if you have a larger rig. If you fit your 44-45’ in let us know.
Other than the roads, if you make it, seems to be a pretty nice campground during the week.

PROS: Great views, Beautiful area, not terribly far off the interstate for a quick over nighter, The park looked clean and nice on the drive in to our loop.

CONS: Sites so close to the road peoples slide outs were at risk. Our loop was VERY narrow and steep. Our site was so close to 77 it appeared to almost as one site. Our site was supposed to be 50' and the turn in so sharp the camper on 77 had to move his vehicle. Campers on both side came out to watch the fun. As our neighbors said, "You're going to put THAT in THERE"? The site was VERY tight, just barely big enough, glad we did not have a slide out, and we unable to access one bay storage door do to a tree.

SUGGESTION: I would suggest you walk or drive the loops before turning onto them, once you're in you are committed.

This park is close to home, about 30 minutes so we decided to give it a try earlier this year during the Covid lockdown because Georgia state parks were open. First I'll give the pros: waterfront with great view, back in site but easy entry, level-no blocking necessary. Now the cons: campground roads and signage is wonky and hard to follow, sites are laid out terrible with some pull throughspots so close to road I'd be concerned someone would hit the slideout, firepit way too close to parking (almost under awning). The rules were barely enforced if at all--dog droppings everywhere, dogs running loose, neighbors played music so loud we went inside, then while we were inside they set up a cornhole game on our campsite, later on in the afternoon another group showed up and set up a tent on an area that was questionably part of our campsite but definitely not on a tentpad. Narrow roads and vehicles parked on the shoulder. And yes, I'm going to give it another try sometime, it was possibly full of riff-raff because few other parks were open. It's quite a ways from shopping.

Kind of a love/hate here. Pros: Great location, park is nice and well kept, lots of things to do. That said, I'm not overly impressed with the camping layout. Forgive me here.

Sites can be a bit of a challenge, and in some cases oddly laid out. Many are simply a wide spot in the road where you have a site, but your slides may be sitting right on the edge of the road. Others are very short, and not very level. Not that they're not nice sites - the occasional one is beautiful, but your picnic table and fire ring may be behind you, or on the backside of you, or where you'd expect. I'll attribute it to the campsites/park were built in the 60's. Now that negative noted, the bathhouses were plentiful and well situated, and pristine. The lake was beautiful although the shoreline tended to be red clay. Staff were wonderful. We'd stay here again if in the area, but wouldn't consider this as a destination location.

Tugaloo State Park is great and is situated on Lake Hartwell. We stayed for 2 days and took advantage of several activities including a beach, kayaking, fishing, hiking, and playgrounds.

Due to traffic had a late sign-in which went seamlessly. Park Rangers and staff are great.

Only downside to the specific site I was in regards to the location of the picnic table and fire pit which was located about 20' from back of trailer. This is a personal preference as we travel with a pet and prefer to have these off curb side of trailer.

Overall great state park and will stay in again if in the area.

Stayed here for a week. I was sick so didnt get to do too much. Bathhouses very clean. Had to go far away for laundry the ones nearby didnt work. No problem though. Site 44 was great but for the time of year 42 would do better with more sun exposure. The park rangers and staff were great. No complaints at all. They were paving a area at the time so there was a bit of noise, it was also half off for winter.

The state park as a whole was wonderful! Complete with a beach, lots of areas to fish, boating, kayaking, two playgrounds and a few other little hidden gems. We stayed at the tent-only walk in campsite. There was water and 4 electrical outlets, which was a huge plus! Our site was lake-front with an awesome little path leading down to a natural beach area perfect for swimming and fishing. The campsite was clean and there were two trash bins at the located at the top of the path leading to the parking lot. The comfort station was just a short walk away and the bathrooms and showers were a lot cleaner than I expected. The only thing was only one of the sinks worked in the women's room and I was told that none of the sinks worked in the men's room. Hopefully the park will have that fixed soon.