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US State Park, Georgia

542 Reed Bingham Rd
Adel, GA 31620
gastateparks.org/info/reedbing

Phone: 229-896-3551
Size: 1,613 acres. Location: 6 miles west of Adel on GA 37, via I-75 exit 39. Facilities: 46 tent/trailer/RV campsites, pioneer campground, 6 picnic shelters, 4 group shelters, hiking trails (4 miles), lake, swimming beach, 3 boat ramps, fishing pier ( wheelchair access

), canoe rental, dock and boat rental, bicycle rental, playground, miniature golf course. Activities: Camping, boating, canoeing, fishing (including competitions), swimming, water-skiing, hiking, bicycling, birding. Special Features: Park surrounds a 375-acre lake and is a major boating and water skiing attraction in south Georgia. It is also the largest winter vulture roost in Georgia, with thousands of black vultures and turkey vultures arriving there each November and staying through early April.

Reed Bingham State Park

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Reed Bingham State Park is a 1,613 acre (6.53 km²) Georgia state park in Cook County located 5 miles east of Ellenton. The park surrounds a 375 acre (1.52 km²) lake that is a tourist attraction in southern Georgia. Inside the park, visitors can hike the 3.5 mile (5.6 km) long Coastal Plains Nature Trail, which goes through a baldcypress swamp, a pitcher plant bog, and sandhill area. The park also contains many animals, including the threatened gopher tortoise and the indigo snake. In addition, the park offers camping and fishing.

Facilities

46 Tent/Trailer/RV Sites
6 Picnic Shelters
4 Group Shelters
3 Boat Ramps
3 Fishing Docks
Pioneer Camping
Playground

Annual events

Easter Egg Hunt (Easter)
Fishing Rodeo (Memorial Day, Labor Day, and 4th of July)

External links

Reed Bingham State Park

Protected areas of Georgia

Federal

National historic sites and military parks	Andersonville NHS • Jimmy Carter NHS • Martin Luther King, Jr. NHS • Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park • Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

National monuments	Fort Frederica • Fort Pulaski • Ocmulgee

National forests	Chattahoochee • Oconee

National wildlife refuges	Banks Lake • Blackbeard Island • Bond Swamp • Eufaula • Harris Neck • Okefenokee • Piedmont • Savannah • Wassaw • Wolf Island

Wilderness Areas	Big Frog Wilderness • Blood Mountain Wilderness • Brasstown Wilderness • Cohutta Wilderness • Cumberland Island National Seashore • Ellicott Rock Wilderness • Mark Trail Wilderness • Okefenokee Wilderness • Raven Cliffs Wilderness • Rich Mountain Wilderness • Southern Nantahala Wilderness • Tray Mountain Wilderness •

Wild and Scenic Rivers	Chattooga River

National Trails	Appalachian Trail • Pinhoti National Recreation Trail

Other protected areas	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area • Cumberland Island National Seashore • Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary • Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

Parks	Amicalola Falls • Black Rock Mountain • Bobby Brown • Buck Shoals • Chattahoochee Bend • Cloudland Canyon • Crooked River • Don Carter • Elijah Clark • F.D. Roosevelt • Florence Marina • Fort Mountain • Fort Yargo • General Coffee • George L. Smith • George T. Bagby • Georgia Veterans • Gordonia-Alatamaha • Hamburg • Hard Labor Creek • Hart • High Falls • Indian Springs • James H. "Sloppy" Floyd • John Tanner • Laura S. Walker • Little Ocmulgee • Magnolia Springs • Mistletoe • Moccasin Creek • Panola Mountain • Providence Canyon • Red Top Mountain • Reed Bingham • Richard B. Russell • Sapelo Island • Seminole • Skidaway Island • Smithgall Woods • Sprewell Bluff • Standing Boy Creek • Stephen C. Foster • Sweetwater Creek • Tallulah Gorge • Tugaloo • Unicoi • Victoria Bryant • Vogel • Watson Mill Bridge

Historic parks and sites	A.H. Stephens • Chief Vann House • Dahlonega Gold Museum • Etowah Indian Mounds • Fort McAllister • Fort King George • Fort Morris • Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation • Jarrell Plantation • Jefferson Davis Memorial • Kolomoki Mounds • Lapham-Patterson House • Little White House • New Echota • Pickett's Mill Battlefield • Robert Toombs House • Travelers Rest • Wormsloe

Forests	Baldwin • Bartram • Brender-Hitchiti • Dixon Memorial • Dawson • Hightower • Paulding • Spirit Creek

Other	Centennial Olympic Park • Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center • Jekyll Island • Lake Lanier Islands • Okefenokee Swamp • Radium Springs • Sapelo Island • Stone Mountain Park

County,
Municipal
and Other

Parks	Cobb County Parks • McIntosh Reserve • Murphey Candler Park • Okefenokee Swamp Park • Robert G. Hunter Memorial Park • Seaborn Jones Memorial Park • Shaking Rock Park · The Parks at Chehaw

Forests & Nature Preserves	Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center • Fernbank Forest • Marshall Forest • Morningside Nature Preserve • Reynolds Nature Preserve

Nature & Environmental Education Centers	Chattahoochee Nature Center • Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center

Georgia Department of Natural Resources • Georgia Forestry Commission (web)

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