Richard B. Russell State Park

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2650 Russell State Park Rd
Elberton, GA 30635
gastateparks.org/info/richbruss

Phone: 706-213-2045
Size: 2,508 acres. Location: 8 miles northeast of Elberton, off GA 77 on Ruckersville Road. Facilities: 28 tent/trailer/RV campsites, 17 cottages, 3 picnic shelters, group shelter, trails (6 miles), lake, swimming beach, rowing area, boat ramp, canoe and pedal boat rentals, 18-hole golf course, disc golf course (

). Activities: Camping, boating, rowing, fishing, swimming, water-skiing, beach volleyball, hiking, bicycling, golfing. Special Features: Located on a 26,500-acre lake, Park has excellent fishing and boating. It also features an 18-hole golf course, and its nature trail follows the shoreline to one of the oldest steel pin bridges in the area. The park's facilities are all designed to be totally wheelchair accessible, including the swimming beach.

Richard B. Russell State Park

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Richard B. Russell State Park is a 2,508 acre (10.15 km²) state park located on the shore of Russell Lake in Elbert County, Georgia. The park features the 18 hole Arrowhead Golf Course, as well as picnic shelters and a swimming beach.

Facilities

2,508 Acres
28 Tent, Trailer, RV Campsites – cable TV hookups
17 Cottages
Lake and Swimming Beach
Rowing Area
3 Picnic Shelters
Group Shelter
18-Hole Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course and Pro Shop
27-Hole Disc Golf Course

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Georgia State Parks

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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