Indian Springs State Park

Pros: Beautiful hiking trails nearby (at least 3 miles one-​way), beautiful, shady piney forest (says the girl who lives in sunny, swampy Florida), beautiful lake, quiet area. This alone makes this place excellent to visit.
Cons: I must not have camped at a lot of state parks before. Dislike putting a tent on the gravel. Don’t forget your thermarest.
Also, iirc, Florida includes park entry fees in the camping fee. Georgia does not? I thought it was a bit stinky to have to pay the additional $ 5 per car, after we already booked the campsites. And they offer guided walks — for a fee. For a fee? Seriously? This is the first state park that I’ve been to like that. But I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised since they did have a gift shop.
The Indian Spring itself is lack luster — the sulfur water is interesting, but the enclosure with the water drizzling from a PVC pipe into a drain in the floor — yawn.
The mosquitoes were not a problem, but we were overwhelmed by ticks. No big deal, it’s summer in Georgia.

I went to this place after a serious concussion. My spirits were down and I was feeling pretty low before I came here. The park is very peaceful and quiet and gave me just what I needed for a relaxing weekend. Grounds are beautiful and you can take up to 25 gallons of water before leaving the park– the water is said to have healing powers ana extra minerals. It truly was a great weekend with my boyfriend and I will probably remember it forever if you’re in the area check it out check it out!

Water is great

Very big park, spread out, with swim beach, boating, history. Hiking /​biking trails that connect to network of Mtn bike trails are great. Would have liked to see the comp sites not so crowded but they’re OK.

Beautiful Georgia park. We were nearby at another state park and decided to drive over and check this place out. Not crowded at all. Easy parking and very clean and nice creek with rocky shoals providing a nice backdrop for a wedding that was happening while we were there.
The trails were not marked very well and kinda confusing. We hiked 3 miles in thinking it would lead back to where we started. We’ll it led in another trail system and we had poor cell service so I had no idea where we were. So in the interest of time we hiked back the same way we came in. The trail led around a nice lake with some pretty steep up and down hills. It was very beautiful but no great waterfalls or other things to see. Also, watch out for bikers, it doubles as a mountain bike trail.
I’m glad we stopped by, it was worth a look-​see, I just wish the trail map/​markers were a little more clear.

Completely unimpressed. GA has a great park system but this has got to be the worst I’ve ever visited! I was here for a wedding and truly it has a lot of great potential to be a wonderful facility because SOME of the facilities are gorgeous and scenic. HOWEVER, between the unkempt cottages and terrible attitudes of the park staff, I never want to visit there again!
The wedding party rented multiple cottages to accommodate numerous out of state family but the park rangers were constantly coming by to check on how many people were physically at each cottage. Each cottage can fit 8 people comfortably but if you wanted to have guests «congregate» you could not do it at the cottage — you had to rent a shelter or pavilion. Any time that there were more than 8 people at an individual cottage, the park ranger copped and attitude and threatened us.
I understand that they are looking out for the happiness of all the guests but it was a nightmare. The wedding party and family kept to themselves, kept every area clean and were not loud or destructive.
The cottage was ridiculous, especially the kitchen. I have no idea how many cockroaches there were that were crawling around and on the stove.
Personally, I am glad that I spent my money in Jackson at a hotel where the atmosphere was enjoyable and laid back.

I love the state park system in Georgia. There are over 60 available to visit in some capacity or another and as a pop-​up camper family we try to stay at as many as we can. Indian Springs was one of the most welcoming of all though. Our site was well shaded and because we chose the HOTTEST weekend of 2012 (so far) to visit (July 4^th weekend) we were looking for any and all shade.
The spots lean to the «back up» spectrum rather than pull through although there are a few. They are packed gravel with complete hookups. I know there are some tent sites available as well as some pioneer sites as well so it seems like anyone can camp at the Springs. We were within a city block of the bathhouse and I was surprised at how clean it actually was. The toilet paper was stocked, the paper towels were ample, and there were relatively few bugs (daddy long legs, mosquitos, etc).
The park office was quite nice too welcome you as you drove into the park. There they had a good selection of ice cream and «man, I forgot that» type stuff. Customer service was above par as well.
Add to it all the swimming area at the lake, the picnic grounds, the miniature golf course, the cottages, etc. and you have a really great state park facility for a really great price!
Oh, and don’t forget to plug your nose and get a swallow of the spring water. It really is pretty amazing.
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It’s a great place to visit when you need an escape from the hustle and bustles of life. It was so much more enchanting as a child, but I still appreciate this hidden gem. If you can handle the smell, try the spring water. It is fabled to have healing powers. It doesn’t taste like it smells.

This park is a great escape from the city life. Cottages and camping grounds. Plenty of security through out the park to keep it safe. Enough grounds for picnic, barbeque. There’s swimming at the lake. Location is about 15 min drive off 75 and not too far from the outlets. Bathrooms are dirty but not as bad as Starlight Drive In — thank god. Lodging options are via RVs, cottages or tents. Good place for the family and/​or friends to rendevous, enjoy nature and have an excellent time away from the city.
Grade B

Great for camping and for a day away from Atlanta.
This park is my favorite park for camping as it is clean and an easy drive from Atlanta. The staff here is very nice and the rangers always wave when they pass you on the road. There is a natural spring here that people come from as far as Alabama to get water as it is known for healing powers. The park has lots of places to picnic, swim in the lake, play a game of put put and have fun! The bathrooms at the camp sites are very clean but bring your own hand soap to wash up as it was empty.

Visited some family RVing down at Indian Springs for the day. Great campsites, and not nearly as hot as I expected it to be. Although strangely enough they have two #81 campsites in campground 2. Someone clearly didn’t plan out the numbering scheme well. But anyways, it was beautiful and shady, and our site 81 is directly on a decent sized lake. They have a neat little civil war era cemetary, a playground and putput course for the kids, and hiking trails. Also, downtown Flovilla is nearby. I use the term downtown losely because it is really a quaint village with cute shoppes that are nice to walk through. We usually head to the mountains to camp, but it was nice to see this park within an hour of the city.

As avid pop-​up campers my family has stayed at nearly all of the GA state parks that are w/​in a 2hr drive from Atl. We all agree that Indian Springs is our favorite, hands down. There’s a surprisingly long list of potential activities in the adjacent old-​style mainstreet, too (be sure to stroll thru their truly unique gardens w/​the kids!). The hubby’d probably make the drive for the handmade fudge/​icecream shoppe alone (we’re talking the REAL deal, not that corporate Kilwin’s fudge crap)! Just a short drive away we also love to visit Noah’s Ark wildlife refuge (I haven’t yet convinced the fam to let me stop @ the nearby Tanger Outlet mall, though I’m sure it’s great too) But having stuff to do is only half of what makes for a good campground (the Stone Mtn «parking lot effect» taught us that!) As with other state campgrounds, Indian Springs also offers an excellent selection of roomy sites (most of which are a reasonable distance from neighbors). It’s the combination of those crucial elements that earns this park all 5 stars!