Chattahoochee-Oconee/Rabun Beach

Gerardo Martinez

It's a nice place, we visit it every year, but this time we noticed a strange smell in the lake. Maybe I'm wrong, but I suspect the waste from the new restrooms is polluting the lake.

Leslie Prohaska

It’s a nice sand bottom beach but the stairs to enter the lake are very hard to manage plenty of shaded picnic benches with grills which we wish we had planned better to grill! People had enus up, lots of dogs at the picnic area. They have clean pit toilets single stall. The lake is clean and area is beautiful surrounding the beach. Not a huge beach area and definitely could use more parking and better stairs. Otherwise a fun time was had!

Kessiah Gipson

I'm a local, and I've visited this campground as a day visitor, camper visitor, and party host visitor. It's a wonderful beach area on Lake Rabun. The kids love it. We used this area for a birthday party (with 60+ people attending), and it was great. The picnic table areas are shaded and the beach is clean.

Virginia B

Had a great time 7/2 eating at the clean tables, no yellow jackets or bugs, swam in the clear water and jumped off the platform! $5 cash entry gets you parking lakeside and parking across the street at the back of the campground for direct access to Angel Falls trail & clean full bathrooms near trail parking. Beach side is portable bathroom. Great spot! - water looks dirty bc the kids had a blast digging it up - it’s clean and clear

Kyfer Ez

Nice place and bathrooms were kept up well. Close to plenty of bikes and attractions and tent camping is completely separate from RVs so no annoying generators while tent camping and wanting to enjoy quiet.

Carly Cisson

My family has visited the campground and beach area for 60 years, we come every year we are able and there's a reason for that!! Limited cell service and no wifi gives you the ability to disconnect and recharge your soul (Verizon & T-mobile have cell signal, AT&T does not as of June 2023). This is one of the greatest mountain gems and it remains almost the same as the years continue. The bathhouse/restroom has been closed for over 7 years, they are supposed to tear down and rebuild, but that timeline is uncertain. There is a port-a-potty available, so if you can't hang with those types of facilities, I suggest you use the bathroom before arriving. There is a boat launch conveniently accessible next to beach area parking lot. They have several picnic table areas with charcoal grills at each table, perfect for a family/friends lake day. You can bring your hammocks, as they have several great spots for hammocking in the picnic area. More crowded on weekend, if you're there by noon during the week, you are likely to experience a private beach/lake area for a while. During the week, most folks trickle in around 2pm or shortly after, as campers check-in/finish setting up and come experience the cold, refreshing lake. ‼️‼️Please read the signs!!! They have rules for a reason and it was despicable to have seen and picked up the garbage folks left behind this week on the beach (mid June 2023) and on top of the trash cans out front, simply because people were unaware of how to open the bear-proof receptacles. THERE ARE LATCHES UNDER THE HANDLE. PLEASE THROW AWAY YOUR GARBAGE INSIDE THE CAN, NOT ON TOP. That quite literally defeats the purpose of a bear-proof trash can. You have to pay for parking ($5/car) unless you are camping in the Rabun campground, and they do enforce that fee, so if parks and rec come by the parking area and you do not have your fee tag hanging/visible, they will write you a ticket. Just pay the $5 cash and save yourself the hassle. The fees go directly to upkeep and maintenance of these beautiful grounds, so you really should pay, seems fair if you're going to be using the grounds. Parks & Rec are not your maids and shouldn't have to pick up your McDonald's cups or chip baggies, so please pack in and pack out properly. Leave no trace. We are in the wildlife's environment and should try to keep them safe and respect their home, as we use it ONLY for recreation. And for the love of the universe, LEAVE THE DUCKS ALONE!! They won't bother you if you don't bother them. They're pretty harmless, so stop chasing them and tell your kids to stop pestering them too :)

L P

Its a nice recreation area be sure to pay for parking! Arra is roped off to allow for swimming free from boating traffic. Picnic areas with charcoal grills are about for use. It's a beautiful and quiet place to relax and have a swim!

mike tierney

A private getaway with picturesque scenery. The water was super cold even in the mid summer. Nice large platform for jumping. The only drow backs were the beach it tiny and the bathrooms were unavailable at the time we went. The road to get there is a bit winding. There is a 5$ parking fee too.

Casey G

I haven't been to this campground in years, always enjoyed it in the past. My son and I checked it out before paying and thought Loop 2 would be great because it was nice, peaceful and seemingly quiet. It was first come first serve, so we went earlier in the week before it became crowded. We set up and a little while later, a few people set up directly across from us - with all the other empty sites available. No biggie, it happens. At this time, there were only 2 other sites taken on Loop 2. The first night, was bad. There were 8 people to one campsite and they were very loud, drinking and carrying on until after 1 am in the morning. I asked the host if we could move sites and he was super nice about it and said we could. We rode around looking at sites, talked with one of the other campers in another site and they said they were packing up and leaving due to the "racket from the night before". We found a site and fell in love with it. Loved the sleep we were able to get this night. The next morning, we decided we wanted to reserve one of the sites that is a reservation site, for the coming Fall, as well as let the host know we were planning on extending our stay due to how nice this spot was. Again, he was super nice and said no problem and we could pay later (I had to go to ATM). A little later, the site beside us became occupied by 4 adults. Knew it would happen because it is a holiday weekend. By 8pm, the occupants were arguing loudly and every other word was a cuss word, mixed in with liquor. We thought about packing up then but knew it would be dark before long. The loud and cussing went on until 2am, when the arguing started back up and lasted for a while longer. But it was worse because they were much drunker and no holds barred on their words. Pretty embarrassing to hear 40 - 50 yr old adults acting like this, especially with younger people around. Then on the other side of us thru the trees, 3 campsites were playing their Mariachi music, hollering, kids running and dogs howling until way after 3am. At 4:30, it finally became quiet, minus the dog. The dog never stopped howling or barking. At 6:00am, I finally started packing up, earlier than planned. The neighbors woke up immediately after and one was passive aggressive with me. What was suppose to be a nice, relaxing, fun weekend with my son turned into an unfortunate disaster. I ended up cancelling our October reservations - taking a money loss, due to cancellation policy. After thinking about it, peace of mind over chancing another Jerry Springer show is worth the loss of the $18 cancellation fee.

Ava Ritan

Great until a snake swam up to my child