Red Top Mountain State Park Campground

Spot #50 is perfection! Feels like you live alone on a tiny peninsula. Perfect place to explore trails, go fishing, enjoy sunset, and just be.

Red Top Mountain State Park is surrounded by Altoona Lake with boat docks & marina for water sports.

I stayed at the walk- in campsites with waterfront view and access to walk down to the water. There is no electric at site and water didn’t work. The bathroom facilities are well maintained and whole place is really clean. This site was right next to parking other 3 are close but wagon recommended to haul items to other walk on sites.

Gorgeous campground on the lake with excellent facilities. Priority along the lake front is given to tent sites, which is nice. There's a mix of sizes for small campers and big RVs so it never feels crowded. Not a huge amount to do in the area except chill on the lake or at your site in the woods... which is fine by me. The one shortcoming was difficult lake access from the campground. There are plenty of beach areas when the lake is low but getting to them can be challenging. There's a public beach in another part of the park but we didn't go there.

Plenty of campsites, some on the lake. RV, tents, yurts. Spaces 1-12 are especially nice since they are spacious and can handle class A and 5th wheelers. All 12 have water electric and sewer. We have a class C and prefer 1-12 because there is plenty of space between sites.

My wife and I stayed for three nights mid-week. Site 93 is a "premium" site and the view was certainly that. Instead of looking at other sites, we were looking into a wooded valley. 

I hiked the Iron Hill Trail which was wide and surfaced with nice gravel. No bicyclists while I was walking, though they are permitted on that trail. Great views of the woods and lake.

The site was clean. Utilities worked. The dump station was clean but unfortunately does not have a threaded connection for a water host so I could not back-flush the tanks.

I have been to Red Top Mountain countless times, but haven’t ever camped here until today. The campground is nice, signs are easy to follow, camp sites are in nice shape and the bathrooms are clean. Over all great campsite

Red Top Mountain State Park is an incredible spot for a camping getaway. I love campgrounds that offer both nature and comfort, good hiking trails, a peaceful lake, and hot showers are definitely a win. The fact that they have rental cottages and yurts makes it a great choice for people who want a more relaxed camping experience too. The only thing I’d be cautious about is those narrow roads, but once you're set up, it seems totally worth it. If anyone needs to sort out travel plans to get there, you can always call Avianca customer service for flights.

This isnt for backpackers but for camping with your family, its good. They have water and outlets and very very clean bathrooms. Like cleaner than a Publix bathroom. Kid friendly.

Recently stayed a couple of nights and was mostly impressed with the state park. I’m a tent camper but if I had an RV or trailer, I would definitely have trouble getting into my site (78). Many of the other sites I saw would have similar problems for trailer campers, as well. The park is in close proximity to I-75, so I could hear the distant sound of big rigs and the occasional police sirens. There is also railroad tracks somewhere that are close enough to hear train whistles in the wee hours of the morning. But the scenery of Lake Alatoona was beautiful and the staff I dealt with were all friendly and helpful. The bathroom facilities I used were very clean.

The campground is quiet with well laid out sites. I stayed in site 02, which is a pull through site with full hookups. Everything was clean and well maintained. I camped at Red Top regularly when I lived in Georgia 28 years ago. I’ll definitely be returning.

Be careful about arriving on time. There is a gate with a code, if you don’t arrive when the camp office is open, you’ll be stuck outside. Signage is highly confusing, it took two competent adults a lot of back and forth to figure out where our campsite was. But once you get here, it is absolutely gorgeous. Scenery is amazing. It has modern facilities and a beautiful lake to explore. Highly recommended.

I loved this park. Beautiful, we’ll maintained. The best shower of my camping experience so far! Hot water and great water pressure- what a treat! The only con is the roads are a little confusing and tight and the sights are pretty unlevel. But the sights had plenty of room. I already planning to come back!

Friendly staff and hosts. Lovely tree’d and peaceful campground. Visible had about 12 dwn and 16 up. Roads: narrow pavement with trees - challenging towing-and we’re only 30 ft fifth wheel. Getting into site 77 was seriously challenging. Would return if I could get site 1 thru 12

My husband and I camped here in our tent, husbands 1st camping trip. We absolutely loved this camp ground. We're already reserving for our next trip. This place is AMAZING.

Wow. No need to wonder which is the “best site” here. Gorgeous setting, new bathrooms, and so much to do!

We went here to meet up with family from out of state. Great affordable and updated cabins with close by parking for campers. Beautiful hiking loops with beach access for swimming. They are doing lots of construction on the camping loops so sites are limited but what was completed looks amazing! New yurts looked close to being ready.

It was excellent. The waterfront sites are prime. We had site 51 and if we went back (which we hope to) we would get site 51 again. Great water access directly from the campsite with a small beach. Surprising amount of space between this site and the neighboring sites. The only downside to this site is the walk to the bathroom is up a steep stretch of road. Said bathroom was Airbnb status clean.

I've camped here a bunch of times and have always enjoyed it. The sites are spread out and there are a lot of areas to explore.

We came during a snowstorm once and it was a great time!

This place is beautiful! They are doing a ton of construction right now and updating a lot of the campground. The first several spots are full hook ups and huge campsites. Be cautious coming into the park, the bridge is very narrow! I lost a driver's side mirror on the drive in because a truck coming at me in the opposite direction hit mine with his.

Pros - BEAUTIFUL spot. I was on the uppper back loop (standard site) but I still looked down into the lake. The spots are well spaced out. And there is LOTS of work going on - updating the sites, updating the bathrooms.  

Cons- It was a little sketch getting in there. The road is pretty narrow. I had a 24' travel trailer and I was sweating driving in. Also, I have no idea how they expected me to make the turn onto my loop. I ended up backing into a spot across from the road and that worked but if someone would have been camped there? no idea. also, back into my site was a challenge. Had to back up a hill and there are quite a few trees on the other side. But I still got it done, and am so glad i did because it was a magical spot. 

Also the picnic table and fire ring were on the back side...which was odd.

We stayed at one of the primitive sites here last year. This year they have had areas closed at times for renovations. This year we chose to book one of the pull through sites because we weren’t sure what the weather would be like right after Christmas. We were in site 3. These sites look like they were redone during the reno - nice level gravel sites, nice spacing between sites, and they now have sewer hookups! This was a nice surprise that wasn’t included in the site listing on the reservation site (very useful since we dewinterized here). If you don’t book one of these sites, it’s also good to note that they COMPLETELY redid the dump station! Last year it was barely a hole in the ground right near the entrance/exit. They now have TWO stations with a nice new concrete pad, rinse water and trash cans. So much better than before! Very pretty park - we hope to stay more than just overnight someday.

Beautiful campground!! The bathrooms were very clean and nice!! Would stay again!!

This campground is very pretty, nice hiking.  Park is on a man-made lake and there are Corps of Engineer campgrounds just down the road.  When we were there much of the park was torn up and under constuction.  It is not trailer friendly at all.  Roads are very narrow and have steep drop offs on the sides.  There is a new area with full hook-up and drive through sites which is adequate for any trailer or RV, but beware of the other parts of the park.  We have a 30 foot fifth wheel and pickup.

Beautiful and quiet camping on the water! Campgrounds are clean and well kept with friendly keepers. We loved our camping trip and thoroughly enjoyed the trails and walking trails that cut through the campground Iron Hill.

Beautiful sites but we gotta there at 5.... Told open till 10. Visitor check in closed and no directions on how you get in. Campground ended up being a few miles from check in. We weren't given coffee to get in gate.... Signs once in were one way but you couldn't tell where they wanted you to go. Lots of vehicles going wrong way and nowhere to pull off.

Most of the spots are distanced a good ways from other sites. They are a little close to the paved path for my taste though. Plenty of restrooms. Fairly clean and quiet park.

Great place with beautiful view of the lake. Clean facilities.