Cotton Hill

Great COE campground on a beautiful lake for fishing and kayaking. There are a variety of sites, some closer together and less private along the beach and others well spaced with shade trees and plenty of vegitation for privacy. No problems in May, but picked up chiggers in August in the tall grass abutting the lake. Take precautions if you visit this park.

This is a nice park. It is clean and well maintained. The sites are slightly larger than the usual and the lake is gorgeous. It was great to sit by the lake and watch the water fowl and many fishers.

Great place to kayak and ride your bike.

You really can't wade into the lake from your site because of water grass and murky water, but there is a swimming beach.

The sites are close to your neighbor with few trees. Not much coverage, nor shielding between you and your neighbor. We could have used a bit more of that. The sites have large "yard" areas between the site and the water. This is a great place to play, picnic or sit in chairs and watch the lake.

It was very quiet while we were there and at 2/3 capacity. The bathrooms and shower were heated (it was in 40's) and clean.

George Bagby State Park and Marina can be seen across the lake. Don't bother going there, nothing to see.

There are two restaurants in the area. One in the state parks lodge and Marcos Bar and Grill about a mile outside the gate. (Reviews are good) but we didn't eat at either. We went to Eufaula for the day, once and ate a fantastic meal at Thelma's Restaurant.

Verizon LTE was 4/5 bars and no issues streaming.

The sites are well spaced, most are water front and easy access to water or have water view. They have full hookups!! Great Verizon and AT&T signals. Some sites are at the beach if you have kids. Took fishing boat, kayak and Ebike. Has two walking trails, playground, large dog park, fish cleaning station and huge beach. Bathrooms are very clean and large and hot water in the wintertime and placed throughout the park. Also a nice laundry facility.Camp hosts were nice and helpful. Had full moon while here and the nice time was beautiful as well as fabulous sunrises and sunsets. Our two golden retrievers loved it. It is south of the nat line but no bugs or misquotes in January! We will be back.

The pros… beautiful mostly waterfront sites. A fair amount of space between, some better than others. A super clean and peaceful campground with laundry. We loved our site, 73, and our row. Although we walked the whole campground, and maybe other areas are a bit more spread out, we thought our row was the best location.

The cons… our row gets pretty windy if there is wind, which did, at times, affect sitting outside and having a fire. Some driveways have a steep decline, although the spots look level. We thought if we ended up with some, we might have bottomed out. Also some sites are buddy sites with back to back hookups.

Pro/con depending… the campground is about 25-30 minutes from anywhere. So if you need groceries, or wanna go do something other than just enjoy the lake, fish and chill, it’s a haul.

Overall, we loved it and would definitely stay again.

Sad to have to write a bad review for this park, as we typically love COE campgrounds. Not sure what the issue was but when we arrived our site had not been cleaned. Several inches of dirt on the concrete pad, part of a ripped trash bag hanging from the lantern pole, nylon cord and aluminum foil in the fire pit, and cigarette butts around the patio. We left it better than we found it. The bathroom (small but functional) was out of soap the entire weekend, although the facility was clean otherwise. The public grounds and nature trail were well kept so really I don’t know if it was an oversight on the cleaning staff or a late checkout etc.

The view from our site was spectacular and we had a wonderful time enjoying the cooler weather. We will give it another chance as several friends list it as a favorite, and hopefully we will have a cleaner site next time.

Cotton Hill campground was a great pick. Staff-Helpful Location-Ft Gaines, GA Site-97/98 nicely shaded with lake access 20 steps away. Amenities-clean bathrooms, water, electric close by. Site-tent site clean and included bench, prep table, fire ring, park grill, and hooked post to hang food, trash from. Wildlife-deer every morning, bald eagles, kingfishers, huge white and grey herons, alligator.

Recommendations-bring or buy live bait for fishing..none close by. Tent site is crushed/compacted fine gravel and is difficult to get pegs into..bring a hammer and metal pegs. Would definitely come again.

I really appreciated having the separate tent area, which always makes for a quieter camp. The sites are right on the water and have a nice breeze. There are a few trees spread about, but definitely not a lot of shade or privacy. But even a holiday weekend, the tent sites were not all full when I went. A bit of a trek to the restroom (but also made the tent site area quieter from the rest of the campground, which is quite large). Has a small swimming area, but was pretty overgrown and not that enticing while I was there. This makes a pretty good camping base to explore Providence Canyon and the even closer George T. Bagby State Park and Kolomoki Mounds. Also, exceptional sunsets from the tent sites as they face west!

Beautiful park, clean and quiet.

Went for a one night, quick trip. Stayed on the OM loop. It was very nice. Bathhouse was super clean. Smelled of bleach which I appreciated. The host was super nice and helpful. Campsite was a good size and the folks beside us were not right up on us. It was quiet and peaceful. Great trip and highly recommend. We will definitely go back and stay on the beach.

We stayed in site # 81 it had full hook up and was on the water/lake. It's a big site and a quiet campground. The price is right with a National Park Pass  we paid $13.00 a night, had a picnic table and a fire pit. We kept the kayak near the lake & launched it right there. There are some gators  in the lake saw them kayaking. This campground is big having several loops. Our site was great but the best sites were #73, 81, 79 & 72 was at the end very private but had a big tree down. Hurricane Michael came through there & tore things up. 

There is a swim area, boat launch, some small hikes in this campground. I would stay here again. This campground borders GA & AL the time on our clocks was reading Al. time.

Great campground! Full hookups and all waterfront sites! They do have a primitive area but I was able to check it out. This is a corp lake so half off with an access pass.

All sites have a concrete pad and gravel area! Plus a fish cleaning table! The sites are large so you dont feel like you are sleeping with your neighbors!

This campground sits on a massive lake so fishing is the activity of the day!

Differently will be back!

Love area . Quiet. Spacious.

Love this area. Ga. Side!

Another good COE campground. A lot of large spacious campsites and they were clean. Some right on the water. A lot of waterfowl and wildlife. Also a lot of access from shore to fish. Restrooms and showers were clean. A lot of COE campgrounds we stay at are very nice and the price is right . Especially with senior pass. The only problem I had was there was a boat going up and down the lake cutting up grass growth on water. They would do this for a few hours everyday. Very noisy! The Staff were very nice and helpful.

Every morning for a week we were woke up by lawn crews for during our 4 night stay. Every morning at 8 at they were blowing off the roads, cutting random patches, and other things. The laundry facilities were very convenient. The shower house was clean. We had issues with ants.