We stayed in site# 40 with water and electric when we camped in Nov 2018 you checked in then found a spot that was open. We chose this one it's on the upper part of the loop and it is a little walk to the restroom. We hit the leaves changing Nov. 6th it was beautiful. They have a great visitor center, they even sell wine in the visitor center. The lake is beautiful you can rent kayaks, we have one but it was to far to launch it. They have Ziplines through out the park and you can get to Anna Ruby Falls in the park. The falls are so pretty there's a little visitor center there too. 

The town of Helen is close but is a busy town and the traffic can be horrible. We went to town to get propane stopped at Fred's Famous Peanuts on the way into town, good peanuts. We went in some nice Antique stores and a winery, had lunch, got propane then headed home. The traffic was so bad we stopped and asked if there was a back way back to Unicoi. Very thankful we did it was a small winding back road.  It took us by an old Indian mound.

Zac Brown Distillery is not far a nice little place, 120 proof whiskey. The drive there was beautiful then we drove to a Walmart near the distillery and drove on a Veterans Memorial drive. It was so nice 100's of crosses with names and dates.