Our favorite park is Mistletoe, a GA state owned park. This park is just a few miles away from Mistletoe and we only stayed here because we could not get a site at Mistletoe. In the end, we are glad that we did as this park is about 35% less expensive than Mistletoe and provides the same great lake views (ok, Mistletoe is still our favorite, but for the money this is a no brainer).

We stayed on two sites as nothing was available for our entire duration. So, we started on site 38 and then moved to 58 after a couple of days (we can be quite fast at breaking down/setting up for in-park moves).

Site 38 was interesting because we had about 100 whitetail deer in our back yard every night. The camp host apparently was feeding them, and he set up spot lights so that they could be watched as they ate. The deer had no fear (not sure that is good), but I am sure the appreciated the food. The only bad side to this is that the lights stayed on very late and it was impossible to block the light from our windows. I can overlook this, though.

Site 38 was large enough and had big, flat, surface for the picnic table, fire ring, camper, and truck. Beyond this pad there was not much distance before you got to the next site, which just had a tent camper (who mostly was gone because this time we visited during a VERY cold spell and I don't think the tent camper would have survived the night!).

Site 38 had views of the water, kind of like a finger cover, but it was not very close to the camper. Still nice though as the walk through the woods to the water was easy. 

We moved to site 58 after a couple of days and it was directly on the water. This site was smaller than 38, and was only one of a handful of RV sites that are situated in an yurt camping area (if you have family that does not have an RV, you could stay in your RV and they could stay in the really upscale yurts!). 

The weather, as noted already, was very cold and moving to a true waterfront lot made going outside something only for the brave! It was 40 degrees with 60 mph wind gusts that day…kind of fun!

We walked around to see what the park had on that side, and it included a nice sandy beach, picnic tables under the shade, and a really cool primitive camping area that was out on a peninsula.

As noted at the start, a nice park for the money. The cost was only $25 a night in March 2022 and that is hard to beat. If this were $40 a night I would de-rate it to 4 stars.

All of the photos are from site 38 except the white caps on the lake, which was taken On our walk near 58.

We have stayed here twice over the past few years. The first time was just as a 2-day stop on the way to our real destination, but we made it a point to come back and that was what we did last week.

We unfortunately got here during a heat wave and it was very, very hot (it was cooler though, than our home in Charleston, SC!). We stayed on site 41 which was right on the lake (see photo from our site, facing the lake). We were able to drag our kayaks from our site to the lake very easily and so we kayaked every night. The site was reasonably level although it was slanting slightly towards the lake.

One note about kayaking - the lake was low and so there was about a 2 foot drop from the land to the water. We simply tied a rope to a tree to help us walk down the steep bank and it became part of the adventure.

They also have a number of well maintained tent sites (shown in the other photo I attached). These are mostly on the lake and have electricity, water, a very flat surface, and easy lake access. 

The rangers were very friendly and made their regular rounds. No noise other than children swimming and playing, which is how it should be! It seems that everyone had a kayak, a raft, a boat, or some kind of flotation device and was on the water. We swam for an hour or two (ok, we just floated on our rafts!) and it was nice knowing that there are no alligators there.

We met many friendly campers there, and one (Bob) was walking by when I was getting down our kayaks and he was kind enough to help. Thanks Bob!

We had no need for the bathhouse so I can't speak to its condition, but they appeared to be in good condition. I do not remember any problems with the dumping station, and was appreciative that they had two parallel stations available so there was no waiting. 

The electricity (30 amp) and water pressure (about 45 psi) were fine.

We lost our RV's AC on the first night (Sunday). I suspect it was due to the intense heat and age of the AC, but fortunately we were just 25 minutes away from an HVAC distributor in Newberry and it cost me just $14 for a new AC capacitor (and about 20 minutes of my time removing it and putting the new one back in).

Note that for some campsites, such as ours, they have initiated a new 7-day minimum stay policy. They did this, I assume, because many campers take the weekend and so for other campers who want to stay for a week, they simply can't do it. Although I understand weekend campers, I also understand that it results in many sites being open Sunday-Friday so I applaud Dreher for setting aside at least some sites for week or more campers.

If you find one of these sites open during the week, like we did, but booked on the weekend (it is a new rule in 2022), you can't book online. However, if you call the park office the ranger will be very happy to book you for the days that the site is open during the week days. That is how we, and both our neighbors there, were able to get Sunday-Thursday bookings (because, of course, Fri-Sat were booked for every week during the summer because it was allowed prior to this new policy).