Payne Campground-allatoona Lake

Just beautiful! Friendly and helpful hosts, private and very shady sites, and on gorgeous Lake Allatoona. We wish we could have stayed longer.

The park is clean, well maintained and lovely. The camping spaces are comfortably sized, and rigs are parked on level asphalt pads. There are many, many camping spaces right on the water and a nice swimming area well marked.

Nice COE campground right on the lake with a beach and sites right on the water. Clean, quite and nice. The loops are real tight. We have a 30’ TT and were able to get around easily, but I could see some of the larger rigs having a tough time. Some sites are close, some right on the water and some tucked away. The folks at the gate run a tight ship, but that’s okay. We found it more humorous than annoying. We really like this place and plan on returning for sure!

Nice COE campground right on the lake with a beach and sites right on the water. Clean, quite and nice. The loops are real tight. We have a 30’ TT and were able to get around easily, but I could see some of the larger rigs having a tough time. Some sites are close, some right on the water and some tucked away. The folks at the gate run a tight ship, but that’s okay. We found it more humorous than annoying. We really like this place and plan on returning for sure!

Loved campsite 46! I would say it’s 50% sunlight and 50% shade. Access to the water was great. My husband fished and I tied a float to a rope to catch some rays in the water. My only complaint is that it’s so far from the bathhouse. We eventually stopped walking to it and just drove which sucks because I rather not be in my car. Especially in the middle of the night, I’m not walking that far in the dark. I wanted to come back to this campsite but now I’m not sure just because of the location of the bathroom. And there aren’t any tent sites closer that I could choose (without being surrounded by RV’s) and I would be missing out on the water access, which is the whole point in going.

Loved campsite 46! I would say it’s 50% sunlight and 50% shade. Access to the water was great. My husband fished and I tied a float to a rope to catch some rays in the water. My only complaint is that it’s so far from the bathhouse. We eventually stopped walking to it and just drove which sucks because I rather not be in my car. Especially in the middle of the night, I’m not walking that far in the dark. I wanted to come back to this campsite but now I’m not sure just because of the location of the bathroom. And there aren’t any tent sites closer that I could choose (without being surrounded by RV’s) and I would be missing out on the water access, which is the whole point in going.

Awesome, beautiful lake, clean

Awesome, beautiful lake, clean

Hated there were no washing machines and dryers and I felt like the gate attendants were very stressed out especially the sat before the 4th and they took their frustrations out on people they didn’t need to. If the gate is not locked until 10:30 and I have a visitor at 9:30 I am a 46 year old adult I don’t need someone being rude to my guest and giving them the 3rd degree and bugging us about them leaving. No one was drinking or partying on my site but, the gate attendants couldn’t handle the stress of the day and got rude with people visiting which is unnecessary. When in reality all they had to do is let the park rangers deal with driving around and deal with unruly guest instead of being rude to my guest who were not doing anything wrong and didn’t owe an explanation on why they were visiting as long as they exited before 10:30 and if they didn’t lock the gate and go to bed. My guest were not parked on my site I only had 2 vehicles on my site my guest were in the over flow and no one was drinking or being loud. I have camped on allatoona for years and I have always felt the gate attendants can be very rude at the camp grounds mainly because they are stressed by ridiculous rules they have to try and enforce.

Hated there were no washing machines and dryers and I felt like the gate attendants were very stressed out especially the sat before the 4th and they took their frustrations out on people they didn’t need to. If the gate is not locked until 10:30 and I have a visitor at 9:30 I am a 46 year old adult I don’t need someone being rude to my guest and giving them the 3rd degree and bugging us about them leaving. No one was drinking or partying on my site but, the gate attendants couldn’t handle the stress of the day and got rude with people visiting which is unnecessary. When in reality all they had to do is let the park rangers deal with driving around and deal with unruly guest instead of being rude to my guest who were not doing anything wrong and didn’t owe an explanation on why they were visiting as long as they exited before 10:30 and if they didn’t lock the gate and go to bed. My guest were not parked on my site I only had 2 vehicles on my site my guest were in the over flow and no one was drinking or being loud. I have camped on allatoona for years and I have always felt the gate attendants can be very rude at the camp grounds mainly because they are stressed by ridiculous rules they have to try and enforce.