Gatehouse
Site 48
BOAT RAMP
Site 25
GATEHOUSE

Featured amenities

Pet Friendly Pet Friendly
Showers Showers

Available sites

90 total sites

About Petersburg

Petersburg Campground is located on J. Strom Thurmond Lake, only four miles away from the Lake Thurmond Visitor Center and Dam and only 25 mi from Augusta, Georgia. Camping at Petersburg is ripe with many different opportunities for relaxation, skill-building, family bonding, and nature appreciation. The 70,000 acre lake and 1,000+ miles of shoreline are prime for activities that facilitate such opportunities such as boating, water skiing, swimming, fishing, kayaking, hiking, biking, and bird watching, and so much more of course! Just outside the entrance the largest trailhead for the Bartram Trail which is a designated National Recreation Trail prime for hiking and mountain biking.

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

2026 Season availability

Current season
Upcoming seasons
Past seasons
Closed periods
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Currently open - Sep 14 to Dec 31

Campground Amenities

Most popular amenities

Pet friendly Pet friendly
Showers Showers
RV Utilities and Hookups

RV Utilities and Hookups

  • Dump station on site
Water and Hygiene

Water and Hygiene

  • Showers
Water Access

Water Access

  • Beach Access
  • Lake Access
Pets and Policies

Pets and Policies

  • Pet friendly
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Rates, Sites & Availability

Select check-in and check-out dates to see real-time availability for each site.

90 Sites Available

Site
Price
🚐 02, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 03, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 04, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 05, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 06, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 07, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 08, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 09, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 10, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 11, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 12, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 13, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 14, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 15, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 16, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 17, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 18, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 19, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 21, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 22, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 23, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 24, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 25, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 26, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 27, Loop: A RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 28, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 29, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 30, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 31, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 32, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 33, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 34, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 35, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 36, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 37, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 38, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 39, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 40, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 41, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 42, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 43, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 44, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 45, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 46, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 47, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 48, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 49, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 50, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 51, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 52, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 53, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 54, Loop: B RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 55, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 56, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 57, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 58, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 59, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 60, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 61, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 62, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 63, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 64, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 65, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 66, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 67, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 68, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 69, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 70, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 71, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 72, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 73, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 74, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 75, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 76, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 77, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 78, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 79, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 80, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 81, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 82, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 83, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 84, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 85, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 86, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 87, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 88, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 89, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 90, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 91, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel
🚐 93, Loop: C RV
Pet Friendly · 50 amp · Gravel

Reviews (719)

What Guests Are Saying

Petersburg Campground offers a beautiful lakeside location with spacious and private campsites, making it a favorite for many campers. While some negative points include issues with ants, site cleanliness, and maintenance of facilities, visitors appreciate the friendly staff and the campground's ongoing improvements post-Hurricane Helene. Overall, many campers express a desire to return, highlighting the enjoyable atmosphere and recreational opportunities available.

Review Summary

4.5
719 reviews
5
71.2%
512
4
17.8%
128
3
6.3%
45
2
2.9%
21
1
1.8%
13

Dianne K

Verified

January 4, 2026 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: A

5

Need to plant some trees for privacy

Jack B

Verified

January 5, 2026 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: A

5

Nice clean park with very friendly hosts

Lawrence C

Verified

January 8, 2026 • Stayed at: 05, Loop: A

5

The campground looks great after all the storm damage clean up. We camp there for many years our favorite local campground. Plenty of places to get things you need while camping. All ways quiet and peaceful.

Mary Y

Verified

January 11, 2026 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: A

5

Sad how much was lost because of Hurricane Helene, but it’s still my favorite local park. Staff are friendly and helpful. Sites are always clean.

Juan R

Verified

January 13, 2026 • Stayed at: 10, Loop: A

5

We spent New Years eve here. It was great! There had been quite a bit of damage done by a hurricane but I don't think it negatively impacted our experience. The scenery was still very beautiful and the restroom and showers were clean and well kept. I was sad that our stay here was so short. Plenty of space for hiking other activities.

Roger M

Verified

January 13, 2026 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: A

4

Always enjoy this ACE camping ground.
The weather has been raw during my last two visits, so I'm going to hold off camping for a while.

While walking through the campsite recently, I noted that the cover to the electric panel on site 10 was lying on the ground and damaged to the point where it could not be reattached. This could be dangerous. I noted this last year as well.
Roger Marin.

Mamie E

Verified

January 13, 2026 • Stayed at: 17, Loop: A

5

The campground looked great. The workers did a great job of cleaning and restoring the campground after Hurricane Helene hit the area. Very satisfied.

Judith M

Verified

January 13, 2026 • Stayed at: 05, Loop: A

5

always enjoy staying at Petersburg, even though the Hurricane took out a lot of the trees, it is still a very peaceful place to camp. Staff are helpful and always in a good mood.

Noreen M

Verified

January 15, 2026 • Stayed at: 02, Loop: A

3

It was disappointing finding all the clear cutting going on in the campground. It was disconcerting that the Bartram trail has been eliminated in the campground because we always look forward to walking the trail with our dogs.
If we had known we needed to make a reservation before we arrived it would have been easier too. We have never known our exact dates to be there and in years past we just went up to the office paid for our site and that was it. Now you have to make a reservation before you can drive in campground by phone it was a sixteen minute wait and impossible to get on the internet without WiFi!
The campground hosts said they really didn’t know what they were there for because they couldn’t do anything! It looks to me like someone new took over and had to reinvent the wheel when this process had already been tried before and probably failed! Anyway it wasn’t as pleasant as previous visits.

Scott S

Verified

January 18, 2026 • Stayed at: 03, Loop: A

5

Even after the damage it is still a very nice campground.

Location & Directions for Petersburg

3998 Petersburg Road, Appling, GA 30802 United States

Elevation: 110 ft

Nearest town

Appling, GA - 9.6 mi

About 14 min to downtown

Highway access

The campground is accessible via GA-221 approximately 6 miles to the east, which connects to US-278 about 10 miles away. I-20 is located roughly 20 miles to the south, providing further regional access.

Policies & Rules

Arrival & departure

Check in time

3PM

Check out time

1PM

General

  • Gates open at 7:00am and close at 10:00pm.  Combination lock codes will be issued to registered campers at check-in. If you need to leave due to an emergency and have trouble opening the gate, please notify the on-duty camp host.Gates open at 7 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Gate are locked during these hours but a gate combination is issued to campers. In case of an emergency dial 911.
  • No more than 12 campers allowed per site, and 4 vehicles per site if space allows. If vehicles do not fit, vehicles must be parked at the overflow lot.
  • One wheeled camping unit (RV, Camper, Camper van/truck, etc) per single site and must be parked on impact pad. Tents are restricted to impact pad.
  • Scooters, UTVs, and ATVs are prohibited; however, golf carts are allowed per campground rules. See Park Attendant at the campground gatehouse for more information.
  • Maximum stay is 14-days within 30 day period. Changing names on a reservation, changing campsites, or making multiple reservations in order to stay over 14-days is prohibited and applicable across USACE campgrounds. Violaters may have reservations cancelled.
  • Alcohol, fireworks, and firearms is prohibited
  • Keep your campsite and campground clean. Keep your trash contained and frequently remove trash from campsite (dumpsters located within campground). Do not leave litter in fire ring or on campsite upon check out.
  • Gray water (any wastewater from sinks, dishwashing, bathing, etc) or other waste water such as black water must be disposed of properly at campground dump station.
  • All pets must be penned, caged, or on a leash no longer than 6 feet; pets are prohibited on swim beaches, playgrounds, and in restrooms. You MUST clean up after your pet!
  • All shorelines adjacent to campsites are public property.
  • There are alligators in the fishing pond at this campground. Please do not feed or interact with the alligators if you see them. 
  • For current lake conditions, call 1-800-533-3478 ext. 1147.
  • Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
  • For a complete set of rules and regulations concerning, please refer to Title 36, Chapter III, Part 327 - Rules and Regulations Governing Public Use of Corps of Engineers Water Resources Development Projects.

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