Sawnee

The sites were smaller than we were used to.

A lot of hills and steep inclines backing into many of the spots. Not well maintained. All in all, the worst COE campgrounds I have been to so far.

The park was very clean and quite. We really enjoyed our stay. We will be back.

Postive Aspects: Well maintained and clean campgrounds, clean bathrooms, trash removal, beautiful views.
Negative Aspects: If you get a primitive tent lot eventhough there is a road that is locked by a gate that the tendants have keys to, you are not allowed to the road to haul your gear to your campground. This makes absolutely no sense and they will not budge on this. I saw them open the gate for maintenance team however they would not open it up for me or my family if even so we could just drop our gear off. The best part is the reasoning they give, "We have a concern that camp goers will drive their vehicles into the lake". Really? This campground would have been higher rated if it had polite attendants and a revised primitive campground access.

The campground is small, the map is not accurate that is listed. The beach area I'd nice, but their are TONS of fire ants. Our site was infested with them. The gate attendate literally rode down our road 10 times yesterday. We were at the beach and another family that was about to leave had their kids and service dog down their and he got onto them and "he didn't look like a service dog" and then asked for their papers. It is illegal to ask that and just plain rude how he treated that family.

Excellent

We especially love this campground. Sites 12,16-24 are our favorites, hard to book though... There are others that are nice also. The loop is a little tight if your rig is over 38' but doable if sites 17-19 do not have cars encroaching the road. Bathroom Facilities are clean, gates are closing this year at 10:30 pm which is better than others who close at 10:00 pm. Helen and Blue Ridge Train are good day trips from here. Very close to shopping including a Costco, Target, and Walmart among other eateries and services.

Site 21 is awesome! It’s a pull-thru lake front site with a tent pad and picnic area.
My husband was able to fish in front of our campsite so it was very convenient. We brought a kayak and enjoyed being on the lake as well! Highly recommend Sawnee!

Was an enjoyable time. Hosts very friendly and helpful.

Clean campsites great staff and close to shopping and restaurants