Cagle Recreation Area

Nice people, nice areas to park and enjoy... great trails and had a really great time

The camp
Was
Full which is fine but the restrooms need to be cleaned every day with a full camp. We were there over the weekend and on Sunday the trash cans we’re overflowing in the bathrooms and the toilets were filthy.

The camp
Was
Full which is fine but the restrooms need to be cleaned every day with a full camp. We were there over the weekend and on Sunday the trash cans we’re overflowing in the bathrooms and the toilets were filthy.

Cagle is a great Park. Cagle is known as the park with the boat ramp. The boat ramp is the central icon of the Cagle Recreation area. But the dock at the boat ramp IS FALLING APART!!! This needs to be fixed. If the icon at Cagle park is the boat ramp, then the main element of the boat ramp, which is the dock, needs to be kept in good shape, and presently it is a piece of crap. This boat ramp has had the face lumber along the outside edge broken off and missing for two years. This year I noticed even another piece has been broken off. When I was out there this last time, with heavy winds one day it looks like a giant chunk was broken off of the corner by the heavy waves from the winds or a boat was knocked against it because of the winds. The importance is that boats moor along the dock, and when the lumber is missing, the bare metal frame of the dock will tear up the boat. The metal will also tear up bumpers that boats use. So the icon of Cagle - the boat dock at the boat ramp - is potentially tearing up boats. This has been in this shape for two years. Please get it fixed.

Cagle is a great Park. Cagle is known as the park with the boat ramp. The boat ramp is the central icon of the Cagle Recreation area. But the dock at the boat ramp IS FALLING APART!!! This needs to be fixed. If the icon at Cagle park is the boat ramp, then the main element of the boat ramp, which is the dock, needs to be kept in good shape, and presently it is a piece of crap. This boat ramp has had the face lumber along the outside edge broken off and missing for two years. This year I noticed even another piece has been broken off. When I was out there this last time, with heavy winds one day it looks like a giant chunk was broken off of the corner by the heavy waves from the winds or a boat was knocked against it because of the winds. The importance is that boats moor along the dock, and when the lumber is missing, the bare metal frame of the dock will tear up the boat. The metal will also tear up bumpers that boats use. So the icon of Cagle - the boat dock at the boat ramp - is potentially tearing up boats. This has been in this shape for two years. Please get it fixed.

really had a nice time. Beautiful place.

really had a nice time. Beautiful place.

Nice quiet campground. Camp hosts are very nice.
Site 24 is not level. Many sites are not level. We also stayed at site 36 which was pretty level.
Verizon signal almost zero.
Several nice trails. Quite a drive to get anywhere, but again, that makes it nice and quiet. The birds in the morning are just incredible.
Pricing was a surprise. I need to pay closer attention. $8 reservation fee and $10 electric fee. $20 for the site so total was $38, which is not really worth it, compared to most sites booked through Recreation.gov. Apparently this campground is now owned by the state, which would account for the higher prices.
Overall, nice place, but probably won't be back here much if at all. For the locals, it's probably a great weekend retreat. Nice and clean.

Camp sites are nice with decent space between them. Locations for water, power, sewer were set up well and were in good repair. Park is older, so "paved" trails are in a little rough shape. Holes, tree roots etc along with older wooden bridges that are in various stages of failing. Our loop had one bath/shower house. Kept clean, however, at the time we were there (4/2024), the June bugs were out in force and were laying dead all over the bathrooms and the sidewalks. Just nature and the lights around the bath. The staff cleaned up everyday. Just a lot every day. Found the camp hosts to be very nice/hospitable. They made sure we were all set up and I believe that they also take care of the bath/showers. Don't expect to find someone in the gate house. They no longer seem to staff it anymore. At least, we never saw anyone there during our two day stay, and there was a sign stating that the gate house wasn't staffed....

I'd recommend them for sure and will be back if were in the area again!

Nice quiet campground. Camp hosts are very nice.
Site 24 is not level. Many sites are not level. We also stayed at site 36 which was pretty level.
Verizon signal almost zero.
Several nice trails. Quite a drive to get anywhere, but again, that makes it nice and quiet. The birds in the morning are just incredible.
Pricing was a surprise. I need to pay closer attention. $8 reservation fee and $10 electric fee. $20 for the site so total was $38, which is not really worth it, compared to most sites booked through Recreation.gov. Apparently this campground is now owned by the state, which would account for the higher prices.
Overall, nice place, but probably won't be back here much if at all. For the locals, it's probably a great weekend retreat. Nice and clean.