Campgrounds for Dawsonville Forest WMA

This is not a campground anymore, there are campsites throughout the WMA, but you cannot camp anywhere around here, and cannot even park here to hike in and camp at a designated spot. We arrived yesterday afternoon in our converted bus, and my partner hiked in to find a designated spot. I was not feeling well, so I opted to sleep in the bus. The next day, the cops came to tell me that I cannot camp here, and I said I wasn't but my partner was camped inside at a designated site. She told me we couldn't camp or park here overnight and that we could park at the campsite, but that is untrue as there is no way to drive there. I asked repeatedly where we should park to camp in the WMA, but she had no answers and told us about other areas around, which is not helpful since we were already set up

Free to hike and $7 according to the sign for mountain biking and horse riding (honor system). Great pines and people were camping also.

No running water, no facilities, and lots of evidence that people have not been taking care of their "business". Lots of concrete pads, looks like an old industrial site. There was an old RV parked way in the back, and there was a steady stream of "visitors" all night long. A light colored sedan came back and forth no less than 5 times from around dark til after 5 am. It's a possibility if you need a last minute place near Dawsonville, but I won't plan to be here again anytime soon.

The camp ground seemed awesome when we first arrived. Quiet nice level ground with a clean porta- let. BUT!....at 9:30 pm...after all campers were quiet and sleeping, City law enforcement showed up, with K-9 and rousted everyone out of bed and threatened to sniff out any “ narcotics, marijuana, heroin” etc!!!! WTH?? My wife and I were sleeping...so were most all campers! What kind of park is this????? Someone should speak to city officials about their overly aggressive cops. Thumbs down!

Beautiful place. Quiet. Spacious. Very popular place. Lots of trash from parties. And lots of horse trailers in the daytime. But peaceful. Gorgeous trees and setting. I would not come again though because there’s no table or grill. Good connection for phone and google. But hard to find. Follow “campgrounds for Dawson Forest WMA” directions.