Vacation 2018 Day Seven Heading to High Falls State Park, Jackson, Ga

The drive from Stone Mountain, Ga to High Falls State Park in Jackson, Ga was about 1-1/2 hours.  We drove all rural roads and the scenery was good, traffic was good and no tire issues.

Be warned High Fall State Park has three different areas.  We went to the first one we came to and of course it was wrong.  The gentleman (park ranger?) at the gate seemed flustered we came to the WRONG one.  He directed us very sternly to to through the campground, exit and go register at the next one that the sign says "REGISTRATION"!!!  How did we know?

I see the falls on our way and I am excited!

High Falls State Park, Jackson, Ga.

The ladies at the park's registration office were the sweetest things.  Very chatty and made you feel at home.  The office smelled like a cabin in the mountains.  I could have stayed in there and chatted forever!

They gave us directions to the third entrance and our campground.  Farther away from the falls and down the road a little bit.

Pulling a camper is slow going, especially on narrow, steep roads that we are unfamiliar with.  We made it to the campground and our section and we found our pull-through campsite just perfect!  Shady, easy to get into and out of and not too far from the bath-house. Site #81.

We set up camp, grilled some hotdogs, relaxed a little bit then we were ready to see the Falls and explore.

Site # 81

From the Park's website:
Marvel at the tallest cascading waterfall south of Atlanta at High Falls State Park, where you can revel in nostalgic recreational pastimes, investigate a rich cultural timeline and natural backdrop, while you throw a line in High Falls Lake which is recognized as one of the nation’s top family fishing destinations."

No way to get near the falls.  No pictures by the falls, nothing!  What in the world?

We decide to drive over to Indian Springs State Park in Flovilla, Ga.  We never saw a spring there.  Looking up on the website while sitting in their parking lot there was a notice of "SWIMMING NOT AVAILABLE" I don't remember that when I was looking to book a campsite.  We didn't dive around and look at their campground but we did see some falls. ????  Took a few photos, drove around looking for the springs but didn't find any, then decided to go back to our campsite and walk the dogs.

Never too old for Dandelions 

I never did see a sign or anything to explain what these falls were from.  A long ago factory maybe? Another self serve park!

Falls at Indian Springs State Park

Girl M & Dear Hubby

Indian Springs State Park

On our way to our campsite we saw a trail for fishing and thought we would go and explore. We found the power plant remains.

  Remains of an 1800's hydroelectric power plant foundation.  Pretty cool.  Great place to take photos.

Farther along the drive back to our campsite we found a fishing trail to the river.  Finally some water.  The water was moving pretty swiftly and we didn't venture far.

I'm not sure what our plans for tomorrow are.  Since we can't get to the falls, we may go to the pool.  The very public pool.....

Until next time..................

Bonnie