Georgia Veterans State Park

Georgia Veterans State Park
Georgia Veterans State Park
	Georgia Veterans State Park entrance
Location	Crisp County, Georgia
Nearest city	Cordele, Georgia
Coordinates	31°57′23″N 83°54′58″W / 31.95639°N 83.91611°W
Area	1,308 acres (530 ha)

Georgia Veterans State Park (originally the Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park) is a state park located on Lake Blackshear in Crisp County, west of Cordele, Georgia. It was established on December 4, 1946, as a memorial to U.S. Veterans. The 1,308-acre (5 km²) park features a museum with aircraft, vehicles, weapons, uniforms and other memorabilia dating from the Revolutionary War to the present.

Other attractions include 8,600-acre (35 km²) Lake Blackshear, a privately operated conference center and golf club and the SAM Shortline Excursion Train, which runs from Cordele to Plains.

In 2013, Georgia Veterans State Park was privatized and its management handed over to Coral Hospitality, a Florida-based hotel and resort management company.^[1]

Facilities

82 campsites with cable TV hookups for tents, trailers or RVs
Pioneer campground
18-hole golf course
Lake Blackshear Resort
- Conference Center
- Beach
- Marina
- Cypress Grill & The Comedy Zone
- 78 rooms
- 10 cottages
1 mile (1.6 km) nature trail
Four picnic shelters
Group shelter that seats 150
R/C model airplane flying field