Recreation

Recreation is a prime attraction for those visiting Heard County. With direct access to some of the best crappie and bass fishing in the state, thousands of fishermen are drawn to the Chattahoochee River and the headwaters of West Point Lake, a 25,900 acre reservoir, each year.

Brush Creek Park, a county maintained recreation area on West Point Lake, provides direct boat access, RV and primitive camping sites, picnic pavilions, bathhouses, baseball field, basketball court, and playground.

For more information and reservations call

(706) 675-3778 or 706-675-2267.

Snake Creek Access

U.S. Corp of Engineers property along the shore of West Point, offers a boat ramp, courtesy dock, and picnic facilities.

For information call (706) 645-2937

The Corps of Engineers operates and maintains six campgrounds at West Point Lake. Registered campers are entitled to the full use of campground facilities such as grills and tables, dump stations, laundries and showers.

Five of the Corps campgrounds are "fee campgrounds" with resident park attendants. The sixth (Ringer Campground) has no fee. Many of the fee campgrounds also offer boat ramps, fish cleaning stations, playgrounds, ball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and nature trails.

During the summer season, reservations are accepted at the fee campgrounds but are not required. The two marinas on the lake are privately owned and operated.