McKinney Campground – 50 & 49

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Booked a great campsite with friends six months out from the Holiday weekend.

McKinney Campground is located in Acworth, Ga on Lake Allatoona. A Bartow County park, it has 150 RV campsites, two beaches, one playground, and a boat ramp. We have camped at McKinney seventeen times; it’s our go-to campground, nine miles from home. Campsites cost between $28 and $32 a night for electric and water hook-ups. To help you choose your next reservation, details and photos from all of our previous visits can be found by site number in the McKinney Campground category. Directions on how to book at McKinney Campground are at the end of this blog post.

Managed to score two of the best campsites at McKinney Campground next to each other on the Holiday weekend. We were set up in campsite 50, while our friends had campsite 49. They share waterfront access down a slight hill to a pebble beach entrance to the water. These campsites are located on the first main loop in the campground and the bathhouse is a bit far for a walk whenever you need to use it.

Campsite 50 is a 37 ft. back-in campsite with stairs off the back down to the water. We fit our 26 ft camper and two vehicles at the campsite, but it would not fit any more. The pad was large, but had a concrete picnic table—not a fan. Campsite 50 has great water access for small children, kayaks, and boats.

Campsite 49 is a 37 ft. back-in campsite built as an accessible campsite. The gravel pad is much smoother than a regular campsite that has pebbles. Also, the fire pit is taller, and has multiple grates that allow you to build the fire closer to the top. Three cars were able to fit better at campsite 49 than our campsite, 50.

We also had friends on campsite 54, just a short walk from our campsite. Unfortunately I only have one photo of their campsite from the water–but the 35 ft. back-in campsite is unique. The driveway of campsite 54 includes a half circle in the front that allows for more parking. This is great for boat owners that want to keep the boat and or trailer at their campsite. I also really liked the privacy in campsite 54. We have personally camped on 55 which is also a great site. These campsites are further into the cove which is great for shoring boats.

Labor Day Weekend we experienced some crazy storms at the campground. Friday night lightning actually struck a tree in the backyard of our home that’s about 15 minutes away from the lake. Saturday evening another storm came through that blew our shade tent on top of the truck. The shade tent had been lowered before the storm and we used 10-pound weights on each leg. Usually these weights are perfect to handle any storms, but not this one. Our friends had to trash their shade tent after Saturday evening. Luckily we just had a small scratch on the truck.

We reserved Monday night so that we would be able to enjoy the entire day on the lake and not fight the line at the dump station. We also drove up the road to “Two Scoops” to have some ice cream and snacks. Heather ordered the fried pickles and I ordered the cheese fries. We wouldn’t recommend the fried pickles, but the cheese fries were great. We also enjoyed some ice cream. It’s great to have a food option that is close to the campground.

Monday evening we ate dinner at the campground and then packed everything up. The front dump station at McKinney Campground has the ability to flush the black tank. We took advantage of that and the lack of a line at 6 p.m.

Originally we were supposed to be the last campers on that site for the season. McKinney said they were closing the first 50 campsites for the winter and keeping the other loops open. On Monday we noticed people were checking into campsites in the 40s and were confused. I asked the camp host and they said they decided to keep them open until the weekend of October 20th.