Dear Visitors and Guests,

Gordonia Alatamaha State park is on Highway 280 West, inside the city limits of Reidsville, Georgia. As we tell any visitor that asks how to find the park, "we're just past the Dairy Queen."

The Park is completely surrounded by houses, but as you drive into the tree-lined entrance you forget you are in a inhabited city. The entrance road opens up into a beautiful state park. The first thing you see is a large playground area for all the children to enjoy. There is a basketball goal and a volleyball net, miniature golf, a swimming pool, 4 open picnic shelters, 1 enclosed picnic shelter (with AC and heat), many picnic tables for everyone's use, and a 12 acre lake with fishing and paddle boats. Last, but certainly not least, is the campground. We have 29 campsites for RV's and tents; all have water, electricity, picnic table and a grill. Five have sewage hookups (and we do have a dump station). There is a bath house in the center of the campground with restrooms, showers, washer and dryer units and a small playground. Most of our facilities are handicap accessible. At the far end of the park, just past the camping area, is Brazell's Creek Golf Course, a beautiful course that has many challenging holes.

For the visitor or the resident, recreational opportunities are always close by. These combined with the overall casual atmosphere and genuine friendliness of its citizens makes Tattnall County an ideal place to live and relax.

Fishing, hunting, golfing, camping, canoeing, pedal boating, and swimming are available for all ages in a recreational season from early to late in the year. Fishing is abundant in the Ohoopee and Altamaha Rivers as well as the 12-acre recreational lake at the Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park. The Park, which is on Highway 280 West and inside the city limits of Reidsville, includes year-round camping, fishing, and regulation golf, tennis, a picnic area and a playground. Seasonal activities include pedal boats on the lake and swimming in the State park pool. The Park is open 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. One can also enjoy the Brazell Creek Golf Course, a beautiful course located in the Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park. Feel free to e-mail both the State Park (gordonia@dnr.state.ga.us) and the Golf Course for any additional information you may require.

Tent sites and full hook-up sites are available for camping at the Wiregrass Trail RV Campground, located between the cities of Reidsville and Collins just off the Wiregrass Trail (Highway 57) on Thomas Scott Road. The campground has five stocked ponds for the fishing enthusiast! Call (912) 557-4185 for further details.

City recreation departments within Tattnall County hold supervised activities such as baseball, softball, soccer, and football year-round for both youth and adults. There are also two public tennis courts available -- one in Glennville, 912-654-2613, and one in Reidsville, 912-557-6376.

Over 260,000 acres at the Fort Stewart Reservation are filled with deer, turkey, quail, and dove for avid hunters. There really is something for everyone who visits Tattnall County.

Whether you are in Tattnall County for a day or a lifetime, you are assured of having a positive experience that will leave a lasting and warm impression.

About Brazell's Creek Golf Course at Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park

With rolling terrain, wetland carries and smooth Bermuda greens, Brazell's Creek Golf Course is a shotmaker's course. The course will re-open in the summer of 2008 with a new layout and an additional nine holes.

Georgia's famed golf course architect, Denis Griffiths has designed an entirely new course for the southeast Georgia locale. With over thirty five years of golf course designs throughout the world, Denis Griffiths and Associates has firmly established a reputation for solid, challenging and enjoyable courses.

Minimal changes to the existing terrain and careful integration of course design with the surroundings is essential to Griffiths' philosophy. Course designs must be enjoyable, memorable, and resilient with a touch of the uncertain. That will hold especially true for Brazell's Creek, since it's located near wetlands and the lay of the land is very unique. The 18-hole course is located in Reidsville, just south of Interstate 16 and a bit east of Vidalia.