This was such a beautiful area for camping. There are many spots that are waterfront. The areas for tents are flat and gravel based. They provide a picnic table, fire pit, and non propane grill. We really enjoyed our time there and I loved that this campsite is family friendly. They follow their policies and keep an eye out on the campsites. They have quiet time policies, so you don't need to be blasted out by someone else's music or any parties. This is perfect for families like us, but not ideal for the young and single folks who want to party it up during camping. It was so quiet and serene. They have several bathrooms with showers (very clean and looked after) and an area to drop your trash so that you don't have to leave it near your campsite. Overall, 5 stars and we look forward to returning. read more

Wonderfully maintained campground. Clean and friendly people. Close enough to a lot of good restaurants and stores but nice and far away feeling at the same time. Camp sites very nice and bath houses extremely clean! Highly recommend! read more

Shady Grove Campground - Camp site with fire pit - Campgrounds Near Me - Cumming, Georgia

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We love this campground. The hosts are very friendly, restrooms are spotless the grounds are nicely maintained. For the most part sites have plenty of room in between each other. And the deer are everywhere and curious. read more

Shady Grove Campground - Site 84 - Campgrounds Near Me - Cumming, Georgia

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We enjoyed a couple of fun and relaxing days at this campground. We were left nothing but impressed and ready to come back. They take the time to clean the beaches, leaf blow sites, and clean the bathrooms daily. The staff were always so friendly from check in to check out. All the sites look clean and in good condition. If you see this, thank you very much for a wonderful vacation and can not wait to do this again. read more

Shady Grove Campground - Site 54 - Campgrounds Near Me - Cumming, Georgia

Had a great time at this campground and experienced no problems from the staff like the previous reviews. More details and photos on the link. https://imaginecamper.com/2019/05/30/shady-grove-campground/ read more

A hidden gem on the Cumming side of Lake Lanier. This campground is maintained by Forsyth county and they are always working to keep it looking great. Shady Grove has 110 wooded campsites, most of which have lake views. The most spectacular ones do NOT have water or electricity, which makes them amazing for tent camping. Be prepared to walk up and down stairs if you want a site with a good view, though. All bathhouses have showers with hot and cold water. There are two beaches and a small boat dock. There is no public day use and all facilities are for registered campers only. There are plenty of 30 amp sites with electrcity and water. The hosts are very friendly and rates are comparable with Georgia State Parks. read more

Shady Grove Campground - Campgrounds Near Me - Cumming, Georgia

Disappointing sites. The new sites are big enough for today's travel trailers but old sites are not. There is rebar sticking out of the ground and trees that make fitting campers with slides very difficult. Truck couldn't fit on the site with trailer. What?! Steps & railings are OLD and rickety. Picnic table is far from camper. There is a very over zealous alcohol patrol! The upside is that the Publix is close, there was a bunch of tent campers, & very diverse clientele. If your booking for a holiday, be prepared to book 4 days before you want to go if you want to get a site. There are too many places to go on Lanier to give Forsyth Co your money. We will not be back. read more

Shady Grove Campground - Campgrounds Near Me - Cumming, Georgia

We had such an amazing time here and we will definitely be back! We had zero issues with staff, parks rangers, etc. I think they have gotten rid of a lot of the people that were causing the problems. Our site was beautiful and the staff was very accommodating. I really did not want to leave. read more

Shady Grove Campground - My little one enjoying the water on an absolutely beautiful day. - Campgrounds Near Me - Cumming, Georgia

My husband and I have camped there several times. The camp host have always been friendly and very helpful. The showers and restrooms are always clean and smell great. The camp sites are clean and wonderful. Highly recommend for a place to take the family and kids. read more

We went to the campground and paid admission for 3 people. Then 30 minutes later the manager drove up and in a hysterical rage accused us of lying about to him about why we were there and told us to leave. No refund! We didn't lie about anything. We paid what we were supposed to pay and we were admitted like you would normally expect then out of the blue this guy gets in our face like he wants to fight. He complained that other people took advantage of him the day before. ...We didn't have anything to do with other people. We just went there for a peaceful Sunday off but instead we get accosted by a manager who was on a rage about others who ripped him off the day before. I had no idea what he was talking about. We didn't have anything to do with other people who may have ripped him off but if he has shady thugs visiting his facility don't take it out on me or my family. And don't steal my money! Other than that, the campgrounds had trash laying all over the place. It was dirty. I dont recommend this place. The manager will blame you and shout at you for problems he has with other people. read more

Campsites seem very RV oriented, tents are not allowed anywhere but on designated flats, and as the other reviews have mentioned, there is alcohol patrol that will make you pour everything out or fine you. All of that is manageable and while it's not the most ideal camping situation for a lot of people, it can still work. What was not ok, was that we constantly had people walking around our campsite, and even caught someone looking inside our vehicles. It made us feel pretty unsafe since we weren't in an RV so we had to way to secure ourselves or our belongings. I wouldn't suggest this place with so many other options around the lake. read more

I really enjoyed the campsites. They weren't dirty and they were cleaned off between campers. However the bathrooms especially the showers are disgusting. The walls are black with what looks like mold and everything is slimy read more

We had a group of 3 families camping at Shady Grove for the first time over Easter weekend. The park and campsites are very nice, we really enjoyed our stay. The bath house was not within close walking distance, but it was clean and well equipped. Our grandchildren came up for the day and loved the playground. The camp hosts (Karen and Bill) are very friendly and the weekend planned activities were all fun and family friendly. I understand the county is working on improvements overall within the park and that's awesome. Honestly, several of the online reviews made us a little skeptical about camping there. We decided to try it in hopes that the Park Ranger mentioned in the reviews is no longer there!! Definitely sounded pretty creepy. We didn't have any trouble and will go back again. read more

We have camped here numerous times and have never had any issues until now. We only stayed 3 nights this time for a midweek get-away to enjoy some peace and quiet and de-stress from our busy lives. We look forward to sleeping in and waking up to birds chirping and squirrels chattering. However 2 of our 3 mornings we woke up to leaf blowers revving up and down at numerous campsites all around us...at 8:30am! Their website says they are not even "open" until 11:00am yet the campers are subjected to leaf blower noises in the 8am hour? Shady Grove, you have forgotten what you are selling- a respite from our noisy city lives and a feeling of getting back to nature. Waking up to gasoline powered leaf blowers so early in the morning while we are tent camping is a deal breaker for me. I understand you need to maintain the sites and leaf blowers are efficient but you ought to consider longer quiet hours for your campers. We paid to get away from noisy intrusions so, having to endure an early morning wake up call of the cacophony of your leaf blowers as they echo all over the campground ruined this trip for me. I welcome your reply. read more

Shady Grove Campground - Your early morning wake up call will be gasoline powered leaf blowers. Hope you don't like sleeping late. - Campgrounds Near Me - Cumming, Georgia

We love this campground. We've been in an RV and tent camping (site #50 and #51 are best!) and both times were fantastic. Had everything we needed and we had a great time. Bathrooms on site we exceptionally clean. We will be back! read more

The WORST experience I've ever had camping. Not dog friendly, rude employees, and super uptight. They have the worst campsites to be so uptight. You absolutely cannot have any alcohol or they will make you pour all of it out. We poured out an entire bottle of wine and cooler of beer. My family and I are GROWN ADULTS, and wanted a nice, relaxing camping trip and this God awful place ruined it!! SAVE YOURSELF, and DO NOT go here!!!! read more

This was our 4th time staying here. Usually fun. 1st time booking I asked "is drinking allowed" & the lady that we talked to said "no drinking, but it's loosely enforced, just don't be rowdy if you do". We are never rowdy. We've drank every time we've camped here (and no one has ever said anything). We are in our 30's with kids so it's obviously low key. This time, around 10, park cops came thru and told us to pour out about $70 worth of alcohol. Ok, we get it, it's the rules... And they didn't give us a ticket. But one of them actually broke a bottle of wine (that they took from us bc we couldn't pour it out) on a tree stump on their way out on the path that we walk to and from our camp site. So now there is glass everywhere in the path (that sometimes our kids are running thru bare foot). We will never camp here again. Just wanted to have a nice, relaxing holiday weekend... read more

This is by far our favorite place to camp. There are no bad sites in the campground. It is always very clean and well kept!

I can not say enough nice things. The staff was so very accommodating to us. We are full-timers and we got a once-only extension to stay an extra 14 days. They even were able to accommodate us over the Labor Day weekend as we had not made arrangements. We did have to move 3 times in a week, but I was thankful it was not a Walmart parking lot. You don't think about holidays when this is your life! LOL Yes, there are strict rules about NO alcohol. It's very well posted everywhere. And yes, dogs are required to be on a leash. That is reasonable. The park rangers routinely monitor the area, which I am so grateful for and it makes for a much safer campground. The people that are upset had to pour out their alcohol. That is upsetting and I get it. But those are the rules. Keep it inside and don't be so obvious! This is by far our favorite campground so far and nothing else compares. We will continue to visit once we are done with travels out west. Thank you Shady Grove for a beautiful slice of Heaven on Lake Lanier :) read more

Tremendous experience at this campground. The grounds and amenities are kept clean. The staff is very helpful and friendly. The site is just beautiful. I will definitely visit again. read more

This has been a horrible camping experience. My friends and I showed up to the campsite early in the afternoon. We enjoyed the beautiful weather and started to cook dinner. While cooking, a park ranger came to our campsite and began to aggressively interrogate us about any alcohol that we had with us. We asked him if there had been complaints about our noise level. He told us that there had not been any complaints but said he was going site to site searching for alcohol. He made everyone sit down in a seat and began to go around the group asking if we had alcohol with us. We had another grill going at the camp site next to ours and asked several times if we could check on the food so that it didn't burn. He told us no one could move until his search was done. He wanted to look in all of our coolers and bags. He even asked us to open a bottle of cranberry juice so that he could smell it and see if there was alcohol inside. He made us pour out any alcohol that we had. We understand that they have a no alcohol policy but his aggressive attitude made us all feel very uncomfortable. This was supposed to be a relaxing camping trip and it felt like we were being treated like criminals. We will not be return to this campsite and will definitely not recommend it to anyone else. read more

Beautiful place, great camping spot. Unfortunately if you want to have a beer while camping this is not the place for you. I was one of two people still awake at about 11:30pm, talking quietly by the campfire about to head to sleep. We were also at one of the walk-in spots, so there was no one else around for at least 300 yards. Park rangers walked up on us in the middle of the night, said we were being "loud and disturbing", opened our coolers and made us pour out every beer, then gave me a nice ticket with a fine attached. We dont have a lot of money, so the ticket and fine is a big deal to my girlfriend and I. Squeezing honest, hard-working Americans out of their cash who are trying to relax for one night camping is a travesty. Be warned, if you are a respectful ADULT who loves a relaxing low-key camping trip and having a couple beers or some wine while doing it, THESE GUYS WILL MAKE SURE YOU PAY FOR IT. Luckily there are tons of amazing campgrounds in Georgia, and we'll be taking our trips at one of those places from now on. read more