Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge is a Georgia

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

located north of McRae-Helena on the

Little Ocmulgee River The Little Ocmulgee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Ocmulgee River in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers t ...

. Part of the park was initially built by the

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during the

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, around the natural diversion of the Little Ocmulgee into a lake. This is a lake with beach, and the park includes a 60 room lodge and a championship 18-hole

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with pro shop, known as the Wallace Adams Memorial Golf Course.Golfing at Georgia State Parks
/ref> The soil around the Ocmulgee River and the Little Ocmulgee is a fine white sand, and therefore the lake has its own "beach sand". Also within the park is the long Oak Ridge Trail, allowing visitors to see native wildlife and plants.

Facilities

*60 lodge rooms *55 tent/trailer/ RV sites *10 cottages *7 picnic shelters *1 group shelter *Nature trail *Group camp *Pioneer camping *18 hole golf course and pro shop *Amphitheater *Restaurant

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Little Ocmulgee State Park
{{authority control State parks of Georgia (U.S. state) Protected areas of Wheeler County, Georgia