MORE ABOUT VOGEL STATE PARK
(As referenced from 2007 Almanac)


PHOTO BY MARK W. HUTCHISON

Vogel is Georgia’s second oldest state park, created in 1931 by the “CCC,” (Civilian Conservation Corps).

Located in the shadow of Blood Mountain in the very heart of the Chattahoochee National Forest, Vogel is considered the most enduring monument to the Corps in the entire state. The park is comprised of 233 acres, including a striking waterfall, 17 miles of designated hiking trails, 35 cottages, 103 tent and trailer RV campsites, 18 walk-in campsites, four picnic shelters, one group shelter, primitive backpacking campsites, a CCC museum and a general store.

Some of the very best hiking trails in the eastern United States are located in or near the park. But the jewel of the park is 20-acre Lake “Trahlyta,” named for a Cherokee maiden buried a just few miles away in Stonepile Gap. The lake was created when the Corps dammed Wolf Creek when developing the park. Lake Trahlyta allows for fishing, has a swimming beach available in the summer and has pedal-boat rentals.

Vogel’s waterfall is somewhat hidden from the entrance highway but can be seen if you know when to look just as you are coming to the entrance of the park. It is but a short walk south of the lake and well worth the effort.

—Mark Hutchison