Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area | Wild Camping

Nice quiet location. DNR stopped by and checked permit. Several people around the shore fishing. About full for the night.

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This place is awesome plenty space for campers. When we stayed here there were other campers. Everyone kept to themselves. We felt safe here. It’s nice and clean. Perfect for starlink. Our dogs loved this area plenty of space to play. We bought the fishing license although nobody came to check if we had it but if they had we were prepared. Definitely stopping here again when we are driving through GA. We travel in a promaster 3500 which did fine on the unpaved road leading to campsites.

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Can’t add anything that hasn’t already been listed but the permit requirements are strictly enforced. Had to leave to go get a permit (fishing license) since I already had my camp set up. I stayed a week and had my permit checked twice by Georgia DNR law enforcement. They drive through the property regularly and Sheriff also. They must have had issues with the locals as they seemed to drive thru and hang out a lot.

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Camped here from 10/24/22 to 11/2/22, mostly alone (female) and then with my partner (male) for a few nights. Paid $35 in January for a yearlong Lands Pass, which allows 2-week stays at all Georgia WMAs that offer camping.

Drove a '98 Volvo V70 Station Wagon and an '07 Honda Accord (low clearance) with no issues.
Most sites have a fire ring or pit, a few less have picnic tables. I believe there are around 10 marked campsites and non-marked areas can also be used. We saw little traffic for the most part and, on the last night, all the sites filled up for a hunting event that coming weekend.

Trails are marked and easy to navigate.

The "main building" is about a quarter mile or less down the road. They offer potable water from a hose located against the pavilion. Lift the blue handle and press it all the way open. It looks like a pump but isn't, so if you go pumping away, you'll spend 3 hours filling a bottle 😅 There's also an electrical outlet in the pavilion that you're welcomed to use to charge devices. On an overcast day, I plugged my Jackery into the external outlet of the building - around the back of it to keep it out of sight - and left it there for several hours unattended. That area gets next to no traffic other than the Game Warden, who I saw monitoring a few times over the week and a half and spoke to on Sunday.

When driving in, the spots on your right-hand side will get the most sun during the morning and afternoon. The spots on the left side (pond side) start getting sun on the field early in the afternoon; closer to the site sun creeps over later in the afternoon. My assessment is that a right-hand site would be ideal for solar if you're lying a panel out or can park closer to the driveway to avoid overhanging trees.

There was a large, blue trailer on one site and a red & yellow tent in the back corner site that seemed semi-permanent, so longer stays may be allowed. I'd ask them (if they're there) upon arrival and/or double check with the Game Warden.

Always felt safe; people pretty much kept to themselves or let it be known they were available for anything we may need. Friendly crowd.
Overall, I really enjoyed camping here and plan to return. :)

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Really nice primitive camping area with several picnic tables and fire rings. As stated before, you need a Georgia state hunting, fishing or state lands permit to camp legally here. For me, it's worth the $50 to have places like this available even if I don't intend to use the license I purchased.

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Stayed here for about a week as we had a few things to get done before we passed through. You are supposed to get a hint, fishing, or land use permit to stay here. We got a fishing licence for the time we were here and it was about $50. that side we only saw a ranger come through once and he didn't stop to talk to anyone.

A few cars would come in each day and head right back out. on the weekend a few people stayed to fish for a few hours before leaving and only had one other person stay in one of the six sites for a few days. The rest of the time we had the place to ourselves.

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Dispersed Primitive Camping - The website does not specifically show camping as an activity, but a call to the regional office confirmed it is permitted.

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