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By Hank Whitlock·Updated ·3 min read

All 47 Georgia state parks with county, size, hours, what parking costs, whether dogs are allowed, and — the part no other Georgia site lists — which parks carry free all-terrain wheelchairs.

14parks with free all-terrain wheelchairs
4with GRIT Freedom Chairs
3with Enchroma color-blind glasses
$10parking, every park, every day

True at every park

Parking
$10 per vehicle per day, or $70 for an annual ParkPass. 50% off for seniors 62+, 25% for active military and veterans, in person only.
Dogs
Welcome on a leash no longer than 6 feet. Not allowed in buildings, lodges, yurts, group camps, swimming areas or beaches — or on some trails at Panola Mountain and Tallulah Gorge. Check a specific Georgia attraction in our 303-place dog-policy database.
Dog-friendly cottages
Must be requested before arrival. $50 per dog, maximum two, covering the whole stay.
Service animals
Permitted in all areas of the park and in overnight accommodations.

Source: gastateparks.org/ParkPass and /ParkRules, checked 2026-09-17.

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The accessibility equipment, in detail

Georgia DNR lends three kinds of equipment free, through the Outdoors Beyond Barriers program. It is genuinely useful and almost nowhere documented outside the state’s own site, so here is what exists and how to get it.

Action Trackchairs — all-terrain power wheelchairs

Free, at 14 state parks plus three historic sites (Etowah Indian Mounds, Picketts Mill Battlefield and Wormsloe). They handle mud, sand and water, and open trails an everyday chair cannot. Reservations are required and are booked through All-Terrain Georgia, an initiative of the Aimee Copeland Foundation — you must complete their certification first.

GRIT Freedom Chairs — manual all-terrain chairs

At 4 parks. Reservations requested in advance; without one they are first-come, first-served, and staff confirm by phone. Every rider must bring a “Buddy” — someone 18 or over, physically able to keep up with the chair on park terrain.

Enchroma glasses — for red-green color vision deficiency

Free to borrow at 3 parks: Cloudland Canyon, Sweetwater Creek and Skidaway Island.

Sources: TrackChairs, GRIT Freedom Chairs, Enchroma. Checked 2026-09-17.

How this was built

Every row was read from that park’s own page on gastateparks.org on 2026-09-17. Parking and pet rules are set centrally, so they are recorded once rather than repeated per park. Nothing here is copied from another travel site.

4 parks are marked incomplete. The four lodge and resort parks — Amicalola Falls, Unicoi, Georgia Veterans and Little Ocmulgee — use a different page template that publishes no address block, so county, coordinates, acreage and hours did not extract. Those rows show what was found and flag the rest rather than filling gaps with guesses.

Stephen C. Foster State Park now appears as Okefenokee State Park. The state renamed it; both URLs serve the same park. It is listed once.

About Hank Whitlock

Hank Whitlock is the pen name of the It's Georgia editor. Every guide is built around the questions a busy family actually asks before a trip: how long is the drive, what does parking cost, can the stroller make it, are dogs allowed. Details are checked against official park, city, and venue sources, and each guide shows the date it was last updated.