Georgia Veterans State Park
Georgia Veterans State Park entrance
Location	Crisp County, Georgia
Nearest city	Cordele, Georgia
Coordinates	31°57′23″N 83°54′58″W / 31.95639°N 83.91611°W / 31.95639; -83.91611
Area	1,308 acres (530 ha)

Georgia Veterans State Park (originally the Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park) is a state park located on Lake Blackshear in Crisp County, west of Cordele, Georgia. It was established on December 4, 1946, as a memorial to U.S. Veterans. The 1,308-acre (5 km²) park features a museum with aircraft, vehicles, weapons, uniforms and other memorabilia dating from the Revolutionary War to the present.

Other attractions include 8,600-acre (35 km²) Lake Blackshear, a privately operated conference center and golf club and the SAM Shortline Excursion Train, which runs from Cordele to Plains.

In 2013, Georgia Veterans State Park was privatized and its management handed over to Coral Hospitality, a Florida-based hotel and resort management company.^[1]

Facilities

• 82 campsites with cable TV hookups for tents, trailers or RVs
• Pioneer campground
• 18-hole golf course
• Lake Blackshear Resort
  • Conference Center
  • Beach
  • Marina
  • Cypress Grill & The Comedy Zone
  • 78 rooms
  • 10 cottages
• 1 mile (1.6 km) nature trail
• Four picnic shelters
• Group shelter that seats 150
• R/C model airplane flying field

Activities

• Boating
• Waterskiing
• Pontoon Boat Rentals
• Archery and Air Soft Rifle Range
• Hiking
• Bike Rentals
• Fishing
• Birdwatching
• Disc Golf
• Veteran's Museum
• Sam Shortline Train

The fish in Lake Blackshear include bass, crappie, catfish and bream.

Photos

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  RC Model Airplane Field
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  Tanks on display at Ga. Veterans S.P.
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  M4A3E8 Sherman Medium Tank
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  LVTP-5 armored fighting vehicle
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  155 mm Long Tom
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  57 mm Gun M1
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  85 mm divisional gun D-44
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  155 mm Howitzer M1918A3 Schneider
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  Boeing B-29A, (B-29A-15-BN, AAF Ser. No. 42-93967) built in Marietta, GA