Visiting Laura S. Walker State Park

Nate Shivar December 26, 2025May 1, 2025

Laura S. Walker State Park is a very underrated state park in Georgia. It is in between Waycross and the northern entrance of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The park has lovely cabins, a great day use area, a beautiful lake, and the landscape is enchanting with pine trees and South Georgia flatwoods.

Visiting Laura S. Walker State Park 2 — The boardwalk connects the cabin area to the day use area

Visiting Laura S. Walker State Park 3 — The cabins are spacious, clean, comfortable, and overlooking the lake

Visiting Laura S. Walker State Park 4 — Trails wind through pine and palmetto

Visiting Laura S. Walker State Park 5 — The swimming beach is small and grassy, but good on uncrowded days

Visiting Laura S. Walker State Park 6 — Lots of pine and clear skies – in South Georgia, it never gets super-cold so even January is quite nice

Visiting Laura S. Walker State Park 7 — The lake is much bigger than I’d expected

The Park also has its own golf course, which looked like it was in solid shape. It’s really close to both Waycross and the Okefenokee, which made it a perfect cabin jumping off point for exploring the Wildlife Refuge.