South Shore Park — Attraction in Acworth

It's a run down park with a gravel road, old wooden picnic tables, old wooden benches, lot's of places to fish of the banks (for bass, crappie and catfish), a plastic porta-potty outhouse, a small swim at your own risk mud/beach area, a few scattered trash cans, hordes of poison ivy and mosquitoes, a metal entrance gate that opens at 6 am and closes after 11 pm, lots of wildlife, no houses nearby, and no camping/fires/grills/alcohol and/or loud music allowed.

Overall, it's a peaceful park to take your fishing gear and license, bugout bag, plenty of water, bug repellent, a swim suit/towel, a sack meal, a hammock with mosquito net and rain fly/tarp, your friends/lover, first aid kit, your phone/portable battery (charged), a good book, a folding camp chair with beach umbrella, pepper spray (for bears), you kids, pets (they have an enforced leash law), allergy medicine, hand sanitizer, spray disinfectant cleaner (for the well seasoned porta-potty), toilet paper/wet wipes, kayak with ores, canoe, long pants/long sleeve shirt/gloves (to protect against poison ivy/bugs), good outdoor shoes (ground is uneven in several places) and a good walking stick (maybe not everything on the list, but you get the idea).

I went in mid July and it all the trees/vegetation make it very shady and less exposed to direct sunlight. It was also very humid.

People were friendly, but it's probably safer if you carry some sort of protection. I would suggest you at least carry Sabre Red 3-In-1 Pepper Gel Spray (good against humans and animals).

As far as safety goes, I was in the park for over an hour and didn't see law enforcement or a park ranger drive through.

Due to the size of the thick forest surrounding the park, it's a perfect place to make out in the woods if you wanted to. Bring a 3-person tent (green, brown or camouflage), foam ground mats, a flashlight, water bottles, and a towel. Hike 100 yards or more (away from your vehicle and the lake) into the woods and enjoy. Keep hydrated and enjoy the nature.

Pepper Spray will definitely come in handy...

Nice little Sandy Beach with picnic tables. Some litter noted and a fishing hooks found on the shore edge where little kids were playing. This is a nice little Park to access Lake Acworth. It's across the lake from the downtown Acworth Lake area and it was less crowded when I visited in May 2018. My husband and toddler and I used this area as a boat launch for our blow up kayak. It was perfect. There was parking near the beach, and the beach was about 50 ft long for carrying the kayak to the water. We noticed after the fact that there is another small boat launch that you could use for a fishing boat or kayak that would not require walking over the beach. There are approximately 40 parking spaces? It was difficult to say because they were kind of spread out amongst the trees. When we went, it was free. But there is a pay station that I believe is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. I think it's $5 per car, but I'm not sure. We did notice some litter in the sand. Such as cigarette butts, food wrappers, pieces of broken sand toys. And I noticed some fishing line with a hook in it at the water's edge. It's unfortunate, but seems to be on par for other beaches around this lake. That being said, there were several garbage cans that I could put my collected litter into. Due to the litter, I might not recommend this beach for small children. Although I have seen plenty of families here on many occasions. So maybe my experience concerning the litter was unique. However I would definitely recommend this as a place to put your boat in the water, or a place to sit at a picnic table to have an...

This place is very disappointing. It used to be free to come out here and eat lunch. Or go swimming with the kids and have family time. Now it's ten dollars per car. God forbid you have a family reunion also, there is dangerous spiders in the porta johns for the money, what we are paying per car, there should be bathrooms with stalls and showers. definitely not worth 10 dollars it is run down in need of repairs. It's not safe to let your kids play in the sand anymore, because people allow their pets to use the restroom in the sand so if you see your kid eating a tootsie roll, it's not a tootsie roll !!! Ackworth i'm very disappointed...