Visitors to the Oconee Ranger District are now able to find and reserve day-use recreation sites online at Recreation.gov and through the Recreation.gov mobile app. The Oconee Ranger District is part of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest and is located approximately 60 miles southeast of Atlanta. From the convenience of a mobile device, users will be able to find all the information they need to plan adventures on public lands all in one place. These tools will provide information about facilities, hours, activities, and fees, and will allow visitors to purchase day passes to specific sites and annual passes for the entire Forest. Campsites will not yet be available for online reservations. Visitors will also be able to pay for parking through the Recreation.gov app. It is important to download the app in advance because cellular reception on the Forest may be unreliable. Once at their chosen site, visitors will be able to make payments regardless of reception. The current pay-to-park system, which uses fee collection containers, will remain available. The Recreation.gov mobile app is available to the public for free download on iOS and Android devices. “The Oconee Ranger District is looking forward to offering this alternative form of payment for day-use recreation site fees to our visitors,” said Jeff McDonald, an ORA/Biologist who works on the district. “We will continue to offer fee envelopes for payment by check or cash for a period, but hope that visitors take advantage of this new, seamless way to pay day-use recreation site fees.” Fees play an important role in providing recreation opportunities across the Forest. Since fees are retained locally, the majority of each payment is invested directly into the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. “Your recreation fees support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Oconee Ranger District recreation sites,” McDonald said. The Oconee Ranger District is full of popular recreation sites and exciting activities for visitors to enjoy. The Lake Sinclair Recreation area is perfect for a sunny day with its lovely Twin Bridges Foot Trail, swimming beach, and boat launch. Across the Oconee, visitors can also enjoy miles of hiking, OHV, and equestrian trails, one shooting range, and many sites for swimming, boating, and picnicking. “We are eagerly awaiting visitors to the Oconee Ranger District for the spring recreation season,” McDonald said. Find the status of all recreation sites on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest website at www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/conf/recreation. Contact the Oconee Ranger District at 706-485-7110. The Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest provides the finest outdoor recreation opportunities and natural resources in Georgia. Featuring nearly 867,000 acres across 26 counties, thousands of miles of clear-running streams and rivers, approximately 850 miles of recreation trails, and dozens of campgrounds, picnic areas, and other recreation activity opportunities, these lands are rich in natural scenery, history and culture.