White Oak Creek Campground

One of several well designed and maintained COE parks and C/G's on this reservoir bordering Alabama and Georgia. This is busy place on weekends and holidays being so close to Birmingham, Atlanta and Columbus, but close to perfect on weekdays. Many waterfront sites, close to the beautiful historic city of Eufala loaded with street after street of pre-Civil War homes and cemetery.

Guest at the C/G are friendly and hospitable. Plenty of water activities with or without a boat, hiking and of course shopping in town. Good restaurants in the area.

I have been camping here since I was a child. Clean and reasonably quiet USACOE park.

The previous reviews pretty well describe this campground. It was nearly full on the weekend, but not rowdy. Very family oriented. Then during the week it was nice and quiet. Most of the campsites are directly on the water with lovey views. The bathroom could use updating and the shower arrangement was a little strange, but all was clean. Cell signal for Verizon was weak but manageable. The price we paid reflects the senior discount. We really enjoyed this park.

Stayed here mid-week so nowhere near full. Campsite right on the water as most are. When I arrived there was a gaggle of geese by the water. Once my dogs got out of the motorhome they moved down a couple of spots but stayed close. During a walk I saw an owl fly overhead and then land in a tree. First time I've seen an owl outside of a zoo in a long, long time.

We camped in site 92 right on the lake. It’s a beautiful lake and the surrounding trees were starting to turn fall colors.

Lots of rather noisy geese, but it didn’t bother us.

Grounds were very well maintained. Site was concrete and level. Nice size gravel picnic area with fire pit, grill, picnic table and lantern pole.

We camped in a 35 ft 5th wheel. No problems backing into the site.

Large, waterfront sites and clean facilities.
Purchased our annual Senior Pass here since we couldn't in Florida due to Hurricane Dorian.
Plenty of stores and restaurants towards Eufala.
In early September the weather was nice, and not many mosquitoes.

I am torn with giving this review a star rating. If I were to base the review solely on the campground, location, layout, facilities, etc, I would give it a solid 4 however the Army Corps of Engineers who manage this campground are doing a HORRIBLE job of managing it!

I have stayed at ACoE campgrounds across the country over the last few years and this one along with Cotton Hill and East Bank (Bainbridge Ga) are by far THE WORST when it comes to local COVID rules and cleanliness.

Their COVID rules include a NO VISITORS rule at White Oak and Cotton Hill (other side of Lake Eufaula, same ACoE Ranger station) yet East Bank allows visitors. White Oak and Cotton Hill's laundry facilities are open for use, yet East Bank's laundry is CLOSED (presumably due to COVID). The restrooms and showers at White Oak Creek were only cleaned 5 days a week, Monday and Tues they go uncleaned, there is NO pest control and it's common to see live roaches in the bathrooms and showers. If the ACoE were taking COVID seriously they would be more concerned with restroom/shower cleanliness and pest control and less concerned with someone doing a drive through to look at sites or visit friends and relatives for a cookout!!!!

I might also add, there are three campsite loops at this location, one of which is closed, rather than open it up they choose to CRAM campers in the two open loops (on top of each other at some sites). ...

Note to ACoE... GET YOUR **** TOGETHER and make these campgrounds the excellent camping experience they have the potential to be!....

(One star for access due to gate closure between 10pm and 7am)

Overall, we had a great experience. The facilities were clean and very well taken care of. Only complaint is that all the playgrounds were closed (due to COVID?) so my kids were a little disappointed. Other than that, we had a good time and met some nice people. I did read some reviews of other people having ant issues but we had none. Sprayed some diatomaceous earth on anything and everything that touched the ground from the RV (jacks, hoses, power cord) and it worked like a charm.

DATE VISITED = Oct. 2020...price reflects Access Pass discount...campgrounds are pretty, some site layout is a bit weird, neighbors on our left were very close but on the right was wide open to the beach/water...restrooms/laundry were open but signs asked campers not to use them if they had their own due to Covid...trails were overgrown...one camp loop was closed and we liked that for walking...all amenities in nearby Eufaula...lots of OATV...we sprayed for ants preemptively, never saw any...our favorite part was the makeshift butterfly garden the hosts had constructed near the entrance...Critters Spotted: butterflies (common buckeye, zebra longwing, gulf fritillary, long-tailed skipper), anole lizards, cardinals, egrets, blue herons, Canada geese, mallards, feral cats

We came here last minute, altering our route due to some bad weather in northern GA. We have camped on this lake before at Cottonhill COE and love that park so we had high hopes here. We weren't disappointed. Check in was easy, super friendly hosts at entrance. I think we were on the best loop, River Chase Loop, Only drawback was no easy access for a kayak. The other loops closer to the marina were much busier. Other than that, just lovely. We backed up right on to the lake with full 180 views. Site was very level and spacious with nobody directly next to us. (The sites next to us were buddy sites so they stayed empty the entire time). Bathrooms were old but kept clean. We had perfect weather that allowed us to relax and catch up on cleaning and laundry. We didn't have our kayak but will bring it next time for sure. Not many trails but frankly most people come here for the water activities.
We went to Omaha Brewing Saturday night and they have a great selection of yummy craft beers. No masks or social distancing in sight so we stayed outside and enjoyed watching the local lids run around. Closest grocery is about 10 miles away.