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written by jess , March 11, 2008

you say on here you are closed until march 30th. but my parents are camping this weekend there.? or will they??

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written by Kim Painter , April 13, 2008

My family and I have been camping at the McKinney Campground for several years now. I only recently have had a horrid experience. Mr. Stratford, who is a worker at the gate house, was extremely rude to both myself and a number of our guests. I rented a campsite and when I pulled up to register it was raining and lightning. I pulled nearer the gate and parked my car to the side of the guesthouse as to not block the other visitors from entering and to avoid having to walk a long distance in the lightning and rain. Upon doing so, Mr. Stratford announced from the exterior of the gatehouse, in a very condescending manner, that I would have to complete a full circle around the gate house and would have no choice but to walk/run in the rain. I had to walk an unneccesary distance in these conditions to register and upon my arrival, I conveyed to Mr. Stratford how ridiculous and unreasonable his request was, considering the weather. He proceeded to speak very rude to me and blamed the requirement on the Corps of Engineers and stated that he agreed w/ me. He further insisted that I take a copy of the camp map, which he described having a rule on it, which would account for his requirement. I finally read the campground rules and realized that there is not one that references this policy. Upon speaking w/ other of our guests, I learned that he did the above to my cousin's wife and then as she was walking up to the gatehouse he made mention to the fact that she was taking to long and/or walking to slowly.

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written by chris , June 19, 2008

try site 84 it is cool. a long way to the lake but good fishing . be careful you my get hag up in a rock .

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written by K.Emory , June 27, 2008

I stopped in here today june 27 2008 to get a campsite for me and my family to enjoy for the weekend. The wife of the attendent was very sweet and coropative and telling her how I have been coming to this camp ground since I was 12 years old.but when the attendent walked up to me he was very rude by telling me it is people like me, when i was a kid ,that make the rules there are today on this campground and offered me, a 31 yr old, a coloring book. I felt it was very discriminating and discouraging. I am a father of two that has the up most respect for the COE and I am very upset due to this mans harsh remarks.The lady was very nice. People these days have no respect nor manners. I would not recommend anyone to go camp on this campground.

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written by E. Moncus , June 29, 2008

My wife and I stopped by McKinney Camp Ground about 9:30 PM just to find out about the camp ground. We have camped there several times and just wanted to get a map to see where we wanted to camp after the 4th of July. The attendant told me that I would have to call or go on line to make reservations. She was not helpful at all, and not friendly either. She kelp telling me that I could not go into the park to look for a camp site, because it was over 50% full. That was ok, and then my wife pulled up to pick me up, and the attendant told me that the car had to be moved, because that was the only way in and that the car had to be mover immediately. She was very rude and the man that was with her, I think it would have been her husband, got up and walked out like he was going to do something, I don't know what. She was so rude!!!! Why do they think that is the only place to camp. Why do people like that work in a place like that dealing with people. This was at 9:30 in the evening. There was no one around, excect a car was in the drive up area, where we parked and I walked up from. Why didn't she have that car removed? She was so rude!! I don't think I will ever camp there again, because of the lady that was soooooooo rude.

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written by Misty B , July 08, 2008

We went the week of 4th of July and we had a GREAT time the park was clean and everyone was really nice and helpful. I saw some of the poeple that other campers have named (saying that they were rude) and they were very nice, they were going out of their way to be helpful. In all I will be going back to Mckinney Camp ground in the future.

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written by CINDY , July 11, 2008

I was surfing the net looking for campgrounds on Allatoona, and have decided that I would rather sleep in a ditch than camp here. I can't tolerate rude people, and the "cons" outweigh the "pro's" at this capsite. Someone who cares should get rid of these people and hire in people who actually enjoy their job and being around people!

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written by jeff burton , August 12, 2008

Just found this forum-hope others do too. I have always loved COE campgrounds. Still do. BUT!... The hosts at McKinney are the absolute rudest people I've ever met. Over July 4th wknd we had several sites booked under one name. The friend who made the reservation was unable to come due to loss of job and economic downturn. When I arrived to check in the hosts refused to allow us in, even though we had the the reservation print-out. I asked if there was anyone they could call and I was told I would have to do it. I called my friend who made the reservations and the host refused to even speak with them. They were absolutely no help and did I mention RUDE! While I was attempting to get this worked out, two other campers came up to check in WITHOUT reservation slips and cheked in without showing any I.D. what-so-ever. I cold have lied about who I was when I arrived and checked in but by being honest with them I was penalized and I along with my two daughters were forced to sleep in the overflow parking until the next morning. It took someone in the Corps office with half a brain about two minutes to get this resolved. Clearly these people have NO business being hosts.

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written by Tim , August 22, 2008

I went to McKenny Camp Ground this afternoon to look at campsites and to check about reserving one. I made the mistake too of driving to window and asking if I could ride through. I got the same attendant who promply told me to circle the building and park in the visitors space and come register. Yeah...I was pssed. But I drove back around and parked got my tag number and walked to the guard house. By this time another camper was there working the attendant. I waited and while I was waiting another person arrived, yeah he parked in the right space.
When finally it was my turn I told the attendant I wanted a lake side camp site. He was highligted a map with all the lake sites and explained that they were 1st come 1st serve and all others were reserved on line. I got my map walked back to my car and noticed a big sign that I ignored the first time...All cars park here for gate pass.

Actually the attendant turned out to be very helpful and cordial. I will be camping here.