Beautiful park. Great place to walk, take photos, take a picnic and take the kids to play. I hope the water area will be open next summer for the kids to play in. I used to hang out here by the water when I was a teenager. That was 40 years ago. Lots has changed at the park since then. Will go back to the park with my grandkids.

This is a lovely park but its not fully accessible yet. It has a very nice playground and some walking trails but the small beach has been closed due to COVID-19. In addition, one of the entrances is blocked due to construction of an event center. This park will be a really nice place to visit once the renovations are complete. Its best feature is the flowing water from a river that runs down and over some big natural rocks. It also has the remnants of an old mill and town on the property.

Loved this great park in my backyard. Will be back for exercise and more fun!!

This is a beautiful park. When I was a kid it was closed to the public and had to be reserved for events to gain access. This is now open to the public and is free to visit (pay to swim during the summer)There is a very clean playground right next to a large covered pavilion complete with public bathrooms that are well maintained.Perfect location to take pictures with the family and in the summer there is a small beach to swim at. Professional photo shoots must be planed ahead time with the management staff. They are quite pickey as the park is now maintained by the county.The foundation for the old Mill is there as well as a path that leads under a man made waterfall as seen in the photos. You will get a bit wet.CAUTION!! Be careful when near the old Mill and near the water ways. There is not a proper fence to keep small children from falling into the flowing water. This area is far away from the playground but if you choose to explore the Mill keep an eye on your children as there is a drowning hazard. There are clearly posted signs in these areas.There is a paved walking trail here that is about 1.5 miles long.General parking area is quite small however, if you schedule an event here there is a large amount of parking in the back.I love to take my 4 year old daughter here to play. The park so far is generally not too crowded and I usually run it to more more than two other families at the playground at one time.Would rate 5 stars but I havent attended an event here yet, and they built a new building on the property that I have yet to visit.I also have not yet brought my family here to swim so I cannot comment on that experience.

Great for families to walk and explore year round with lovely trails suitable fir strollers and a playground. In the summer there is beach and swimming access.

Great Place to take portraits and to see the sites!

Amazing place for pictures. Did my sons 1st birthday pictures here and they were amazing

Great off the map kinda place to relax. The whole park is like a town from the 1800s. General store, saloon, jail, mill, etc. And you can swim in the river to cool off. Close to everything but feels like miles away.

Very nice. Cant wait till summer 2021.

Absolutely wonderful way to spend a Saturday with friends and family. Well worth the money. Will go again.

Beautiful park, the best park I visited, amazing views.

Went today because the website and gates said open. However, we were chased down by a girl on a golf cart and told we werent supposed to be there. There were NO signs to say that we shouldnt. We were in a common area, not even on a trail or on the beach.There was a hand of people there, period. They should close off sections or just be closed altogether instead of tracking people down. Its an insult.

A lovely park with an excellent mile+ walking trail, a beautiful swimming area, a baseballs/sports field, numerous pavilions with grills for family get-togethers, and a great playground for ages 4 and up. There is also a beautiful river with waterfalls and some really cute and well-maintained old buildings to see. They are (currently in 2019) working to improve the park, and although I don’t personally approve of the pointlessly blinking and gaudy light-polluting sign they have placed out near 138, they’re doing a good job of it and the staff are very friendly.

Now this hidden gem was a surprising delight. I wish under different circumstances but it indeed served its purpose. Beautiful atmosphere. Wonderful place for a family gathering to get away and relax and enjoy some time together. I loved this place..

A lovely old mill property located along Big Haynes Creek providing swimming and other recreational activities. However, the plethora of signage throughout the property detracts significantly from the pastoral beauty throughout. There is a swimming area requiring a fee but only allows three 2-hour sessions through the day, apparently because the mandatory lifeguard requires a 45-minute break frequently. So many areas are “off limits” as evidenced by the signage as to prevent even the Most casual walker from fully enjoying the park to the point where one can’t simply put ones toes in the meandering creek without fear of being ejected. Additionally, if you come with more than one friend, the staff may determine you are holding an organized event and take some action. I can only assume this is a monetary decision since taking pictures must be approved among other activity.Bottom line is this could be a lovely place, but government overreach May impede any fun you were hoping to have.

A beautiful place to walk, take time with your family in a natural beauty setting. A playground, swimming area, and place to meet friends.

Great place to chill.

Veggie tofu from Coach Joes was on point.. Very nice vibe entire evening.

Was quite disappointed... This park felt like a ghost town. I see potential the lake with nice waterfall and hiking trail. Houses or barnyard throughout the park, including the old jail house near the kids section. This is definitely a place for the local to hang out.

Beautiful park with lots of potential. Not quite first class, but with the right development, could be

Great local park! Another hidden gem in Rockdale county.

Beautiful park. Has a man made beach which they keep clean. Need to take forms of payment other than cash. And allow your residents to take pictures of the landscape. Dont understand why you must keep certain places off limits.

Great trail, soft ball field is nice, great picnic area, waterfall is beautiful

Great place to take a mile or so walk on a paved path to enjoy the fall colors

Beautiful park,perfect place to go swim and play in the sand with my grandchildren. So thankful there is finally something to do near home.However,my only complaint is there are 2-3 lifeguards on the beach at a time but,they continously all have to take breaks at the exact same time!!The breaks are 45 min.long each time,and everyone has to be out of the water.This is VERY aggravating, why in the world they cant switch out instead of shutting down everyones day continously.

Its a great park! The paved walking trails are neat, clean, and well marked. They have dozens of old buildings, a multipurposefield and even a beach! One of my favorite platforms under a waterfall is closed (permanently?), and they may not reopen it. This would be a great disappointment.

Very nice park, I had a good time

Gorgeous, historical and amazing ! So pleased to have this beautiful public space right near my home. Many wonderful areas to explore!!!

Super cool park! This is where scenes from the new HBO series “Outsider” was filmed. There is a little swimming hole area and tons of soft trails and places to set up a picnic. Super recommend this place in summer time!

Its a great place to bring your family including your pets.

A really nice park set along a river. There is a nice swimming area with a beach and lifeguards. There are walking trails, waterfalls, and a nice old Town that includes a model jail, clothing store, Hotel, General Store, Etc. Very scenic.

Had a wonderful day at this park. It is a beautiful setting and very well kept. Beautiful hiking trails. Nice paved roads to walk on thru the landscape. Wonderful old buildings to look at and remember a time long ago. We will be back.

This is a great park. Very quiet and not crowded at all. They have porta pottys for restrooms. There is a walking/site seeing trail to explore. You can swim in the area that they have roped off at the beach. There is a pavillon with several picnic tables under it and the are a few covered single picnic tables. There are a few waterfalls & Lots of shade. It used to be a iold mill & the stones still stand where the old mikl stood. The park is set up to resemble the old mill town.

Beautiful waterfalls and cool old buildings.

Awesome place

A small, but nice, tranquil spot. A short paved trail, not the place to go if you want a vigorous hike. I think the trail was less than a mile total. Sights include natural greenery, water, a little beach, waterfalls, and structures built to look old timey sprinkled throughout the park.

Very nice clean friendly environment. Definitely reasonably priced. Staff was professional and helpful cant wait to go back.

Very nice place to spend the day with the family.

Nice clean swimming area. Boys enjoying the water.

Love this place! Great nature, huge gazebo/pavilion, chapel, waterfalls are so cool! Nice trail and they are expanding.

The 4the of July... The kids really enjoyed themselves

Great place once renovations are done. People were nice, bathrooms were super clean

Great park for a walk or to bring your kids.

This place is beautiful and serene. The men riding around in their golf carts made me feel safe walking the trail alone too.

Beautiful park with very nice amenities. Fun beach for the kids. $2/kids $4/adults for beach play. Lifeguards on duty. Clean restrooms and a nice playground for kids. Not much parking.

I love this place! Great for a family outdoor gathering, pic nix lunch....2 water falls & a beach by the lake.

Great little Beach and swimming area to take the kids. Costs $4 for adults, $2 for younger kids, and babies free. Cash only. Lifeguard on duty. Cool old Mill ruins are present. Theres a picnic area under a pavilion to get some shade.

First time visiting the park. Its a great place to spend time with your family and friends to just unwind.

Great place to visit. Definitely family-friendly

Beautiful place

Fun place for the entire family! Inexpensive but remember to bring plenty of food/drink as they dont have a concession. Will go back again

Very nice since the county bought it, only disappointment was they are doing construction, looks like it will be really nice when they finish.

Very beautiful and peaceful. However I found three pieces of glass from broken bottles in the sand on the beach. This is very dangerous considering kids will be running around there soon. I did not see a garbage can so I left the pieces under the pagoda with the square to the right of the beach.

This was a beautiful and calming place. The store museum was great, it brought back wonderful memories!

Beautiful place for family and friends to get together. Ive been living in Atlanta for 40 years and didnt know that this place was here. I will spread the word and will return .

Had a good walk....

Good place to hang out with kids

Loved the location, close to home. Very limited parking, long walk from my vehicle to my picnic area near the beach, but a golf cart with a driver helped us carry our items back to our car. Only downside, only 96 people allowed on the beach area at one time.

Great playground

Beautiful area with lots of greenery. Excellent venue for events. Waterfall. @miz_pound_cake

We went for their holiday lights and the display was lovely. Lots of pretty lights on all of the buildings and near the lake. It is definitely a good weather only event as it is a light walking tour.It would be a great family event as there was a petting zoo and Santa and food vendors.

The Rockdale Christmas event was wonderful.

This is the best park ever hands down..u can swim fish have family reunions and weddings lots of possibilities...everyone should go here for a great day with lots of fun things to do

Too many rules.. didnt feel comfortable.. bad sulfur smell.

Yall ready need to start taking card as soon as possible or at least update your website to say CASH ONLY. Your entrance sign is confusing on where to park (two roads on the left next to sign), parking is extremely limited so if you drive a truck, good luck getting in or out (the road is extremely narrow), you have to walk all the way down a large hill just to get to the general store to pay to swim. They also only take cash and cant break a 20$ bill forcing me to leave twice and come back after looping around the area 2 times just to get cash back from a gas station that only allows me to use their ATM and then break the bills into exactly 6$ just so I can come back to their limited parking and find out that there are no spots back. Once I finally got parked, I come back to swim and get told that there is a 45 minute no swimming break. I had to go through all of that, wasted 45 minutes of going back and forth to get cash and figure out that I cant swim once I get back. I understand that life guards needs breaks especially in this horrid heat but this is honestly ridiculous. This is a beautiful gem to be at and I love the atmosphere here but I had to go on a miniature wild goose chase just for 12$ exact because I live in Walton county. I shouldnt have to do this, especially when my knees already hurt... Sorry.Maybe try a card swiper on your phones?{Update} - Parking did slowly clear out and it was also labor day weekend (combined with reserved parking) so parking is understandably hard to find. They also opened up additional parking which helped. Still a bit narrow none the less but just a bit limited.The life guards are extremely friendly and reasonable on their rules. The beach is nice and warm while the sand itself is a bit grainy. It was also not too busy while the water was nice and cold for a hot, humid day. There is a nice pavalion to use with many fans and tables under it to cool you off while you relax. There is a 45 minute break every 2 hours which kind of sucks but is reasonable for safety and health of swimmers and life guards. Food and drinks are allowed on the beach (though Id watch out for glass and cans. They are sometimes left out). Dogs are also allowed from what I can tell.The bathrooms, wash station, and general store/main building are nice with vintage design, decorations, and decor. Makes it feel very comforting to be there. I know its a smaller, growing park but having a concessions stand or snack/drink set up in the general store would be a lovely idea. Same with maybe having a changing area for those who change at the park.TL:DR it was an amazing experience being here, just needs some adjustments made to the park itself along with its operations.

Apparently you cant take photos without paying 50.00 per hour to use the park according to the golf cart patrol. We were there about 30/45 minutes and was taking random posed photos ( Im not a professional ) and they stalked us the whole time. Then told me it was 50.00 an hours for photo shoots. The only sign that was posted said PROM pictures were 50.00 a session and prearutherzation was required. When I asked where it was posted about any photos she said our new website will be up September 1st and it will be on there. Well Im visiting from Alabama today not September 1st how was we to know. She said well Ive been lenient enough letting you take photos its time for yall to leave. WOW! Wont visit again and wont recommend it as a place to visit or of interest. CART patrol rude!

The beach area is closed because the kids are back in school. that is unfortunate not everyone is lifes have childern and for some it would be a good getaway while they are in school. Went for a relaxing moment and wanted to sit on the beach and read had no intentions on swimming and wasnt dressed for swimming. The signs are very contradictory. Once the very condescending staff member informed us that they were signs, that we had not noticed . 1 signs says swim at your own risk, another sign said no beach access if a lifeguard is not on duty and the other one says no swimming if no lifeguard is on duty.

First impressions were great. It’s a nice little area, but if your a rebellious person when it comes to lake water don’t go, it’s not like factory shoals. They wouldn’t allow anyone to walk on the beach across from the main area. Everyone was very nice and it’s a good relaxing place. It is $4 per adult and $2 per children and babies are free, however, this rule only applies to those who reside in Rockdale, if you do not then the price is higher, I witnessed many people leaving because of this. They seemed to have at least 3 life guards on duty that would rotate between the stand and being in the water. You do have to follow their Facebook page to make sure that there are no events if you plan on being there all day. Certain events they will close the area at certain times, full day, or half day. We weren’t allowed to bring coolers, food, or drinks to the beach area, by a lot of people didn’t listen to that rule. My over all experience was great, and it’s a wonderful area for small children to play.

Nice place for pinic or walk. Beach with waterfalls pavilions with grills. Probably great for a family gathering.

Its a beautiful park. Great place to go for a walk. There, never seems to be may people there whenever I go so its suggest taking some buddies with you.

It was a perfect setting for our family reunion picnic. Very picturesque and well kept. That waterfall!

First time here. Seems nice and clean but dont know about letting my kids swim there but big areas for parties

Very clean and well maintained. Great for family gatherings.

Its a lovely nostalgic park with awesome water feature. Great location.

Very nice relaxing place to take a morning stroll.

Very cute park and swimming spot was beautiful. The kids loved it!

Would be a nicer beach if it wasnt for the 10 peices of glass i had picked up while i was there. The beach is not safe for kids or anyone without shoes. Beach is seriously filled with glass and they have the nerve to charge 4 dollars to swim per person.

A beautiful and quiet place, and if a littke noise is more of what youre looking for, they have a lovely beach area as well!

As I stated Already GA has the most Amazing Clean parks sime ply beautiful its not easy to keep a park clean however it helps when you have amazing park visitors that do there part.

Just to walk around the park it cost 4 dollars. I mean i get needing to maintain a place but if people cant afford to bring the whole family then who will be there. I wasnt swimming just wanted to see the waterfall a minute before going to the car while the kids swam but charge me to 20 bucks for 2 adults and 3 kids for 1 and a half of swimming. Not cool i can go to fort yargo with my whole family an entire day and only pay 5 dollars a car load so... Theres that.

Really nice scenery and fun atmosphere!

Nice quiet spot and the fee to use the beach is really cheap.

Nice place to swim, grill, and they have playgrounds. We were swimming but the life guard said we had to leave along with the rest of the people because someone rented it out. Check before you go unless you want to be asked to leave. The county wil not allow much including fishing. Its ran by younger people. Would have a great time if we were aloud too!

Im sure that the park is nice but I was asked to leave shortly after arriving on 12.26.18! Santa brought me a new camera and I heard that there are some nice spots inside of the park to get pictures, specifically old buildings.When I arrived at the park and started walking a guy approached me, on a golf cart. He explained that I could not take pictures inside of the park unless I paid a $50 photography fee!!!Thats right, a county park (paid for by taxpayers) doesnt allow photography unless you complete an application (its on their website) and pay a fee!!!I explained that I am not a professional and was only taking personal photos and he told me that I must abide by the rules or leave the park!I see how this scam works; you demand a $50 fee and if I refuse (not illegal), you tell me to leave, if I refuse to leave (illegal) you call the Sheriffs Office and I am arrested for criminal trespass...wow! Silly games and greedy government entity!Absolutely ridiculous!!! This park was paid for with tax money...where does the $50 fee go? Who is profiting from this fee?I am not a professional photographer and I was alone so it was not a photo-shoot, it was simply a guy and his camera trying to enjoy a PUBLIC park...oh well, I will not return if this is how Rockdale County manages their parks!Photographers beware!

Not open when we went. Liking on facebook so I can get open closed dates

This a a beautiful party. Very beautiful!! I wish I took some pictures.

Nice little fake beach. Great place to take the kids.

Serene, quiet, no crowd and noise like other parks

I love this park except for the fact that there is no way of knowing if there is a party renting it out unless you call first. I went today with 3 kids and there was a family reunion renting out the entire place. I was told to come back at 1:45 and then at 1:45 I was told to come back at 3:30. Then they would be open from 3:30 to 5:45 but open all day tomorrow (monday ; which they are normally closed on). The was no signage saying the park was closed. Nothing on the website, nothing on Facebook. They waited until we unloaded my pregnant self, 3 kids, a cooler, and our bags and walked all the way to the beach before telling us it was rented out. There has got to be better communication. Im pretty upset with the way things went down today and I saw at least 3 other families experiencing the same thing.

Nice family environment but inconvenient for those who have never been.1) the number listed to the beach goes to a person vm of the marketing manger. Therefore when we called to get information, to no avail.2) They don’t accept cards (but how would you know if there is no one to speak with at phone number listed).3) They sent us to gas station to use their ATM which was not in service.4) we drive back to 3 miles to another gas station only to drive back to find out the life guards go on break every 2 hours for 45 minsTherefore it was a complete waste of time. We will try to come back another time now that we know what to expect.

A great place to have my Grandbabies Birthday party!

This is a great new park with hiking trails, vintage farm buildings, and a beach with cascading water. It has two pavilions and a play area for younger kids. Needs more grilling equipment and better highway signage.

Beautiful great for bike rides and walks

Very beautiful and calming outdoor space

My rating is based on suitability as s place for a run....would not recommend...too hilly. However, if you would like a somewhat challenging walk with pretty scenery, I would give it 5 stars. Bathrooms are all locked and it doesnt open until 9.

Nice place, friendly staff, perfect for family day.

Nice quiet, out of the way place to think and be at peace.

We have tried to go several times and it is always rented out. We tried to call several times this time as we dont want to get the kids excited and waste our time driving there for it to be rented out, yet again, and we cant get in touch with anyone. We will not even bother anymore. Especially after learning you have to pay 50$ to take pictures. Seriously? Are they trying to put the COST in Costley Mill? If you want a fun man made beach, go to hurricane shoals beach in Maysville. It has waterfalls and beautiful picturesque surroundings, a man made beach, and even a natural waterslide all FOR FREE, and if youre just trying to swim, try Lenora Park in Snellville, as they have slides, a lazy river, a pool, and toddler swimming area that was only 30$ for a family of 4 for non-gwinnett residents.

The old towne structures are so nice. Its a wonderful area.

It was not what I expected. View was not bad but not much to do just a little beach and snakes .