West Point Lake · Georgia
Overview R. Shaefer Heard Campground is a waterfront facility on the southern shore of West Point Lake, which spans parts of Alabama and Georgia. This man-made lake has 525 miles of shoreline that provide excellent opportunities for fishing, camping, boating and other recreational activities.
Sites at R Shaefer Heard are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 117 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | West Point, GA |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for R Shaefer Heard around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Holiday (Georgia) | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Amity | Cancellation alerts available |
| Whitetail Ridge | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rocky Point Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Earl Cook Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Horace King Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Long Cane Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| R Shaefer Heard Day Use | Cancellation alerts available |
| Veasey Creek Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Anderson Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Eagleview Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Glass Bridge Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hardley Creek Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| McGee Bridge Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sunny Point Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Yellowjacket Creek Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for R Shaefer Heard; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.