Georgia Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather
Georgia State Parks sets the campfire rule for Georgia's state parks and forests. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by Georgia Forestry Commission. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for Georgia load on the page.
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Burn bans and restrictions: Georgia Forestry Commission.
The campfire rule in Georgia
Campfires in state parks and forests
All campfires must be kept in designated areas such as a fire ring. Never leave a campfire unattended.Georgia State Parks, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Campfires on national forest and BLM land
Do not leave campfires unattended. Be sure to completely put out any campfire before leaving your site unattended.Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Where fire restrictions are posted
The Georgia Forestry Commission has an interactive website ( https://georgiafc.firesponse.com/public/ ) with a wildfire and burn permit map that contains the current Air Quality Index at all monitors in Georgia with the option to add the following layers: (1) burn restrictions, (2) daily burn permits, (3) PM2.5, (4) NOAA Hazardous Mapping System smoke plumes, (5) wind vectors, and (6) smoke forecast.Georgia Forestry Commission, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Current restrictions: Georgia Forestry Commission.
Quoted from pages read October 18, 2026. A county, a national forest or a single park can order a stricter ban than the state, so ask the local fire department or ranger district before you light a fire.
Camping in Georgia
The Georgia camping guide has the months when the weather works, how Georgia State Parks (DNR) books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.
Georgia campfire questions
Campfire rules in other states
Where this page’s facts come from
- State park, forestry and federal land pages (read October 18, 2026). Booking windows, reservation systems, campfire rules, fire restriction sources and rules for camping outside a campground, each quoted word for word with a link to the page it came from.
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020 (read October 18, 2026). Average monthly high, low and nights at or below 32 F at 150 reference stations, the same stations the heat season and heating season pages use.
- National Weather Service alerts (live, read in your browser when the page loads). Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather Watches, Fire Warnings, Freeze Warnings and High Wind Warnings, read live from api.weather.gov.
- National Weather Service 7 day forecast (live, read in your browser when the page loads). The weekend forecast for the ZIP code a visitor enters, read live from api.weather.gov.