RESERVE A ROOM
AT THE HISTORIC BALD ROCK LODGE
THE SOUTHERN STATES 200 & 100 FINISH ON THE BACK PATIO OF BALD ROCK LODGE
RESERVE A ROOM AT BALD ROCK LODGE FOR YOUR FINISH
AVAILABLE THURSDAY, 3/19, FRIDAY, 3/20, SATURDAY, 3/21, OR SUNDAY, 3/22. ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR RUNNERS AND CREW. THE ROOMS ARE $165.00 PER NIGHT.
Southern States 200 Mile Runners, you may reserve a room for the day you expect at finish, and for additional nights. You may want to reserve a room for your crew the night before you finish. Bald Rock Lodge is close to Fay’s Blowdown and Highrock aid station. It’s probably the easiest place to stay to get to Coleman Lake and Hilltop Blue. If you are not sure when you will finish, it would be a good idea to rent the room for two nights. Saturday night fills up quickly.
Southern States 100 mile runners, if you are riding the shuttle to the 100 mile start may reserve a room Thursday night in the lodge. The shuttle leaves from the front of Bald Rock Lodge at 7:30 AM Friday morning.
DO NOT RESERVE AND PAY FOR A ROOM BEFORE CONTACTING SOUTHERN STATES 200 TO CHECK AVAILABILITY
THERE ARE ONLY 9 ROOMS AVAILABLE AT BALD ROCK LODGE EACH NIGHT. DON’T WAIT IF YOU PLAN TO RESERVE A ROOM.
The historic Bald Rock Lodge was built by CCC Company 2420 as the original hotel and restaurant for the park. The Bald Rock Group Lodge includes 12 rooms that sleep up to 32 overnight guests, a full-service kitchen, a large conference/banquet hall with seating for over 100 people, an intimate lounge with a rock fireplace (gas), a stone patio.
At the 2024 & 2025 Southern States 200, The lodge proved to be an amazing finish location. When you cross the finish line, it’s literally 100 to 200 ft to your room. The commercial kitchen, also steps from the finish, allowed us to cook made-to-order food for finishers. If the weather is nice, sit out in the patio to recover and eat. If it’s cold, warm up by the fires in the lodge room or the cozy den. Both steps from the finish.
Have a little food after finishing, then go to your room for a hot shower and a few hours of sleep. Come back later and have a full meal. Or, just SLEEP! The choice is yours if you reserve a room at the BALD ROCK LODGE.
Runners may reserve a room for themselves for just one night if you are reasonably sure when you will finish. You may reserve a room for two nights or three nights if you prefer. When you reserve a room for nights before you expect to finish, your crew is welcome to stay in the room while waiting for your arrival.
Runner crews staying in the lodge may request permission to go to Lost Gulch to meet their runner. The only parking at Lost Gulch is along the side of the road leading up to Cheaha State Park. No more than two or three cars are allowed at this aid station at any one time. The aid station is 9 miles from Bald Rock Lodge.
Bald Rock Lodge is 17 miles from Fay’s Blowdown and 24 miles from Highrock Aid Station. This is the ideal place for your crew to stay as you approach the finish. Rooms are $165 per night and provides you with 24 hour access to the park for the duration of your stay.
Use the link above to go the “Reservation Request Form. Fill out this form and submit to Southern States 200. This form will let us know what type room you need and for which night or nights. We will respond within 24 hours and let you know what rooms are still available that fit your deeds. If nothing is available, we will add you to the wait list. We will also send a link to the room registration forms which you can print and mail back or fill out on line and email. At that time, you should send you payment to reserve the room. Payment options are Venmo, Check or register on Ultrasignup. (Ultrasignup charges additional fees.) If you use PayPal or other services that charge a fee, that fee will be added to the total.