Regarding when and why the Suwannee River Visitor Center closed, I went to an authoritative source, Bryan Gray, Manager, Stephen Foster State Park (SFSP).
Ramp (south) end, Suwannee River Visitor Center, 08:25:45, https://www.google.com/maps/@30.6823112,-82.5600485,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0
He says it started with budgeting after the recession. Georgia State Parks had to operate more like businesses.
He started at SFSP in 2011, and the Visitor Center closed not long after that.
They tried to operate it in different capacities, such as Continue reading