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Moss Landing

63 RV Sites

Moss Landing in LaBelle, Florida, is a 55-plus community offering 63 full-hookup back-in RV sites on the Caloosahatchee River, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Standard and super back-in categories join a fitness center, outdoor pool, tennis and pickleball courts, and a library. Sixty-three back-in sites run in standard and super categories carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet, with WiFi. The super category gives larger rigs additional room. Laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The amenity set is built for an active resident community. An outdoor pool anchors daily recreation, with a fitness center, clubhouse, and library covering the rest. Pickleball, tennis, basketball, volleyball, billiards, shuffleboard, and sports courts fill the competitive calendar, with a beach, community fire pit, playground, and dog park besides. Pets are welcome. LaBelle sits in Hendry County on the Okeechobee Waterway, between Lake Okeechobee to the east and Fort Myers to the west — the crossroads of Florida's inland waterway system. The community has retained its agricultural and ranching character as the citrus groves and cattle operations of Hendry County continue to define it, which makes this one of Southwest Florida's most authentic and least tourist-developed river towns. Medical facilities, restaurants, schools, and a college are all in the immediate area. Winter is decisively the season for Florida's 55-plus communities. Book well ahead for January through March.

from $23/night

Fisheating Creek Outpost

44 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 69 Tent Sites

In Palmdale, Florida—in Glades County on Fisheating Creek where the tributary that flows northwest into Lake Okeechobee through one of the last free-flowing undammed creek systems in South Florida sustains the bass, catfish, and panfish fishery, the sandhill crane and limpkin populations, and the cypress swamp and prairie ecosystem that the surrounding conservation lands protect in an area that Florida outdoor enthusiasts access specifically for the natural character that the coasts and the theme park corridor cannot provide—Fisheating Creek Outpost offers 48 full hookup RV sites on concrete pads with water, sewer, and electric, 68 tent sites many positioned directly on the creek or near the swim lake, a furnished cabin with private bedroom, kitchen, air conditioning, and bath, two bathhouses with hot showers, laundry, a well-stocked camp store, and a fleet of 80 canoes, kayaks, and stand-up paddleboards available for hourly rental, creating the most complete paddle outpost on one of South Florida's most ecologically significant waterways. The creek is the destination. The canoe fleet has 80. The 48 full hookup RV sites on concrete pads with water, sewer, and electric provide the infrastructure alongside the 68 tent sites—many positioned directly on Fisheating Creek or near the swim lake for the water's-edge experience that the non-hookup camper seeks in the creek bottom's cypress-and-oak setting. The furnished cabin's private bedroom, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, air conditioning, and bath provides the enclosed accommodation for the guest whose comfort requirements exceed the tent but whose gear doesn't include a motorized rig. Two bathhouses with hot showers, laundry, and the well-stocked camp store create the daily support infrastructure. The 80-canoe, kayak, and paddleboard fleet—available by the hour—eliminates the need to bring paddling equipment to one of Florida's most rewarding paddling waterways and creates the access point that the Fisheating Creek Water Management Area's multi-day paddle camping trips begin from. Fisheating Creek flows 70 miles from the prairies of Highlands County northwest to Lake Okeechobee's northwestern shore in Glades County, draining the last significant free-flowing undammed creek system entering Lake Okeechobee. The Fisheating Creek Water Management Area's 22,000-plus acres of upland pine, wet prairie, cypress swamp, and creek floodplain protect the wildlife corridor that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District have preserved as the Okeechobee watershed's most ecologically intact tributary. Lake Okeechobee, 20 miles east, provides the 730-square-mile lake's largemouth bass fishing—the trophy-class bass fishery that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's management program sustains in the shallow, vegetation-rich lake creates the supplementary angling destination for the Fisheating Creek visitor whose creek fishing appetite extends beyond the outpost's immediate waterway. Highlands Hammock State Park, 40 miles north near Sebring, provides the ancient live oak hammock—one of the oldest and most pristine natural communities in Florida—and the Civilian Conservation Corps' 1930s-era infrastructure in one of Florida's original state parks. Sebring International Raceway's 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race and the Highlands Hammock's visitor center create the cultural and natural attractions accessible from the Glades County position. Fisheating Creek Outpost operates year-round in Glades County's subtropical climate, with the winter and spring months from November through May the most comfortable paddling and camping season and the summer wet season from June through September bringing the afternoon thunderstorms and the wading bird activity that the creek's flooded margins sustain at their most abundant. Reserve your RV pad, tent site, or cabin at Fisheating Creek Outpost and let the 80-paddle fleet, the free-flowing creek's bass and panfish fishery, and the Glades County natural landscape deliver the South Florida outdoors experience that the coasts cannot provide.

Shell Creek Sun RV Communities

154 RV Sites, 1 Cottage

Shell Creek in Punta Gorda, Florida, is a 55-plus community offering 154 full-hookup RV sites and a cottage with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, open all year. A 24-slip marina, outdoor pool, hot tub, and fitness center sit on the banks of Shell Creek in Charlotte County. One hundred fifty-four standard full-hookup back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with picnic tables. The sites are spacious, and the 30- and 50-amp service covers most rigs comfortably. A cottage rounds out the lodging. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and recycling handle the practical side. The marina is the distinguishing amenity — 24 slips giving direct waterway access to the Peace River and Charlotte Harbor beyond. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor daily recreation, with a fitness center, recreation center, game room, and on-site dining besides. Pickleball, shuffleboard, billiards, horseshoes, a beach, and a dog park fill the grounds, with boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and water sports from the creek. Pets are welcome. Shell Creek's freshwater-to-brackish transition supports genuinely varied fishing, and Charlotte Harbor is among the most productive estuaries on the Gulf Coast. Winter is decisively the season for Florida's 55-plus communities. Book well ahead for January through March, when snowbird demand fills the Charlotte County corridor.

from $55/night

Sun Retreats Fort Myers Beach

237 RV Sites

Sun Retreats Fort Myers Beach in Florida offers 237 super full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet, open all year. A single super full-hookup category means every guest gets the same spec, with a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, and beach in Lee County. Two hundred thirty-seven sites are super full hookup throughout, carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables. One category and no guessing — a straightforward booking experience. A laundry, restrooms, showers, and personal mailboxes handle the practical side. Two things to know before you arrive: the resort is still undergoing reconstruction after Hurricane Ian, so ask about amenity availability when booking, and surge protectors are required because the resort may experience temporary utility outages. An outdoor pool anchors daily recreation, with a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, pavilion, playground, and dog park filling the grounds. Pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, billiards, biking, swimming, and a beach round it out. Pets are welcome. The address is 16175 John Morris Road. Southwest Florida's resort geography is unusually complete from here — Sanibel's shell-covered beaches, Captiva's fishing lodges, Estero Island at Fort Myers Beach, and Lovers Key State Park's barrier island kayaking are all within reach. Winter is decisively the season on Florida's Gulf Coast. January through March fills with snowbirds. Book well ahead, and confirm amenity status given the ongoing repairs.

from $43/night

Sun Resorts & Residences Lake San Marino

86 RV Sites

Lake San Marino in North Naples, Florida, is a 55-plus community offering 86 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet, open all year. Elite, standard, and cozy full-hookup categories join a pool, fitness center, recreation center, library, and pickleball courts minutes from the Gulf. Eighty-six back-in sites run in cozy, standard, and elite full-hookup categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables. All sites are back-in with plenty of room for slide-outs, and you can choose a grassy pad or a full concrete pad. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and recycling handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors daily recreation, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, game room, and library besides. Pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, billiards, corn hole, sports courts, a lake, pond, beach, dog park, and picnicking fill the grounds, with fishing and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. The 55-plus designation and long-established community are the character here — this is an active-adult resort where residents and seasonal visitors know each other, not a transient park. North Naples puts the sugar-white Gulf beaches and the upscale boutiques and restaurants of Fifth Avenue South within minutes. Winter is decisively the season in Southwest Florida's 55-plus communities. January through March fills with snowbirds and the Naples corridor tightens considerably. Book well ahead for those months, with far easier availability through the summer.

from $61/night

Sun Retreats Naples East

12 RV Sites, 8 Cottages

At 3180 Beck Boulevard in Naples, Florida—on Florida's southwest Gulf Coast in Collier County where the city of Naples occupies the position that combines Fifth Avenue South's luxury retail and dining concentration, the Gordon River and Rookery Bay's wildlife-rich mangrove estuaries, and the Gulf of Mexico's clear water and white sand beaches in the combination that has made Naples the most expensive residential real estate market on Florida's west coast—Sun Retreats Naples East provides full hookup concrete-pad RV sites, vacation cottages, a heated pool with hot tub, pickleball, bocce ball, fitness center, and the planned activities calendar in the surrounded-by-nature-preserves setting that gives the resort its scenic and peaceful character within driving distance of the Gulf beaches and downtown Naples dining. The nature preserve surroundings, the heated pool, and the pickleball courts define the active resort character that the Sun Retreats brand maintains across its Florida Gulf Coast properties. Full hookup concrete-pad RV sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer connections in premium back-in and pull-through configurations accommodate RVs up to 45 feet. Patios and picnic tables at premium sites extend the outdoor living space that Naples' year-round outdoor climate makes functional across all months. Fully accessible vacation cottages with one bedroom, a queen bed, sleeper sofa sleeping up to four guests, air conditioning, stacked washer and dryer, flat-screen cable TV, fully equipped kitchen, accessible bathroom with grab bars, and a covered porch with patio furniture provide the cottage accommodation that guests without RVs or preferring private lodging specifically seek. A heated pool with a hot tub provides the aquatic amenity through Naples' mild winters and warm summers. A dog park, fitness center, game room, and on-site laundry complete the resort infrastructure. Planned activities coordinated by resort staff—bocce ball, horseshoes, pickleball tournaments, social hours—provide the organized programming calendar that extended-stay winter guests specifically value. The nature preserve acres surrounding the resort—part of the preserved natural lands that the Collier County conservation community has maintained at the urban-wildland interface—provide the birding, butterfly gardening, and native Florida habitat character that distinguishes the Beck Boulevard corridor from the developed commercial and residential land that Naples' growth has converted across most of Collier County. The preserve's proximity creates the sense of natural immersion that the resort's Beck Boulevard address within the Naples metro area doesn't automatically generate. Naples' Gulf beaches—accessible within minutes to miles depending on beach choice—provide the specific Gulf Coast beach experience that makes Naples' tourism economy function: the fine white quartz sand, the clear green-blue water, the Gulf's gentle surf, and the sunset-watching infrastructure on the western-facing beach that transforms a Naples afternoon beach visit into one of the most photogenic moments in Florida travel. The Naples Pier, the Tin City waterfront dining complex, Fifth Avenue South's restaurant row, and Bayfront Place's dining and watercraft rental concentration provide the dining and activity calendar within a short drive. Sun Retreats Naples East is open year-round in Naples' subtropical climate. The winter snowbird season from November through April fills the resort with northern guests seeking Gulf Coast warmth. Summer represents the shoulder season when Florida families and Gulf Coast visitors occupy the property at more accessible rates. Reserve early for January and February at peak snowbird density, plan the Gulf beach sunset for the first evening, and let Collier County's winter climate earn the Naples reputation that active retirees and winter travelers have been building across social networks for decades.

from $84/night

Cross Creek RV Resort

17 RV Sites

On the Peace River in Arcadia at the heart of DeSoto County's ranch and citrus country, Cross Creek RV Resort has earned one of the rarest distinctions in North American campground quality—a Good Sam 10/10/10 rating, one of only six resorts in all of Florida to achieve the scoring system's perfect marks for facilities, restrooms, and visual appeal. The resort's 50-amp full-hookup sites measuring at least 38 by 75 feet, two swimming pools, spa, boat launch, fishing docks, miniature golf, and the Peace River frontage that places guests on one of Florida's most famous fossil hunting rivers create a resort experience that the Peace River valley's unique prehistoric heritage makes genuinely irreplaceable in the broader Florida campground landscape. All full-hookup sites feature 50-amp electric, water, sewer, cable TV, and Wi-Fi on pads at least 38 by 75 feet—large enough to accommodate the widest and longest rigs on the road today with room for double slide-outs and full outdoor setup. Riverfront and waterfront site configurations give the most desirable locations direct Peace River access, and the boat launch and fishing docks provide the on-water infrastructure for guests who want to explore the river by canoe, kayak, or powerboat. Two pools, a spa, miniature golf, shuffleboard, bocce ball, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, a dog park, camp store, pavilion, recreation hall, and planned activities complete one of the most comprehensive resort amenity packages in southwest Florida. The Peace River, flowing past the resort's waterfront sites southward through DeSoto, Hardee, and Charlotte Counties to the tidal estuary at Charlotte Harbor, is one of Florida's most paleontologically significant river systems—a shallow, dark-water river whose acidic sediments have preserved Ice Age megafauna fossils in extraordinary condition for millions of years. Fossil hunters wade the Peace River's gravel bars and shallow bottom in search of mastodon teeth, giant ground sloth bones, megalodon shark teeth, and the remains of Pleistocene horses and camels that accumulated in the river's prehistoric shoreline environments when south Florida was dry savanna during the ice ages. Guided fossil hunting excursions from Arcadia give campground guests professional interpretation that transforms fossil hunting from a lucky find into an educational introduction to Florida's extraordinary prehistoric fauna. Arcadia, the DeSoto County seat, maintains the western flavor of Central Florida's ranch country in its historic downtown and the All-Florida Championship Rodeo—one of Florida's oldest and most authentic rodeos, held each spring and fall in a county that still runs cattle on the flatwoods and palmetto prairies covering DeSoto County's undeveloped interior. Myakka River State Park, about 30 miles northwest, provides one of Florida's premier wildlife watching destinations with resident alligators, Florida sandhill cranes, and the roseate spoonbill and wood stork nesting colonies that make the Myakka River marshes one of the state's most biologically productive wetland habitats. Sarasota, with world-class arts institutions and the Gulf beaches of Siesta Key and Lido Key, lies 50 miles northwest. The Peace River valley's subtropical climate supports year-round camping at Cross Creek, with the winter season from November through April drawing the largest concentration of snowbird guests who fill the resort's riverfront and waterfront sites for weeks and months at a time in south-central Florida's mild winter conditions. Fossil hunting is most productive after summer rains have washed new material from the river banks, making the late summer and early fall months—when the Peace River's thunderstorm season has freshly eroded the gravel bars—the most rewarding time for a fossil hunting visit. Reserve riverfront sites well ahead for the peak winter season when the resort's 10/10/10 reputation and Peace River location create demand that the limited number of prime waterfront sites cannot satisfy through the most popular weeks.

from $62/night

Cabana Bay RV Resort by Boca Grande

163 RV Sites

In Placida, Florida—on the Charlotte Harbor coast between Cape Haze and the Boca Grande Causeway, in the lower Charlotte County landscape where Pine Island Sound, Cape Haze, and the preserve lands surrounding Gasparilla Island create one of the most ecologically intact and least overdeveloped coastal environments on the Gulf Coast—Cabana Bay RV Resort by Boca Grande delivers 170 full hookup sites on paver pads alongside a resort-style pool, pickleball courts, fitness center, and private gated access to the Cape Haze Pioneer Trail. The lakefront setting on five acres of resort-maintained grounds, the fountain-lined lake, and the resort's Boca Grande proximity create a coastal Florida camping experience that the Charlotte Harbor's natural wealth and the historic fishing community of Boca Grande specifically amplify. All 170 sites provide full hookup service with 20, 30, and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer connections on paver pads—a site surface that keeps the Florida sand under control and provides the firm, clean pad surface that resort-quality campground positioning demands. A resort-style pool and fitness center serve the active adult and family recreation needs, and pickleball courts position the resort for the sport's dominance in the Florida winter snowbird demographic. A welcoming clubhouse, dog park, laundry facilities, WiFi, golf cart rentals, and food trucks round out the resort's social and practical infrastructure. Private gated access to the Cape Haze Pioneer Trail—a multi-use recreational trail through the Cape Haze peninsula's conservation lands—gives guests immediate off-road cycling and walking access that the surrounding preserve system makes one of the finest trail environments on the Gulf Coast. The five acres of lakefront grounds, the fountain-lined lake, and the resort's maintained natural areas provide the environmental quality that justifies the resort designation beyond the pool and pickleball courts. The Charlotte Harbor estuary's ecology—seagrass beds, mangrove shorelines, and the open-water habitat that supports the most diverse inshore fishery on the Gulf of Mexico—is immediately accessible from Placida's boat ramps and the fishing infrastructure that surrounds the resort's Charlotte Harbor position. Boca Grande—on Gasparilla Island across the causeway, the historic tarpon fishing capital of the world and the most architecturally preserved Old Florida resort town remaining on the Gulf Coast—is minutes from the resort by car or golf cart and provides the cultural experience that distinguishes a Charlotte Harbor visit from a standard Gulf beach trip. The tarpon season (May through August) brings sport fishing enthusiasts specifically for the 100-plus-pound silver kings that pass through Boca Grande Pass in concentrations that have defined the Florida sport fishing tradition since the Vanderbilt era. The island's restored historic downtown, Gasparilla Inn's century-old hospitality tradition, and the bike-accessible Gasparilla Island State Park beach provide the Boca Grande day-trip itinerary. Cabana Bay RV Resort by Boca Grande is open year-round in Charlotte County's warm-season climate, with peak demand from November through April during the snowbird season and again in May through August during tarpon season. The Cape Haze Pioneer Trail is most pleasant in the cooler months when cycling through the peninsula's preserve lands is comfortable in the morning. Reserve your paver-pad site early for the winter season and let the Charlotte Harbor Coast make the case for the Gulf Coast that exists south of the resort corridor and north of the Naples luxury market.

from $90/night

Marco Naples Sun RV Communities

161 RV Sites, 7 Cottages

On 23 acres of lush Florida landscape bordering the wetlands of Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Naples, Marco Naples Sun RV Community provides a full-service RV destination ten minutes from the white sand beaches of Naples and Marco Island in one of the most desirable locations in southwest Florida. The community's 300-plus pull-through full-hookup sites back the protected Rookery Bay wetlands—a nationally significant estuarine reserve that preserves one of Florida's most intact mangrove estuary ecosystems, giving the campground an extraordinary natural buffer where wading birds, osprey, and the occasional manatee are visible from the eastern edge of the property. Access to the Gulf beaches, world-class golf, the Everglades, and the Naples dining scene within 15 to 30 minutes makes this community one of the most strategically positioned RV destinations in Florida. More than 300 full-hookup pull-through sites with 30 and 50-amp electric service, water, and sewer connections accommodate rigs of all sizes with extra parking and storage for the extended-stay guests who constitute a significant portion of the community's seasonal population. Furnished cottage rentals provide a roofed accommodation alternative for guests traveling without an RV who want access to Naples's exceptional resort infrastructure. The outdoor pool, shuffleboard courts, covered pavilion, and clubhouse serve the community's social and recreational needs, and the immaculate grounds consistently cited by returning guests contribute to the resort atmosphere that makes Marco Naples a seasonal anchor for the snowbird community. Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, bordering the community's eastern edge, protects more than 110,000 acres of pristine mangrove estuaries, upland habitats, and marine waters that support the biological productivity of Naples Bay and the greater Ten Thousand Islands ecosystem. The reserve's environmental learning center interprets the mangrove system's role in coastal biology and provides guided kayak tours into the backcountry for guests who want their Rookery Bay experience led by a naturalist. Great blue herons, roseate spoonbills, osprey, and tricolored herons work the shallow tidal flats visible from the campground's eastern sites throughout the day. The beaches of Naples—ranked consistently among the finest in the United States for water clarity, sand quality, and sunset views—lie ten minutes west and provide the Gulf Coast resort experience that anchors southwest Florida's national reputation. Marco Island's luxury resort district, connected by the Collier Boulevard causeway just south of Naples, extends the beach and dining options in an island setting with a somewhat more exclusive atmosphere than the mainland beach parks. Everglades National Park's Gulf Coast Visitor Center in Everglades City, about 35 miles southeast, provides the primary entry point for boat tours into the Ten Thousand Islands mangrove wilderness—one of the most biologically rich coastal environments in North America. Southwest Florida's tourist season peaks from December through April, when the Naples area fills with snowbirds escaping northern winters and the Gulf Coast resort infrastructure operates at its highest energy level. Summer brings the hot, humid conditions typical of southwest Florida alongside reduced crowds and significantly lower campground rates that make the off-season attractive for heat-tolerant travelers who want premium Naples access without peak-season pricing. Reserve the most desirable sites well ahead for the December-through-April season, when Marco Naples's proximity to the beaches and Rookery Bay creates demand that fills the community months in advance.

from $70/night

Joy Bamboo Forest Farm

Joy Bamboo Forest Farm in Sebring, Florida, is a distinctive camping experience in Highlands County surrounded by the lush tropical character of Asper bamboo — a unique Florida farm campground with full-hookup RV sites and the small, intimate atmosphere of a working farm in the Lake Placid and Sebring lake country where the bamboo grove's visual density and its tropical microclimate give the campground an aesthetic identity unlike any other Florida camping destination in the subtropical inland lake region. Sebring's Highlands County position on US-27 south of Lake Wales gives the farm its specific south-central Florida character of an agricultural county known for the Sebring International Raceway, the citrus groves, and the most intact subtropical hardwood hammock landscape in the Florida Highlands' lake district between the Kissimmee Prairie and the Lake Okeechobee watershed. Full-hookup RV sites and small-scale farm campground accommodations in the Asper bamboo grove give Joy Bamboo Forest Farm the distinctive tropical farm camping character of a Highlands County property whose bamboo canopy and the working farm setting give guests the specific natural immersion that the conventional Florida campground's developed landscape does not provide — the bamboo grove's density and the farm's intimate scale give the Sebring campground the curated natural atmosphere of a property that the owner's specific agricultural and horticultural investment in the Asper bamboo has created as a genuinely distinctive camping environment. Pets are welcome. Highlands Hammock State Park, five miles northwest of Sebring on CR-634 in Highlands County, is one of Florida's oldest and most biologically significant state parks — a 9,000-acre old-growth subtropical hardwood hammock, cypress swamp, and pine flatwoods complex that Governor Doyle Carlton dedicated in 1931 as one of Florida's original four state parks. The park's ancient cypress trees (estimated at 1,000 years in the oldest specimens), the 8-mile tram tour through the swamp, and the Spanish moss-draped live oak hammock canopy give Highlands Hammock the specific character of an old-growth Florida swamp forest that the 90 years of state protection have preserved in a landscape where most comparable old-growth hammock has been cleared. Sebring International Raceway, two miles east of downtown Sebring on US-98 in Highlands County, hosts the 12 Hours of Sebring — one of the world's oldest and most prestigious endurance automobile races, held annually in March as the first round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 12 Hours' history since 1952, the challenging airfield course, and the international manufacturer entries from Porsche, Ferrari, Corvette, and Acura give Sebring the specific motorsports heritage of an endurance racing event that only Le Mans exceeds in age and prestige in the global sports car racing calendar. Joy Bamboo Forest Farm serves guests year-round in Highlands County's subtropical Florida climate, where the mild winters from November through March sustain the snowbird and Florida lake country visitor market and the spring and summer months give the bamboo grove's tropical character its most lush and visually dramatic seasonal presence. Lake Placid, 10 miles south of Sebring on US-27 in Highlands County, is the "Caladium Capital of the World" — the source of 95 percent of the caladium bulbs sold in the United States, giving the Peace River watershed's lake community its specific agricultural heritage and the Caladium Festival's late July celebration of the ornamental plant industry. Reserve sites ahead for the 12 Hours of Sebring race week and the winter snowbird season.

Myakka River RV Resort

24 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites, 21 Park Models

Directly on the Myakka River in North Port, Florida—in Sarasota County where the Myakka River's blackwater flow through the flatwood prairie, cypress swamp, and tropical hammock creates the most wildlife-rich river corridor in southwest Florida—Myakka River RV Resort offers big-rig-friendly full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp service, patio slabs and picnic tables at every site, high-speed WiFi throughout, cable TV, and both riverfront and nature-preserve sites in a resort that provides direct access to one of Florida's most extraordinary natural waterways in the community between Sarasota and Port Charlotte that has become one of southwest Florida's fastest-growing residential and visitor destinations. For guests who want the Myakka River in the backyard rather than as a day-trip destination, this is the park that provides it. All sites run on full hookup service—30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer—on the concrete patio slabs that Florida's year-round outdoor living culture demands as a baseline, with picnic tables at every site providing the outdoor dining and relaxation space that the Myakka's wildlife parade makes genuinely rewarding to occupy. High-speed WiFi serves the remote workers and extended-stay guests who use the North Port corridor as a winter base, and cable TV provides the indoor entertainment option that Florida's occasional rainy afternoon necessitates. Riverfront sites provide direct visual access to the Myakka River's wildlife—the alligators, river otters, anhinga, and wading birds that use the river's undisturbed banks as year-round habitat—while nature-preserve sites offer the wooded privacy of the adjacent upland habitat. Big-rig-friendly infrastructure ensures that the resort's largest guests arrive and depart without difficulty. North Port occupies Sarasota County in the Charlotte Harbor estuary watershed, in the geographic transition between the coastal resort communities of Sarasota County and the Charlotte Harbor area's fishing and boating culture. The Myakka River flows south through North Port from its origin in the Green Swamp toward Charlotte Harbor in one of Florida's most ecologically significant river corridors—the blackwater chemistry produced by tannins from the surrounding vegetation creates the dark, tea-colored water that supports a distinctive aquatic community and the river's exceptional clarity despite its dark color. Myakka River State Park, approximately 20 miles northeast of North Port near Sarasota, protects 57,000 acres of the Myakka River's upper watershed in one of Florida's largest and most ecologically diverse state parks. The park's two lakes, the guided airboat tours, the tram tours through the dry prairie and hammock habitats, and the boardwalk through the floodplain forest create a wildlife viewing experience that consistently delivers alligator, sandhill crane, roseate spoonbill, and the concentrated waterbird populations that the Myakka's backwater floodplain supports. Sarasota's cultural infrastructure—the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the Sarasota Jungle Gardens, the Bayfront Park and Marina Jack waterfront—and Venice Beach's shark tooth fossil collecting on the Gulf shore extend the day-trip options. Myakka River RV Resort operates year-round in Sarasota County's subtropical climate, where the prime season from November through April delivers the mild, dry weather that makes southwest Florida camping genuinely comfortable and the winter snowbird community fills the campground with the extended-stay guests who make the Myakka River their winter home. The summer wet season from June through September brings the river's alligator and bird activity to its peak as the floodplain fills with water and concentrates wildlife in the management that Florida's seasonal hydrology produces. Reserve your riverfront or preserve site at Myakka River RV Resort and let the Myakka's wildlife corridor, the big-rig-friendly infrastructure, and the North Port position between Sarasota and Charlotte Harbor deliver the southwest Florida RV experience with a river view.

from $50/night

Chokoloskee RV Park

64 RV Sites, 10 Cabins

On the isolated shell mound island of Chokoloskee—a prehistoric Calusa shell midden that rises above the surrounding Everglades estuary in Collier County at the southwestern edge of Florida—Chokoloskee RV Park sits at the gateway to one of the most biologically extraordinary landscapes in North America. Three miles south of Everglades City on Chokoloskee Bay, the park provides 40-plus full hookup sites, kayak and boat rentals, a heated pool, a private beach, a renovated marina with boat launch, and the immediate proximity to Ten Thousand Islands and the Everglades National Park backcountry that makes this tiny island one of the premier paddling and fishing destinations in the entire country. Full hookup sites accommodate 30 and 50-amp rigs with water, sewer, cable TV, and WiFi, and a fish cleaning station serves the serious fishing culture that defines Chokoloskee's guest demographic. The renovated marina, boat launch, and kayak and boat rental operation make the surrounding waters immediately accessible, and the heated pool and private beach provide rest and relaxation on days when the fishing and paddling are done. A general store, laundry, and playground round out the amenity set for families and extended-stay guests who want everything within walking distance. Travel trailer and cottage rentals are available for travelers seeking additional accommodation options on the island. Chokoloskee Island itself is a marvel—a 150-acre island elevated 8 feet above sea level by more than 3,000 years of Calusa shell midden accumulation, the archaeological remnant of a sophisticated culture that occupied this coastline for millennia before European contact. The island connects to the mainland by a causeway across Chokoloskee Bay, where the mangrove-lined waterways begin their intricate transition into the Ten Thousand Islands archipelago to the west—one of the largest mangrove estuaries in the Western Hemisphere. The bay is a nursery for snook, redfish, sea trout, and tarpon, and the backwater fishing here is widely regarded as the finest inshore fishing in Florida. Ten Thousand Islands, accessible directly from Chokoloskee's marina, encompasses 195 miles of paddling routes through mangrove-lined channels, open bays, and shell beach islands that provide camping opportunities along the Wilderness Waterway—a 99-mile paddling route through Everglades National Park's Gulf Coast section. Manatees drift through the channels, roseate spoonbills glow pink in the mangrove canopy, osprey and bald eagles claim the highest perches, and the alligators and American crocodiles of the brackish transition zone make for wildlife encounters unavailable in virtually any other environment. Everglades City, three miles north, offers air boat tours, ranger station programming, and the Rod and Gun Club's history as a sportsman's retreat since the 1920s. Chokoloskee's winter season—November through April—delivers Florida's finest weather alongside the peak fishing and paddling conditions that draw serious outdoors people from around the country. Tarpon season peaks from April through June as the giant fish migrate through the backcountry channels. Summer brings heat, humidity, and afternoon thunderstorms that are part of the Everglades ecosystem's annual rhythm. Reservations are essential for winter stays; the island is small and the park fills with regulars who return year after year to the same quiet outpost at the edge of the American wilderness. Book your site at Chokoloskee RV Park and discover why this tiny island at the end of the road is one of Florida's great outdoor secrets.

from $40/night