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Fisheating Creek Outpost

44 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 69 Tent Sites

Fisheating Creek Outpost in Palmdale, FL, offers 44 full-hookup RV sites, 1 cabin, and 69 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites come in three types — standard back-in, back-in 30-amp, and ADA back-in — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit and picnic table. With 69 tent sites against 44 RV sites, this is a paddling and camping outpost first. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, on-site dining, and a recreation center cover the essentials. Pets are welcome. One genuine safety note: this is alligator country, and Florida Fish and Wildlife asks visitors to stay alert near any fresh or brackish water. Kayak, boat, and bike rentals, a boat ramp, a beach, a pond, a pavilion, and walking trails support fishing, paddling, paddle boarding, paddle boats, swimming, hiking, biking, and birding. Palmdale sits in Glades County on Fisheating Creek — one of the last free-flowing undammed creek systems in South Florida, flowing northwest into Lake Okeechobee through cypress and supporting sandhill cranes, limpkins, bass, and catfish. Rates for every site type are on the booking page. Winter paddling season fills first.

Meadowlark Shores RV Park

Meadowlark Shores RV Park in Moore Haven, Florida, offers full-hookup RV sites steps from Lake Okeechobee, with boat docks, a boat ramp, an outdoor pool, and a hot tub behind a gated entrance. A clubhouse, recreation center, and personal mailboxes serve both travelers and longer-stay residents on the Big Lake. Full-hookup RV sites carry water, sewer, and electric. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, firewood, personal mailboxes, and a pet washing station handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout and a gated entrance controlling access. The mailboxes and washing station point clearly at the extended-stay guests the park serves alongside travelers. The lake carries the recreation. Boat docks and a boat ramp give direct access for fishing, boating, canoeing, and kayaking, with an outdoor pool and hot tub as the managed alternative. A clubhouse, recreation center, game room, arcade, pond, walking trails, playground, dog park, pavilion, horseshoes, shuffleboard, biking, and picnicking fill the grounds, with strong birding along the shoreline. Pets are welcome. Moore Haven sits in Glades County on US-27 and SR-78 on Lake Okeechobee's northern shore — the largest freshwater lake in Florida and the second-largest natural freshwater lake in the contiguous United States. Glades County is among Florida's most rural and lightly developed, and the Okeechobee bass fishery is the main draw. LaBelle River Rentals and Gatorama are nearby on the Caloosahatchee. Winter and spring bass season drive the heaviest demand. Reserve ahead.

from $53/night

North Lake Sun RV Communities

42 RV Sites, 1 Cottage, 5 Motel Rooms, 5 Apartments

North Lake in Moore Haven, FL, offers 42 full-hookup RV sites plus 11 apartment, cottage, and motel rentals, with 30 and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 53 feet. Sites are a single standard full-hookup category, all back-ins carrying water, sewer, and electric. This is a 55+ community, open all year, and guests who don't own an RV can book one of the apartments, cottages, or motel rooms instead. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, and on-site dining cover the practical side. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The social calendar carries the community: a clubhouse, a recreation center, a game room, a fitness center, a library, a pavilion, sport courts, pickleball, bocce, shuffleboard, corn hole, and planned activities, with swimming, fishing, boating, hiking, and biking on and around the lake. Golf and wine tasting are nearby. Moore Haven sits on the western rim of Lake Okeechobee in Glades County — 730 square miles of water, the second-largest freshwater lake by surface area in the contiguous United States, and one of the country's great largemouth bass fisheries. Rates for sites and rentals are on the booking page. Winter season books far in advance.

from $58/night

Sun Resorts & Residences Buttonwood Bay

48 RV Sites, 13 Cottages

Sun Resorts & Residences Buttonwood Bay in Sebring, FL, offers 48 full-hookup RV sites and 13 cottages, with 30 and 50-amp service and back-in sites accommodating rigs up to 42 feet. Sites come in premium and standard full-hookup categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with a picnic table at the site. This is a 55+ community, gated, and open all year, with RV and boat storage available on the property. Laundry, bathhouse, a general store, and a dump station handle the practical side, and WiFi covers the resort. Pets are welcome, with a dog park on site. The amenity list is unusually deep. An outdoor pool, fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse-style game room, library, and craft room fill the indoor calendar, while bocce, pickleball, tennis, shuffleboard, horseshoes, billiards, and mini-golf fill the outdoor one. A boat ramp, fishing pier, and lake and pond frontage put anglers on the water, and walking trails circle the grounds. Planned activities run regularly, and golf is nearby. Sebring sits in the heart of Highlands County bass country, with lakes in every direction and Highlands Hammock State Park's live oak hammock close by. Rates for RV sites and cottages are on the booking page. Winter season books far in advance; reserve early for January through March.

from $44/night

Lake Okeechobee RV Park

37 RV Sites, 7 Cabins

Lake Okeechobee RV Park in Okeechobee, FL, offers 37 full-hookup RV sites and 7 cabins, with 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites are tiered as standard, standard plus, premium, and super premium, all back-ins carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi. Note the electrical: this park runs 50-amp service throughout, so a rig wired for lighter service will need an adapter. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, and a clubhouse are on site, and pets are welcome. A boat ramp on the property puts guests onto the canal network and out to the lake for bass fishing and boating, with billiards and live music in the clubhouse, plus hiking, biking, swimming, and birding. A state park is nearby. Okeechobee sits on the canal network at the edge of Lake Okeechobee in south-central Florida — a 730-square-mile freshwater inland sea and one of the most celebrated bass fisheries in the country. Reservations are handled online, or by phone if you'd rather talk it through. Winter bass season fills the park, so book early for January through March.

from $50/night

Cross Creek RV Resort

16 RV Sites

Cross Creek RV Resort in Arcadia, Florida, offers 17 RV sites on the Peace River, with cable TV and rigs accepted to 75 feet, open all year behind a gated entrance. An RV Super Site category joins a standard back-in tier, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, fitness center, clubhouse, craft room, library, and bar. Seventeen back-in sites run in RV Super Site and standard back-in categories, carrying cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 75 feet. Confirm hookups and amp service with the resort for your rig when you book. Seventy-five feet accommodates a long coach with a tow — generous for a property this size, and the Super Site category gives the longest rigs a proper home. A laundry handles the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor daily recreation, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, craft room, library, and bar besides. Sports courts, tennis, pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, billiards, horseshoes, a lake, pond, beach, dog park, and hiking fill the rest, with boating, canoeing, kayaking, water sports, fishing, live music, and planned activities through the season. A golf course is nearby. That amenity list at 17 sites is genuinely remarkable, and it shows in the resort's Good Sam 10/10/10 rating — a perfect score achieved by only six resorts in all of Florida. The property is owned by a small South Florida company rather than a national chain, and the attention shows. DeSoto County's ranch and citrus country puts the Peace River, Arcadia's antique district, and the Gulf beaches within reach. Winter is decisively the season. Book well ahead for January through March.

from $62/night

Sun Retreats Estero Bay

16 RV Sites

Sun Retreats Estero Bay in Fort Myers, FL, offers 16 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in four categories — standard back-in, deluxe concrete back-in, deluxe lakefront back-in, and premium pull-thru — all carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table. The deluxe lakefront back-ins are the ones to request. If you booked here before, note the name change: Woodsmoke Camping Resort is now Sun Retreats Estero Bay. Laundry, a bathhouse, a clubhouse, a recreation center, and a dump station cover the rest. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, a hot tub and sauna, a fitness center, pickleball, basketball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, a playground, a lake, and walking trails fill 30 acres, with swimming, fishing, and hiking. Fort Myers sits on the South Tamiami Trail in Lee County, where the Gulf's barrier island beaches and the Caloosahatchee River's inland waterway meet subtropical southwest Florida. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Sixteen sites in Fort Myers means the winter season books out well ahead.

from $77/night

Timberline Glamping at Kissimmee Prairie

5 Glamping Sites

Timberline Glamping at Kissimmee Prairie offers five luxury tent accommodations inside Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park in Okeechobee, Florida — a 54,000-acre preserve that holds the distinction of being Florida's first designated Dark Sky Park. Restrooms, showers, and firewood serve guests at 33104 NW 192nd Avenue. Five glamping sites make up the accommodations — furnished tents unlike standard camping equipment, so guests arrive with luggage rather than gear. Restrooms, showers, and firewood serve the property. With five sites in a remote preserve, reserve well ahead. Pets are welcome. Corn hole fills the on-site recreation, and the preserve does everything else. Hiking, biking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and birding all run from the site across Florida dry prairie, wetland, and savanna. A casino is nearby. The night sky is the reason to book. Kissimmee Prairie sits far enough from urban light pollution that the Milky Way is visible to the naked eye on clear nights, with a clarity the developed Florida coast cannot approximate. The Dark Sky designation is formal and protected, which means the darkness is reliable rather than a matter of luck — this is one of the few places in Florida where genuine night-sky viewing is possible. The preserve also protects one of the largest remaining tracts of Florida dry prairie, habitat for the endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow. Winter and spring deliver the most comfortable conditions and the clearest skies, and new moon periods draw astronomers specifically. Reserve well ahead for those dates.

from $142/night

Cabana Bay RV Resort by Boca Grande

163 RV Sites

Cabana Bay RV Resort by Boca Grande in Placida, FL, offers 163 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 75 feet. Sites come in two straightforward categories, water sites and non-water sites, both carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi. At 75 feet the sites take long coaches. The grounds are gated, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a clubhouse, a library, golf cart rentals, and visiting food trucks. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, a hot tub, a spa, a fitness center, sport courts, pickleball, shuffleboard, billiards, a community fire pit, a lake, and walking trails fill the grounds, with access to the Cape Haze Pioneer Trail from the property. Fishing, swimming, and planned activities round it out, and the beach, golf, boating, a water park, and a state park are all nearby. Placida sits on the Charlotte Harbor coast between Cape Haze and the Boca Grande Causeway, in one of the least overdeveloped stretches of the southwest Florida coastline. Rates for water and non-water sites are on the booking page. Water sites are the premium spots and book first.

from $90/night

Sun Retreats Naples East

12 RV Sites, 8 Cottages

Sun Retreats Naples East in Naples, FL, offers 12 full-hookup premium pull-thru RV sites and 8 cottages, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 40 feet. Every site is a premium pull-thru carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table — nothing needs unhitching. If you booked here before, note the name change: Club Naples is now Sun Retreats Naples East. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, propane fills and exchange, a dump station, a library, and a clubhouse cover the rest. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The amenity list is deep for 12 sites: an outdoor pool, a hot tub and sauna, a fitness center, a game room with billiards, sport courts, pickleball, basketball, bocce, shuffleboard, horseshoes, a playground, and a beach, with swimming, fishing, and planned activities. Golf and a state park are nearby. Naples sits at 3180 Beck Boulevard in Collier County on Florida's southwest Gulf Coast, where Fifth Avenue South's dining and retail meet the mangrove estuaries of the Gordon River and Rookery Bay. Rates for sites and cottages are on the booking page. Twelve pull-thrus in Naples means winter books out months ahead.

from $84/night

Rainbow Sun RV Communities

297 RV Sites, 1 Cottage

Rainbow in Frostproof, Florida, is a 55-plus community offering 297 full-hookup RV sites and a cottage on Crooked Lake, with 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year behind a gated entrance. Elite, premium pull-through, and standard categories join a heated pool, two hot tubs, spa, fitness center, and craft room. Two hundred ninety-seven sites run in standard full hookup, elite full hookup, and premium full hookup pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet. One thing to check before booking: service is 50-amp throughout, so bring an adapter if your rig runs 30. A cottage rounds out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, showers, RV storage, personal mailboxes, and a gated entrance handle the practical side. A heated outdoor pool, two hot tubs, and a spa anchor daily recreation, with a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, library, craft room, and pavilion besides. Pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, billiards, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, biking, a pond, dog park, and picnicking fill the grounds, with fishing, live music, and a well-organized social calendar through the season. Pets are welcome. Polk County's citrus and lake country is a legitimate alternative to the more crowded coastal snowbird destinations — quieter, less expensive, and genuinely scenic, with Crooked Lake at the door. Winter is decisively the season in Florida's 55-plus communities. January through March fills with snowbirds. Book well ahead for those months, with far easier availability through the summer.

from $52/night

Myakka River RV Resort

24 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites, 21 Park Models

Myakka River RV Resort in North Port, FL, offers 24 full-hookup RV sites, 21 park models, and 2 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 66 feet. Sites come in three categories — 30/50-amp deluxe waterfront, 30/50-amp preserve, and 30/50-amp pull-thru preserve — all carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with a picnic table. The resort is rated big rig friendly and the 66-foot maximum takes long coaches. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a clubhouse, a pavilion, propane fills and exchange, a dump station, and on-site recycling round it out. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, walking trails, horseshoes, live music, and boat rentals fill the calendar, with kayaking, fishing, biking, hiking, and birding along the river. Golf and the Gulf beaches are nearby. The resort sits directly on the Myakka River in Sarasota County, where the blackwater flow through flatwood prairie, cypress swamp, and tropical hammock makes this the most wildlife-rich river corridor in southwest Florida. Rates for sites and park models are on the booking page. Deluxe waterfront sites are limited and book earliest for the winter season.

from $50/night