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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

Camp Mack

70 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 33 Motel Rooms

Camp Mack in Lake Wales, Florida, offers 70 full-hookup back-in RV sites and 41 cabin and motel room units directly on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Premium shaded, premium, and standard back-in categories join a marina, boat ramp, boat rentals, and on-site fishing guides. Seventy back-in sites run in standard, premium, and premium shaded categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet. The premium shaded tier is worth requesting in central Florida. Forty-one cabins and motel rooms round out an unusually deep lodging inventory for a fishing property. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The marina is the anchor, with boat docks, boat rentals, and on-site fishing guides giving launch access to Lake Kissimmee, Lake Hatchineha, Lake Cypress, and Lake Tohopekaliga. An outdoor pool, clubhouse, playground, dog park, golf cart rentals, pond, on-site dining, pickleball, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and swimming fill the rest, with live music through the season and exceptional birding across the marshes. A state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. The upper Kissimmee's shallow, vegetation-rich interconnected lakes are among the most consistently productive trophy largemouth bass fisheries in the world. Winter and spring are peak bass season and draw the heaviest demand. Reserve well ahead for January through April.

from $51/night

Wekiva Falls RV Resort

230 RV Sites

Wekiva Falls RV Resort in Sorrento, Florida, offers 230 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet — a generous allowance for central Florida. Premium, standard, and super back-in categories join an outdoor pool, fitness center, library, and kayak rentals near the Wekiva River, open all year. Two hundred thirty back-in sites run in standard, premium, and super categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 100 feet. The super category handles the longest coaches with a tow. A general store, laundry, and WiFi handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors daily recreation, with a fitness center, clubhouse, library, on-site dining, and a bar besides. Pickleball, shuffleboard, walking trails, a playground, dog park, and picnicking fill the grounds, and kayak rentals put guests on the water. Live music and planned activities run through the season. This is an adult-oriented resort, and the amenity set reflects that. Pets are welcome. The Wekiva River system is the draw. Florida's most celebrated spring-run river emerges from the karst aquifer at a constant 68 degrees, and the Wekiwa Springs and Rock Springs corridor is among the state's premier natural springs destinations for paddlers, swimmers, and wildlife watchers. Sorrento sits in Lake County within easy reach of it. Winter and spring drive the heaviest demand in central Florida, with the springs staying comfortable year-round. Reserve well ahead for January through April.

from $64/night

Sanctuary RV Resort

162 RV Sites

Sanctuary RV Resort in Bonita Springs, Florida, offers 162 RV sites with rigs accepted up to 115 feet — among the most generous length allowances in Southwest Florida. Premiere super pull-through, super pull-through, and super back-in categories join a pool, clubhouse, marina, and library between Naples and Fort Myers. One hundred sixty-two sites run in super back-in, super pull-through, and premiere super pull-through categories, sized to 115 feet. The super designation is not marketing here — 115 feet accommodates the longest coaches on the road with a tow and room to spare, which is genuinely rare this far south. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, RV storage, and WiFi handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors daily recreation, with a clubhouse, library, sports courts, pickleball, and a playground filling the grounds. A marina sits on the property, and a dog park serves pets. Live music runs through the season, and the surrounding preserve makes for productive birding. Pets are welcome. Bonita Springs sits in Lee County between Naples and Fort Myers, which puts guests within easy reach of some of the Gulf Coast's best beaches, most productive fishing, and most carefully preserved natural areas. This is an all-ages resort rather than 55-plus, which broadens who it suits. Winter is decisively the season in Southwest Florida, when snowbird demand fills the Gulf corridor from January through March. Book well ahead for those months, and expect considerably easier availability through the summer.

from $44/night

Sunshine Village

In the quiet Sumter County countryside near Webster in central Florida, midway between Tampa and Ocala in the lake-dotted landscape north of the Withlacoochee River, Sunshine Village provides a tranquil 55-and-older RV and mobile home resort with 131 sites and the full recreational infrastructure of planned activities, a swimming pool, bocce ball, shuffleboard, horseshoe pits, and bike trails that the active retiree community of central Florida demands. The park's fishing pond, dog park, and on-site RV storage options serve the extended-stay and snowbird guest who makes Sunshine Village a seasonal home base within an hour of Tampa, Orlando, and Ocala's horse country and Silver Springs State Park. One hundred thirty-one sites include 41 full-hookup positions and 4 pull-through configurations, with paved super sites measuring 83 by 43 feet with 72-by-20 concrete pads for the largest rigs and standard grass and paved sites throughout the property. Full hookups include 30-amp and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer service along with cable TV and Wi-Fi for connected campsite comfort. A swimming pool, recreation hall, laundromat, bocce ball courts, shuffleboard, horseshoe pits, pavilion, and planned activities create the community life calendar that distinguishes an active adult resort from a simple site-with-hookups arrangement, and the dog park and bike trails complete the outdoor recreation infrastructure. The on-site fishing pond and the lake-country terrain of Sumter County's interior provide the freshwater fishing character that central Florida's interconnected lake systems supply in abundance year-round. The Withlacoochee State Forest, northwest of Webster, encompasses more than 155,000 acres of the Florida Interior in one of the state's largest forest properties—providing hiking, mountain biking on the Croom trail system, and the natural pine flatwoods and cypress swamp landscape that characterizes central Florida's least-developed interior at its most ecologically intact. The Villages, the massive master-planned active adult community south of Webster in Sumter, Marion, and Lake Counties, represents one of the most significant demographic phenomena in contemporary American geography—a retirement community of more than 130,000 residents with its own commercial districts, entertainment venues, and the golf cart transportation network that has made it the subject of demographic and urban planning study worldwide. The proximity to The Villages creates an active adult amenity ecosystem—restaurants, entertainment, medical facilities, golf courses, and shopping—that Sunshine Village guests can access as readily as the campground's own amenities. Ocala, 30 miles northeast, provides the horse country of Marion County's thoroughbred farms and the Silver Springs glass-bottom boat tours that have operated since the 1870s. Central Florida's subtropical climate supports year-round camping at Sunshine Village, with the snowbird season from October through April representing the peak occupancy period when northern visitors escape to the mild Florida winter that makes Sumter County's sunshine genuinely therapeutic after a Great Lakes or New England November. Summer brings Florida's afternoon thunderstorm pattern and the highest humidity, but the pool, rec hall, and air-conditioned indoor amenities provide the practical relief that keeps the active adult community comfortable through the warm months. The I-75 corridor's proximity makes Sunshine Village a practical base for a regional travel itinerary that covers Sarasota's arts district, Tampa's Ybor City, and the Gulf Coast beaches within comfortable day-trip range.

Madison RV & Golf Resort

93 RV Sites

Madison RV & Golf Resort in Madison, Florida, offers 91 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 80 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Five categories include fairway back-in and waterfront back-in sites alongside standard, premium, and pull-through options, behind a gated entrance with golf cart rentals and an outdoor pool. Ninety-one sites span standard back-in, premium back-in, fairway back-in, waterfront back-in, and pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 80 feet, with site WiFi. The fairway and waterfront categories are worth requesting early — they are the reason to choose this resort over a highway park. A dump station, laundry, propane fills, RV storage, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, and a gated entrance controls access. An outdoor pool anchors the recreation, with a clubhouse, pickleball courts, and corn hole filling the grounds. A pond on the property supports fishing, golf cart rentals make the resort easy to cross, and a dog park serves pets. A golf course is adjacent — the resort's organizing feature and the reason much of its clientele books. Pets are welcome. Madison sits in Madison County roughly 50 miles east of Tallahassee, in North Florida's Big Bend country. The Suwannee River watershed's spring-fed streams run nearby, and the surrounding agricultural landscape is among the most rural in the state — which keeps pricing well below the Gulf and Atlantic coastal corridors for comparable infrastructure. Winter and spring draw golf-focused visitors and snowbirds. Reserve ahead for those months.

from $27/night

Coastline RV Resort

34 RV Sites

Coastline RV Resort sits directly on Apalachicola Bay in Eastpoint, Florida, a quiet fishing village on the Forgotten Coast where the pace slows and the saltwater air clears your head. The resort occupies prime bayfront real estate, offering guests sweeping views of one of Florida's most productive estuaries—a place where wild oysters have been harvested for generations and the shallow bay teems with redfish, flounder, and speckled trout. The resort accommodates rigs up to 45 feet across 103 full-hookup sites with 30/50-amp electric, water, sewer, cable TV, and WiFi included in every stay. Two pools anchor the recreation area—the east pool is heated for cooler mornings—and a fishing pier extends over the bay so you can drop a line the moment you unhitch. The clubhouse includes a full kitchen, game room, fitness center, and a screened porch overlooking the water, while two dog parks, cornhole courts, pickleball, laundry facilities, and three bathhouses round out the on-site amenities. A propane fill station and on-site restaurant mean you can stay as long as you like without leaving the property. Eastpoint's Forgotten Coast setting is the real draw here. Apalachicola Bay stretches before you, calm and shallow, backed by marsh grasses that turn golden at dusk. The bay feeds one of the largest oyster-harvesting operations in the Southeast, and the sense of being embedded in a working waterfront ecosystem—rather than an engineered resort landscape—gives Coastline RV Resort a character that's hard to find in Florida. Coastal cottages are also available for guests who prefer a roof over a slide-out. St. George Island lies just across the bridge from Eastpoint, a barrier island famous for its uncrowded white-sand beaches, excellent surf fishing, and state park trails that wind through coastal scrub to the Gulf. Historic Apalachicola, a short drive west, offers locally owned restaurants, oyster bars, a thriving art community, and the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve. Apalachicola National Forest spreads out to the north, providing miles of hiking, paddling, and backcountry camping for those who want to venture beyond the bay. Coastline RV Resort is a year-round destination, though fall through spring brings the most temperate weather and the highest demand, particularly among snowbirds escaping northern winters. Reservations are strongly recommended for the peak November–April season, as waterfront sites on this stretch of Florida fill quickly. If you're looking for an RV resort that trades theme-park-style amenities for authentic Gulf Coast character—complete with a fishing pier, bay views, and world-famous oysters within walking distance—Coastline RV Resort is a rare find on the Forgotten Coast.

from $80/night

The RV Resort at Orange Lake

136 RV Sites

The RV Resort at Orange Lake in Citra, Florida, offers 136 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service in back-in and pull-through configurations, with a lazy river, water park, boat ramp, and boat docks on the lake. On-site dining and a clubhouse sit in the heart of North Central Florida's thoroughbred country. One hundred thirty-six sites run in back-in and pull-through categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and a pavilion handle the practical side. A lazy river and water park anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool alongside. A boat ramp and boat docks give direct access to Orange Lake for boating and fishing, with pickleball, shuffleboard, corn hole, a clubhouse, dog park, and on-site dining filling the grounds. Birding along the lake is productive. Pets are welcome. The setting surprises visitors expecting the coastal or theme-park Florida they have seen advertised. This is thoroughbred horse country — rolling pastures shaded by centuries-old live oaks, iconic horse farms training on open tracks, and the pastoral calm of the Ocala region at its most quietly beautiful. Citra sits squarely between Ocala and Gainesville. The resort serves the North Central Florida season. Winter and spring draw the heaviest demand as snowbirds fill the state and the horse country's breeding and sales calendar peaks, with the lake recreation carrying summer. Reserve ahead for January through April.

Thousand Palms Resort

4 RV Sites

Thousand Palms Resort and Campgrounds in Lake Panasoffkee, Florida, is a multi-format camping destination in Sumter County offering cabins, RV sites, and tent camping with a comprehensive amenity package for a comfortable and enjoyable camping experience in the heart of Florida's lake and spring country. Lake Panasoffkee's Sumter County position on CR-470 between Coleman and Bushnell gives the resort the specific inland Florida character of a lake and wetland campground in the Withlacoochee River watershed's spring-fed lake system, where Lake Panasoffkee's 4,400-acre shallow lake, the Withlacoochee State Forest's surrounding woodland, and the Jumper Creek Canal's connection to the Withlacoochee River give guests the central Florida freshwater ecosystem access that the springtime bass spawn and the year-round sunfish and catfish fisheries sustain in one of Sumter County's most productive shallow lake systems. Cabins, RV sites, and tent camping with a full amenity range give Thousand Palms the complete accommodation spectrum for the inland Florida lake vacation — the cabin option gives the family or couple the comfortable lakeside Florida accommodation without the tent camping logistics, and the full-hookup RV site gives the self-contained RV traveler the practical lake-adjacent campground infrastructure for the multi-day Sumter County fishing and nature visit. The resort's amenity package gives the on-site recreation depth that the lake access and the woodland setting extend into the broader Withlacoochee River watershed's natural landscape. Pets are welcome. Lake Panasoffkee, one of the largest natural lakes in peninsular Florida at 4,400 acres, is recognized by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as one of the most productive freshwater bass and panfish lakes in the state — a shallow, spring-fed lake whose emergent aquatic vegetation, the floating water hyacinth mats, and the littoral zone's diverse submerged plant community give the large-mouth bass, bluegill, and crappie the structure and food chain productivity that the lake's fishing guide operations and the spring bass tournament circuit specifically depend on. The lake's shallowness (average depth 5 feet) and its spring-fed clarity give it the specific warm-water panfish habitat that the central Florida spring-fed lake system sustains through the year. The Withlacoochee State Forest, surrounding the Lake Panasoffkee basin in Citrus, Hernando, and Sumter Counties, encompasses 157,479 acres of sandhill, flatwoods, and floodplain forest that protect the most extensive block of publicly accessible natural land in the central Florida ridge and valley landscape. The Richloam Tract's longleaf pine restoration project and the Citrus Tract's mountain bike trail system give the state forest's four geographically separate tracts the specific conservation and recreation programming that the Florida Division of Forestry manages in the most complex multi-tract state forest in Florida. Thousand Palms Resort serves guests year-round in Sumter County's subtropical Florida climate, where the mild winters sustain the snowbird and northern visitor market and the spring bass spawn season from February through April represents the most concentrated angling demand on Lake Panasoffkee. The Villages, Florida, the nation's largest active adult retirement community, occupies the eastern and southern Sumter County landscape 20 miles east of Lake Panasoffkee — a planned retirement community of 130,000-plus residents whose golf courses, town squares, and social programming give the Sumter County area its specific retirement community economic character. Reserve sites and cabins ahead for the winter snowbird season and the spring bass fishing tournament calendar.

from $61/night

The Palms of Gainesville RV Resort

115 RV Sites

The Palms of Gainesville RV Resort in Florida offers 115 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, behind a gated entrance. Back-in categories at both amperages join a 30/50-amp pull-through tier, with an outdoor pool, fitness center, concierge, and pond. One hundred fifteen sites run in back-in 30-amp, back-in 30/50-amp, and pull-thru 30/50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet. Three straightforward categories keep booking simple — pick your amp service and whether you want to back in. Accessible sites are available. A laundry, restrooms, showers, and a concierge handle the practical side. A concierge at an RV resort is unusual and tells you something about the service level. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a fitness center, pond, pickleball, ping pong, and swimming filling the grounds. Planned activities run through the season, and a golf course, a state park, and a national park area are nearby. Pets are welcome. The resort was formerly Santa Fe Palms RV Resort, under the same ownership and management with a new name and look. Gainesville blends small-town hospitality with the amenities of a university city — the University of Florida campus, Paynes Prairie Preserve's wild bison and horses, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the north Florida springs corridor are all within easy reach. Fall football Saturdays and the winter snowbird months drive the heaviest demand. Reserve well ahead for home game weekends and for January through March.

from $70/night

Cypress Campground & RV Park

197 RV Sites

Cypress Campground & RV Park in Winter Haven, Florida, offers 197 full-hookup RV sites 2.3 miles from Legoland Florida, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Back-in, deluxe back-in, and premium pull-through categories join a water park, pool, mini-golf, and library behind a gated entrance. One hundred ninety-seven sites run in back-in, deluxe back-in, and premium pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, RV storage, and restrooms handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the warm months, with mini-golf, a clubhouse, craft room, library, and casino besides. Pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, basketball, billiards, horseshoes, and sports courts fill the courts, with a pond, biking, boating, water sports, and a playground across the grounds. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. The position is the proposition. Legoland Florida is 2.3 miles away, with Peppa Pig Theme Park adjacent and the broader Polk County attraction landscape south of Orlando within easy reach — close enough that families can return to the campground midday rather than committing to a full park day. Directions from I-4 eastbound out of Tampa: take Exit 45B toward Orlando, then merge onto the Polk Parkway (SR-570 toll east) via Exit 27 toward Lakeland and Winter Haven. Theme park season and winter drive demand. Reserve well ahead for school holidays.

from $65/night

Sweet Citrus Acres RV Resort

23 RV Sites

Sweet Citrus Acres RV Resort is an active 55-plus community resort in Crystal River, Florida, operating seasonally from November through April on Florida's Nature Coast. Crystal River holds a rare distinction: it's one of the few places in the world where people can legally swim alongside wild West Indian manatees in their natural habitat, drawing thousands of visitors each winter to its spring-fed waters and making the surrounding springs among the most sought-after natural experiences in the state. The resort is gated and features paved sites with full hookups throughout. The centerpiece is The Grove, a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse complete with a bar, fitness center, billiards tables, card tables, and multiple gathering spaces. Outside, guests enjoy a heated pool, a hot tub, and pickleball courts. A seven-acre spring-fed lake on the property supports fishing, and a 1.5-mile walking trail circles the grounds. Additional amenities include a dog park, private bath and shower rooms, laundry facilities, a basketball court, a boat launch, horseshoe pits, shuffleboard courts, and bike trails within the property. Positioned in Citrus County, Sweet Citrus Acres delivers the kind of lush, subtropical Florida landscape that defines the Nature Coast—live oaks draped with Spanish moss, palm-lined streets, and the constant presence of water. The resort's own spring-fed lake adds a quiet, natural focal point for the community, while the clean spring systems running through Crystal River make the surrounding region feel distinct from Florida's more developed coastal corridors. The 55-plus seasonal community develops genuine friendships and traditions over the course of each winter season. Kings Bay, the headwaters of the Crystal River, is the primary gathering point for manatees in winter, and Three Sisters Springs—accessible by guided kayak tour or glass-bottom boat—offers a close-up encounter with these gentle animals that few freshwater experiences can match. Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, a short drive south, is home to a resident manatee rehabilitation program, Florida panthers, black bears, and river otters. The Rainbow River at Rainbow Springs State Park provides some of the clearest kayak paddling in Florida, and the Gulf Coast is within a short drive for saltwater fishing and waterfront dining in coastal communities like Crystal River and Homosassa. As a 55-plus seasonal resort, Sweet Citrus Acres draws an engaged community of regulars who return year after year for the social calendar as much as the location. The November-through-April season aligns perfectly with manatee season in Crystal River, making reservations essential for prime winter months. If you're looking for an active, social RV community in a uniquely Florida setting—where a morning swim with manatees is a realistic option—Sweet Citrus Acres RV Resort in Crystal River delivers both the amenities and the destination.

from $90 $78/night