Planned Activities

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

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 Estero Bay

16 RV Sites

On 30 acres along the South Tamiami Trail (US-41) in Fort Myers, Florida—in Lee County where the Gulf Coast's barrier island beaches, the Caloosahatchee River's inland waterway, and the subtropical Southwest Florida ecosystem create the outdoor and cultural environment that makes the Fort Myers and Estero Bay area one of the premier winter destination corridors on Florida's Gulf Coast—Sun Retreats Estero Bay, a Sun Outdoors property, provides 300 full hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service on brick paver concrete pads accommodating rigs up to 45 feet with slide-outs, large 75-foot pull-thru options, a heated pool and hot tub, two stocked catch-and-release lakes, a boardwalk and nature trail, shuffleboard, horseshoes, park model rentals, and the organized social community that Sun Outdoors manages across its Gulf Coast properties in a resort whose Lee County position puts Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island, Bonita Beach, and the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve within day-trip distance of a professionally maintained full-hookup Gulf Coast address. The pads are concrete. The pool is heated. The Gulf is close. Three hundred full hookup sites on brick paver concrete pads with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer—the paver pads and the 45-foot accommodation capacity with full slide-out clearance establishing the premium infrastructure standard that a 300-site Sun Outdoors Gulf Coast resort maintains—alongside the 75-foot pull-thru options for the longest coaches provide the comprehensive hookup inventory for the winter snowbird population that occupies the Lee County Gulf Coast corridor from November through April. The heated pool and hot tub serve the year-round outdoor living that Southwest Florida's climate enables, and the two stocked catch-and-release lakes provide the on-property fishing that the Estero Bay and Caloosahatchee fishing culture extends in a managed, immediately accessible format. A boardwalk and nature trail through the 30-acre property's natural areas, shuffleboard courts, and horseshoes provide the active recreation complement to the pool and lake amenities, and WiFi throughout the property serves the remote work and streaming needs of the extended-stay winter guest. Fort Myers sits in Lee County on the Caloosahatchee River's southern bank, in the Southwest Florida coastal environment where the mangrove-fringed Estero Bay, the barrier island beaches of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel, and the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge create the natural infrastructure that makes Lee County one of Florida's most ecologically rich winter corridors. The Edison and Ford Winter Estates on the Caloosahatchee—Thomas Edison's botanical garden laboratory and Henry Ford's adjacent winter home—provide the historic and horticultural draw that Lee County's most visited non-beach destination delivers. Sanibel Island, 15 miles west via the Sanibel Causeway, provides the shelling beaches and the "Sanibel Stoop" shell-hunting culture that has made the island's lighthouse-end beach one of the most celebrated shelling destinations in the world—the J.N. "Ding" Darling Wildlife Refuge's 5,200 acres of mangrove, wetland, and upland habitat on the island's north side is one of the most accessible and productive wildlife refuges on the Gulf Coast. Fort Myers Beach on Estero Island, directly accessible via San Carlos Boulevard, provides the Gulf swimming and the Times Square entertainment district. Sun Retreats Estero Bay operates year-round in Lee County's subtropical climate, with the November through April snowbird season the resort's peak occupancy period and the Gulf Coast summer from June through September the off-peak months when the hurricane season and the heat reduce the winter-population seasonal residents to the year-round subset. Reserve your concrete pad at Sun Retreats Estero Bay and let the heated pool, the catch-and-release lakes, and the 15-minute drive to Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach make the Southwest Florida Gulf Coast winter exactly as relaxed as a Sun Outdoors Lee County address suggests it should be.

from $77/night

Blueway RV Park

95 RV Sites

Blueway RV Park in Fort Myers, Florida, offers 94 full-hookup RV sites across more than 30 acres on South Tamiami Trail, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 47 feet. A lakeview back-in category joins standard back-in and pull-through tiers, with a pool, hot tub, fitness center, recreation center, and golf cart rentals. Ninety-four sites run in back-in, lakeview back-in, and pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 47 feet. The lakeview category is worth requesting for a seasonal stay. A general store, laundry, dump station, and RV storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor daily recreation, with a fitness center, recreation center, pavilion, sports courts, shuffleboard, horseshoes, corn hole, golf cart rentals, and a dog park filling the grounds. The social amenity package is built around keeping guests active and connected through long stays rather than entertaining overnight visitors — which tells you exactly who this park serves. Pets are welcome. More than 30 acres gives the property one of the larger footprints in Lee County, and the loyal seasonal following reflects it. Southwest Florida's winters are the draw: reliably warm, dry, and sunny from November through April, with Sanibel, Captiva, Fort Myers Beach, and the Caloosahatchee all within reach and Naples a short drive south. Winter is decisively the season on Florida's Gulf Coast. January through March fills with snowbirds. Book well ahead for those months, with far easier availability through the summer.

from $42/night

Endless Summer RV Resort

42 RV Sites

Endless Summer RV Resort in Naples, Florida, delivers an all-ages manufactured housing and RV resort experience in one of Florida's most affluent and naturally spectacular Gulf Coast communities, providing a clubhouse-centered social environment alongside the subtropical outdoor lifestyle that makes Naples one of the most consistently appealing winter destinations in the southeastern United States. Positioned in Collier County's rapidly developing coastal corridor between Fort Myers to the north and the Everglades wilderness to the south, the resort serves both year-round residents and seasonal snowbird visitors who seek the Gulf Coast's warmth, wildlife, and water recreation in a community-focused residential atmosphere. The resort's social infrastructure centers on the clubhouse with its community kitchen and event facilities, creating a gathering space that drives the neighborhood relationships central to the resort's community identity. A swimming pool, recreation center, library, and laundry serve the daily activity and practical needs of long-term residents, while the dog park and Wi-Fi accommodate the traveling pets and remote work requirements increasingly common among seasonal RV visitors. Live music and entertainment programming adds a cultural dimension to the resort's organized activities calendar, distinguishing it from purely residential RV parks that lack social programming investment. Naples occupies a position on the Gulf of Mexico that combines genuinely spectacular natural surroundings—the Big Cypress Swamp to the east, the Ten Thousand Islands and mangrove coast to the south, and the Gulf's clear warm water immediately to the west—with an affluent community character expressed in a restaurant scene, arts community, and retail district that rank among the most sophisticated in Florida outside Miami and Palm Beach. The city's Third Street South and Fifth Avenue South commercial corridors provide the dining and shopping infrastructure that Naples visitors expect from a community with the Gulf Coast's second-highest per-capita income concentration. The Everglades National Park, accessible via US-41's Tamiami Trail approximately 35 miles south of Naples, protects the largest subtropical wilderness in North America and the only place on Earth where American crocodiles and American alligators coexist in the same ecosystem. Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, directly accessible by boat from Naples' Gulf coast, provides kayaking and boating through one of the most biologically productive estuarine systems in the world, with manatee, bottlenose dolphin, and the most diverse wading bird community in the continental United States visible from paddlers navigating the mangrove channels. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary north of Naples protects an ancient bald cypress cathedral grove accessible via boardwalk. Endless Summer RV Resort operates year-round in Naples' subtropical climate, with the November-through-April season representing peak snowbird occupancy when the resort fills with northern visitors escaping winter cold for the Gulf Coast's warmth and outdoor lifestyle. Summer's heat and humidity reduce seasonal visitor occupancy, but the resort's permanent resident community maintains year-round social activity and the pool and recreation facilities remain active throughout the summer months. The resort's combination of community programming, Gulf Coast location, and proximity to both Naples' cultural amenities and the Everglades wilderness makes it a well-positioned choice for all-ages seasonal and year-round Gulf Coast living.

from $78/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

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

Sun Resorts & Residences Sanibel Gateway

449 RV Sites

Sanibel Gateway in Fort Myers, Florida, is a 55-plus community offering 449 full-hookup premium back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet, open all year. A golf driving range, outdoor pool, hot tub, fitness center, tennis, and pickleball courts serve one of the largest RV communities in Lee County. Four hundred forty-nine sites are premium back-in throughout, carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV, sized to 45 feet. A single premium category means every resident gets the same spec — no budget tier, no guesswork. A laundry, restrooms, showers, RV storage, boat storage, personal mailboxes, and recycling handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor daily recreation, with a golf driving range, fitness center, library, pavilion, and sports courts besides. Tennis, pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, billiards, volleyball, horseshoes, corn hole, biking, a lake, pond, and dog park fill the grounds, with fishing and swimming on site and boating nearby. Pets are welcome. Four hundred forty-nine sites is genuine scale, and the amenity list reflects it — this operates more like a residential resort community than a campground. Fort Myers bridges Lee County's inland suburbs with the barrier island beauty of Sanibel and Captiva just across the Caloosahatchee and Pine Island Sound, which puts world-class shelling beaches and Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge within a short drive. Winter is decisively the season in Southwest 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 $42/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

Timberline Glamping at Naples

Timberline Glamping at Naples in Collier County, Florida, delivers safari-style tent accommodations with air conditioning, heating, comfortable beds, and a coffee maker in the natural setting southwest of Naples — a glamping property that gives guests the outdoor camping connection with the southwest Florida landscape without the infrastructure gap between deluxe hotel accommodation and primitive camping that the Naples area's visitor market has consistently shown it is not interested in bridging on its own. The safari tent format, combining canvas tent enclosure with genuine modern comfort systems, creates the specific outdoor-indoor hybrid experience that the glamping category delivers at its most satisfying when the natural setting outside the tent justifies the accommodation format itself. Air-conditioned and heated safari-style tent accommodations give guests the complete modern comfort systems for year-round Florida outdoor stays — the air conditioning specifically addresses the reality that southwest Florida's summer humidity and heat make unaided outdoor sleeping uncomfortable in a way that reduces camping's appeal to the substantial non-camping fraction of the Naples visitor demographic. The coffee maker and comfortable bed infrastructure give the tents the turnkey morning experience that glamping guests specifically cite as the category's primary experiential advantage over conventional tent camping. The property's natural setting provides the outdoor connection — birds, warm nights, and southwest Florida's distinctive subtropical vegetation — that the indoor amenity infrastructure supports rather than replaces. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, 30 miles northeast of Naples in Collier County, preserves the largest remaining old-growth bald cypress forest in North America — a 13,000-acre Audubon Society sanctuary whose 2.5-mile boardwalk trail through ancient cypress trees, some over 500 years old and 130 feet tall, with knees rising from the dark swamp water below, delivers a natural landscape experience of genuine profundity that has no equivalent elsewhere in the continental United States. The sanctuary's winter wading bird nesting colony, concentrating wood storks, great blue herons, anhingas, and roseate spoonbills in the cypress canopy, is one of the most spectacular wildlife aggregations in Florida. Big Cypress National Preserve, northeast of Naples, protects 720,000 acres of the South Florida freshwater watershed that sustains Everglades National Park's flow regime and the Florida panther population that the preserve's vast, undeveloped landscape supports in the largest concentration remaining in the eastern United States. Airboat and swamp buggy tours through the Big Cypress cypress strand and wet prairie habitat give visitors the immersive Southwest Florida wetland experience that the Everglades' more managed visitor infrastructure channels more rigidly. Timberline Glamping at Naples operates year-round in Collier County's subtropical climate, with the winter dry season from December through April representing the most comfortable outdoor recreation conditions and the primary snowbird season that sustains Southwest Florida's hospitality economy through the cooler months. The summer wet season from June through September delivers daily afternoon thunderstorms and higher temperatures but also the lushest tropical vegetation and the active birdlife that follows South Florida's summer monsoon rains through the freshwater wetland systems. Reserve safari tent accommodations ahead for the winter peak season from January through March, when Naples's accommodation market is at its most competitive and the outdoor glamping experience is most comfortable in the subtropical outdoors.

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

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