Planned Activities

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 $55/night

Gainesville RV Park

61 RV Sites

Gainesville RV Park in Waldo, Florida, offers 61 full-hookup RV sites just off U.S. Highway 301, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Dedicated pond back-in and pond pull-through categories join deluxe 50-amp tiers and a 30-amp water-and-electric option, with a stocked fishing pond, recreation center, and on-site dining. Sixty-one sites span back-in water-and-electric 30-amp, deluxe back-in 50-amp, deluxe pull-thru 50-amp, pond back-in 30/50-amp, and pond pull-thru 30/50-amp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 60 feet. The pond categories put you on the water at the site, which is what most guests here are after. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer. A laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The park was formerly Dixieland RV Park; the current site is gainesvillervpark.com. A stocked fishing pond is the recreational anchor, with a recreation center, pavilion, and on-site dining filling the rest. The amenity set is focused rather than broad — this is relaxed, community-oriented camping rather than a programmed resort. Pets are welcome. Waldo sits within easy reach of Gainesville and the University of Florida campus, with Paynes Prairie and the north Florida springs corridor close by. Fall football Saturdays and the winter snowbird months drive the heaviest demand in the Gainesville corridor. Reserve ahead for home game weekends and for January through March.

from $55/night

Dreamin' 'n' Driftin' RV Resort

Dreamin' 'n' Driftin' RV Resort in Lake City, Florida, is a brand-new facility on 35 acres in Columbia County — a full-hookup pull-through campground with modern resort amenities at the I-10 and I-75 interchange that positions guests at the gateway to north-central Florida's extraordinary spring and river recreation corridor. Lake City's crossroads location between the Suwannee River, the Ichetucknee River, and the Osceola National Forest gives guests who stop for more than a single night the freshwater spring access, tubing, and natural Florida character that the crystal-clear spring systems of the Columbia and Hamilton County landscape provide in their most accessible and most spectacular form. Spacious full-hookup pull-through sites, a swimming pool, and the comprehensive modern amenities of a brand-new resort facility give guests the complete practical base for north-central Florida spring exploration from an I-10/I-75 location that makes Lake City one of the most practically accessible campgrounds in the state for travelers on Florida's primary north-south and east-west interstate corridors. The 35-acre property's new infrastructure — roads, utilities, and site layout built to current standards — gives big-rig operators and long-term guests the facility quality that new construction provides in a region where the campground inventory's age often works against comfortable modern RV sizes. Pets are welcome. Ichetucknee Springs State Park, approximately 30 miles west of Lake City in Columbia and Suwannee Counties, protects the Ichetucknee River's nine first-magnitude springs — springs that discharge a combined 233 million gallons of 68-degree water daily through a five-mile river corridor of extraordinary clarity, aquatic vegetation, and wildlife density that is simply one of the finest natural tubing and snorkeling experiences in the United States. The park's summer tubing operation from June through Labor Day manages the river access to protect the spring ecosystem while sustaining the float experience through two-hour and full-day tube floats that reveal successive springs, wildlife, and the specific sensory quality of cold, clear spring water in a North Florida summer. The Suwannee River, winding west of Lake City toward the Gulf, is one of the iconic rivers of the American South — immortalized in Stephen Foster's "Old Folks at Home" (Florida's state song), a genuine wilderness river whose tannin-dark water through cypress and live oak bottomland gives paddlers the specific blackwater Florida character that the spring-fed rivers contrast with in the same north-central Florida landscape. Canoe and kayak travel on the Suwannee through the Big Shoals section north of White Springs — Florida's only significant whitewater — provides the most adventurous paddling in the state's otherwise flat river network. Dreamin' 'n' Driftin' RV Resort serves guests year-round in Lake City's north Florida climate, where the spring and fall seasons from March through May and September through November deliver the most comfortable outdoor recreation conditions and the summer months bring the primary Ichetucknee tubing season that drives Columbia County's most intensive visitor activity. The Osceola National Forest, northeast of Lake City, provides upland pine and cypress dome hunting and wildlife viewing access for guests extending their north Florida stay into the national forest's 157,000 acres of managed public land. Reserve sites ahead for the summer Ichetucknee tubing season and the winter snowbird period when north Florida's mild climate draws the seasonal visitor market from the northeastern and Midwestern states.

Sun Resorts & Residences Southern Leisure

440 RV Sites, 5 Cottages

Southern Leisure in Chiefland, FL, offers 441 full-hookup RV sites and 5 cottages, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites come in three categories — standard full-hookup, standard full-hookup pull-through, and oversize full-hookup pull-through — all carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi, on concrete pads. This is a gated 55+ community, open all year and rated big rig friendly. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a dump station, on-site dining, and golf cart rentals cover the practical side. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The amenity list matches the scale: an Olympic-size outdoor pool, a clubhouse, a recreation center, a game room, sport courts, pickleball, bocce, shuffleboard, corn hole, live music, and planned activities, with creek frontage on the property. Chiefland sits on Northwest 21st Avenue, eight miles east of Manatee Springs State Park in the spring-fed Big Bend region of Florida. Golf, boating, a beach, and a lake are all nearby, and hot air ballooning and wine tasting round out the local calendar. Rates for sites and cottages are on the booking page. Confirm the 55+ requirement, and reserve early for the winter season.

from $49/night

Heritage Oaks RV Resort

81 RV Sites

Heritage Oaks RV Resort near Live Oak, Florida, offers 81 full-hookup RV sites among mature live oaks, with rigs accepted to 80 feet, behind a gated entrance. Park Side back-in and pull-through categories join deluxe pull-through and standard back-in tiers, with a pool, hot tub, clubhouse, and pickleball courts. Eighty-one sites run in back-in standard, back-in Park Side, pull-through Park Side, and pull-through deluxe categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 80 feet. Eighty feet handles the longest coaches with a tow, which is generous for a north Florida property. Contact the resort to confirm amp service for your rig before booking. A laundry, gated entrance, and food trucks handle the practical side. One thing to know up front: the resort is still expanding, and construction noise may be present during your stay. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a clubhouse, game room, arcade, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, billiards, a playground, pond, and dog park filling the grounds. Live music runs through the season. Pets are welcome. Suwannee County sits in the live oak and longleaf pine country of north-central Florida, where the Suwannee River runs dark-stained through limestone springs and hardwood hammocks — one of the least developed river corridors left in the state. The mature oaks give the resort the visual character its name promises. Winter and spring draw the heaviest demand as snowbirds fill north Florida, with the springs season carrying summer. Reserve ahead for January through April.

from $65/night

Suwannee River Rendezvous Resort & Campground

319 RV Sites, 14 Cabins, 19 Tent Sites, 1 Cottage, 1 Treehouse, 3 Lodges, 1 Suite

Suwannee River Rendezvous Resort and Campground in Mayo, Florida, offers 319 RV sites, 20 cabin, cottage, lodge, suite, and treehouse units, and 19 tent sites on the Suwannee River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 65 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Dog park back-in categories join standard full-hookup tiers, alongside a spring-fed spa, disc golf course, and boat ramp. Three hundred nineteen sites span 30/50-amp full hookup back-in, 30/50-amp full hookup back-in dog park, and 30/50-amp full hookup back-in dog park Primrose Park categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 65 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Dedicated dog park sites put you next to the run rather than across the property. Accessible sites are available. Twenty cabins, cottages, lodges, suites, and treehouses and 19 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and spa anchor the property, with a boat ramp and kayak rentals opening the river for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. A disc golf course, mini-golf, fitness center, recreation center, game room, arcade, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, billiards, ping pong, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, dog park, and on-site dining fill the rest. Lafayette Blue Springs, Troy Spring, Peacock Springs, and Ichetucknee are all close. Spring and fall are peak on the springs circuit. Reserve well ahead.

from $44/night

Sun Retreats Ocala Orange Lake

28 RV Sites, 5 Cottages

Sun Retreats Ocala Orange Lake in Citra, Florida, offers 28 full-hookup RV sites and five cottages in Marion County horse country, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet, open all year behind a gated entrance. Elite and premium back-in and pull-through categories join a standard tier, with boat docks, mini-golf, a pool, and fitness center. Twenty-eight sites span elite back-in, elite pull-thru, premium back-in, premium pull-thru, and standard back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Five tiers give real budget range for a park this size. Five cottages round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with boat docks and boat rentals opening the lake for boating and fishing. Mini-golf, a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, game room, library, sports courts, tennis, pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, billiards, basketball, horseshoes, golf cart rentals, a dog park, and bar fill the rest, with planned activities through the season. The property operates as a wedding venue, and wine tasting and a golf course are nearby. Citra sits where the Ocala National Forest's sandhill scrub meets the thoroughbred farms that the limestone-rich Floridan Aquifer sustains — the most productive horse breeding country in the hemisphere, with Ocala and Gainesville both close. Winter and spring drive demand as snowbirds fill north central Florida and the equestrian calendar peaks. Reserve well ahead for January through April.

from $40/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.

Southern Hammock

63 RV Sites

Southern Hammock in Reddick, Florida, offers 60 full-hookup RV sites two miles off I-75 in the heart of Marion County horse country, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet, open all year. Platinum, Premier, Deluxe Plus, Nature View, and transient categories join an outdoor pool, fitness center, clubhouse, and pickleball courts. Sixty sites span Deluxe Plus, Deluxe transient, Nature View, Platinum, and Premier categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 100 feet. Sites come in various sizes and accommodate everything from the smallest teardrop to the largest Class A towing a car — 100 feet is exceptional capacity, and the dedicated transient tier is a useful distinction for one-night stops. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a fitness center, clubhouse, sports courts, pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, corn hole, a pond, and dog park filling the grounds. Planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. Marion County is the most productive thoroughbred breeding ground in the Western Hemisphere — more than 900 horse farms on limestone-underlain pasture, with the World Equestrian Center drawing international competition. Reddick sits between Ocala and Gainesville at Exit 368, which puts the farms, the springs, and both cities within easy reach. Winter and spring drive the heaviest demand as snowbirds fill north central Florida and the equestrian calendar peaks. Reserve well ahead for January through April.

from $70/night

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park & Campground

838 RV Sites, 28 Cabins, 1 Apartment, 1 Treehouse

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park and Campground in Live Oak, Florida, offers 838 full-hookup RV sites and 30 apartment, cabin, and treehouse units across more than 800 acres on the Suwannee River, with 30 and 50-amp service. Back-in and pull-in categories at both amperages join water-and-electric tiers, alongside a world-class music venue, disc golf course, and pool. Eight hundred thirty-eight sites span back-in 30-amp, back-in 30-amp water-and-electric, back-in 50-amp, back-in 50-amp water-and-electric, back-in water-and-electric, pull-in 30-amp, and pull-in categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi. Check which tier you are booking — the water-and-electric categories do not carry sewer at the site. Thirty apartments, cabins, and treehouses round out an unusually varied lodging inventory. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors daily recreation, with a lake, river, and beach supporting swimming, fishing, canoeing, and kayaking. A disc golf course, recreation center, game room, playground, pavilion, walking trails, hiking, golf cart rentals, on-site dining, and a bar fill the grounds, with live music, planned activities, and productive birding besides. The property operates as a wedding venue. Pets are welcome. The music venue is the reason this place has no direct equivalent anywhere in the country — hundreds of acres of old-growth Florida forest, a working festival ground, and a full-service campground that have coexisted for decades. Festival weekends fill the park months ahead. Check the concert calendar and reserve as early as you can.

Jasmine Breeze RV Park

2 RV Sites

Jasmine Breeze RV Park in Old Town, Florida, offers two full-hookup pull-through RV sites across four riverside acres on the lower Suwannee, with 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet. A single pull-through category joins a clubhouse, recreation center, laundry, community fire pit, walking trails, and dog park. Two sites are pull-through, 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, so bring an adapter if your rig runs 30. One consistent spec and no backing required. A laundry, restrooms, showers, and RV storage handle the practical side. A clubhouse, recreation center, community fire pit, walking trails, and dog park fill the grounds, with the river alongside for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. Hiking, wine and beer tasting, a water park, and a state park are all nearby. Pets are welcome. Two sites on four acres means genuine privacy and quiet, which is the whole appeal of a park this size. Dixie County sits on the lower Suwannee River in Florida's Nature Coast, a stretch of the state that has stayed genuinely undeveloped. The Suwannee runs 246 miles from the Okefenokee to the Gulf and the lower reaches are wide, dark, and cypress-lined, with manatees moving up in winter. Fanning Springs and Manatee Springs State Parks are close, the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge protects the river's mouth, and Cedar Key's oyster and clam waters are within an hour. Gainesville is a similar drive northeast. Winter and spring drive the heaviest demand on the Nature Coast, with manatee season running November through March. Book well ahead.

from $35/night

Silver Springs RV Park

193 RV Sites

Silver Springs RV Park in Silver Springs, FL, offers 193 full-hookup pull-thru RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 105 feet. Sites come in two categories, basic 30-amp pull-thrus and premium 30/50-amp pull-thrus, both carrying water, sewer, and electric. Every site is a pull-thru, so nothing needs unhitching, and at 105 feet the park takes rigs longer than almost anything in central Florida. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, propane fills, a clubhouse, a craft room, and a game room cover the practical side. Pets are welcome. An outdoor pool, ping pong, bocce, shuffleboard, live music, and planned activities fill the grounds, under a canopy of tropical palms and live oaks. The park sits at 3151 NE 56th Avenue, 8.6 miles east of I-75 via the Silver Springs Boulevard exit at 352, minutes from Silver Springs State Park — one of Florida's oldest and most visited natural attractions — in the heart of the Ocala region. Rates for basic and premium sites are on the booking page. Winter season books far in advance, and the premium 30/50-amp pull-thrus go first.

from $62 $54/night