Planned Activities

Sun Retreats Homosassa River

59 RV Sites, 1 Cottage, 6 Park Models

Sun Retreats Homosassa River in Homosassa Springs, Florida, offers 60 full-hookup RV sites and eight cottage and park model units on the Nature Coast, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Elite, premium, standard, and cozy full-hookup categories join an outdoor pool, clubhouse, library, and golf cart rentals. Sixty sites span cozy full hookup, standard full hookup, premium full hookup pull-through, elite full hookup, and elite full hookup pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The cozy tier keeps a lower-priced option available for smaller rigs. Eight cottages, park models, and cabins round out the lodging. A laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The property was formerly Homosassa River RV Resort. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a clubhouse, library, golf cart rentals, shuffleboard, horseshoes, a pavilion, playground, community fire pit, dog park, and on-site dining filling the grounds. A lake and river support fishing, water sports, and swimming, with planned activities through the season. The position is the draw. Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is adjacent — walking distance to the manatee rehabilitation and wildlife observation programs that make this one of the most remarkable natural sites on Florida's Gulf Coast. Manatee season runs November through March, when the springs fill with them. Winter is decisively the season, and it coincides with the manatees. Book well ahead for January through March.

from $56/night

Sun Retreats Crystal River

32 RV Sites, 5 Cottages

Sun Retreats Crystal River in Florida offers 35 full-hookup RV sites and five cottages on the Nature Coast, with 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet, open all year. Elite, standard, and standard pull-through full-hookup categories join an outdoor pool, clubhouse, playground, and dog park in Citrus County. Thirty-five sites run in elite full hookup, standard full hookup, and standard full hookup pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two things to check before booking: the resort's own guidance says sites carry 30 or 50-amp electric and accommodate up to 40 feet, so confirm your rig against the category you are booking. Five cottages round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The property was formerly Rock Crusher Canyon RV Resort. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a clubhouse, pavilion, playground, dog park, shuffleboard, horseshoes, biking, and picnicking filling the rest. Planned activities run through the season, a state park is nearby, and the birding is productive. Crystal River is the reason to be here. The spring system holds the largest concentration of wintering manatees in the country, and Three Sisters Springs is the only place in the United States where you can legally swim with them. Homosassa Springs, Rainbow River, and the Gulf are all close. Manatee season runs November through March and drives the sharpest demand. Book well ahead.

from $49/night

Sweet Citrus Acres RV Resort

23 RV Sites

Sweet Citrus Acres RV Resort is an award-winning luxury RV destination located in Crystal River on Florida’s Nature Coast. The resort features 421 paved, full-hookup RV sites and four rental cabins. A limited allocation of 23 RV sites is currently available for reservation through this booking platform. Available Premium and Elite back-in sites include water, sewer, 30- and 50-amp electric service, and Wi-Fi. The resort accommodates large RVs and motorcoaches, and pets are welcome. Sweet Citrus Acres is open year-round. The resort offers a premier active lifestyle experience from November through April, while families and children are welcome from May through October. Guests enjoy a heated resort-style pool and hot tub, pickleball and bocce courts, a fitness center, private bath and shower rooms, laundry facilities, a general store, dog park, golf cart rentals and a full calendar of activities and events. The Grove, our 12,600-square-foot clubhouse, features a full bar, billiards, big-screen televisions, entertainment areas and welcoming community gathering spaces. The property also includes a seven-acre spring-fed fishing lake and approximately 1.5 miles of scenic walking trails within a 79-acre conservation area. Located minutes from downtown Crystal River, King’s Bay and the area’s famous springs, Sweet Citrus Acres provides a comfortable home base for manatee experiences, kayaking, fishing, boating, scalloping and exploring Florida’s Nature Coast.

from $90 $78/night

Eleanor Oaks RV Park

55 RV Sites

Eleanor Oaks RV Park in Yankeetown, Florida, offers 55 full-hookup RV sites on the Nature Coast, with 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Back-in and pull-through categories join a solar-heated pool, marina, boat docks, fishing pier, kayak rentals, and recreation center in Levy County. Fifty-five sites run in back-in and pull-through categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet. One thing to check before booking: service is 50-amp throughout, so bring an adapter if your rig runs 30. Furnished rental accommodations round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, showers, firewood, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. A solar-heated outdoor pool anchors the property, with a marina, boat docks, fishing pier, and kayak rentals opening the water for boating, canoeing, kayaking, and swimming. A recreation center, clubhouse, walking trails, playground, community fire pit, dog park, horseshoes, and corn hole fill the rest. Pets are welcome. Yankeetown sits at the mouth of the Withlacoochee River on one of the least developed and most ecologically intact stretches of the Florida Gulf Coast. The Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve is a 413-acre parcel of undeveloped wetlands — hardwood and pine, tidal marsh, and salt ponds — with a 30-foot observation tower and walking trails, and it is a short trip from the park. Crystal River's manatees and Cedar Key are both close. Winter is decisively the season on the Nature Coast, with manatee season running November through March. Book well ahead for January through March.

from $69 $60/night

River Oaks RV Campground & Retreat

1 RV Site

River Oaks RV Campground & Retreat in Inverness, Florida, offers full-hookup RV sites with 30-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, under a canopy of old oaks and palms in Citrus County. Kayak and bike rentals, a pond, and a recreation center serve an intimate property with limited sites, open all year. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30-amp, sized to 40 feet, with site WiFi. This is a deliberately small campground with limited sites, so confirm availability rather than arriving on spec — the intimacy is the point. A dump station, laundry, restrooms, showers, and a pavilion handle the practical side. The old-growth canopy is the setting. Live oak, sabal palm, and cypress hammock shade the grounds, giving the property genuine old-Florida character that newer parks cannot replicate. Kayak rentals and bike rentals are available on site, with canoeing, kayaking, boating, biking, picnicking, and birding from the area and a pond on the property. A recreation center, walking trails, and dog park fill the rest, with planned activities through the season and wine tasting nearby. The campground also serves as a wedding venue. Pets are welcome. Inverness sits in Citrus County on US-41 between Brooksville and Ocala, in the freshwater lake country of Florida's Nature Coast. The Withlacoochee River corridor and the Tsala Apopka Lake chain surround the area, the Withlacoochee State Forest covers 157,000 acres nearby, and Inverness's vintage brick downtown is close. Winter and spring draw the heaviest Nature Coast demand. Reserve well ahead.

Thousand Palms Resort

4 RV Sites

Thousand Palms Resort in Lake Panasoffkee, Florida, offers four RV sites with 30 and 50-amp water-and-electric service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Back-in categories at both amperages join an outdoor pool, fitness center, clubhouse, library, and community fire pit in Sumter County. Four back-in sites run in 30-amp and 50-amp water-and-electric categories, carrying water and electric, sized to 45 feet. Plan around the hookups — sites carry water and electric rather than sewer, so manage tank capacity and confirm dump arrangements when you book. Two straightforward categories: pick the service your rig needs. Cabins and tent sites round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, library, community fire pit, playground, dog park, pickleball, and shuffleboard filling the rest. A lake supports boating, paddle boarding, fishing, and swimming, with hiking, planned activities, and productive birding besides. Pets are welcome. The multi-format approach — cabins, RV sites, and tent camping together — gives groups traveling with mixed setups a genuine option, which small properties rarely accommodate. Lake Panasoffkee is a shallow 4,400-acre lake fed by springs in the heart of Florida's lake and spring country, with a reputation among anglers for crappie and bream that the bigger-name waters do not match. The Withlacoochee River, the state forest, and the Withlacoochee State Trail are all close, with I-75 nearby and both Tampa and Ocala within an hour. Winter is decisively the season in central Florida. January through March fills with snowbirds. Book well ahead.

from $61/night

Three Lakes Sun RV Communities

Three Lakes in Hudson, Florida, offers full-hookup back-in RV sites on Florida's Nature Coast, with water, sewer, and electric and site WiFi, behind a gated entrance. Three fishing lakes, an outdoor pool, fitness center, clubhouse, library, and pickleball courts serve an all-ages waterfront community in western Pasco County. Sites carry water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi in back-in configurations. Contact the community to confirm amp service and length limits for your rig — the published site records are incomplete. A laundry, restrooms, showers, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors daily recreation, with a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, library, and community fire pit besides. Three fishing lakes give the property its name and its character — a trio spread across the grounds rather than one shared waterfront, which means you can usually find a quiet bank. Pickleball, shuffleboard, billiards, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, and biking fill the rest, with planned activities through the season and a state park nearby. The all-ages designation is worth noting. Much of the Pasco County market is 55-plus, and this one is not, which broadens who it suits — families and working travelers can stay here when much of the surrounding inventory is closed to them. Hudson sits on the Nature Coast, trading the crowds of Florida's better-known shores for quieter lakeside living. The Gulf beaches are minutes west, Weeki Wachee Springs and its manatees are close, and Tampa is about an hour south. Winter is decisively the season. January through March fills with snowbirds. Book well ahead.

from $64/night

Red Oaks Sun RV Communities

166 RV Sites, 18 Cottages, 3 Apartments

Red Oaks in Bushnell, FL, offers 167 full-hookup RV sites and 21 apartment and cottage rentals, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites come in four categories — value, standard, standard grass, and standard pull-through — all carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with a picnic table. If you booked here before, note the name change: Red Oaks RV Resort is now simply Red Oaks. The community is open all year, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a dump station, personal mailboxes, and on-site dining. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The amenity list is built for the season: an outdoor pool, a hot tub and sauna, a fitness center, a clubhouse, a game room with billiards, a library, a pavilion, sport courts, pickleball, volleyball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, a lake for fishing, and planned activities. Bushnell sits on 130 tree-filled acres in Sumter County, south of the Withlacoochee River corridor in central Florida. Rates for sites and rentals are on the booking page. Winter season books far ahead — reserve early for January through March.

from $43/night

Blueberry Hill Sun RV Communities

5 RV Sites, 4 Cottages

Blueberry Hill in Bushnell, Florida, offers five full-hookup RV sites and four cottages just off Interstate 75, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 55 feet, open all year. Elite back-in and standard pull-through categories join an outdoor pool, fitness center, library, clubhouse, and pickleball courts. Five sites run in elite back-in and standard pull-through categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 55 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two tiers keep booking simple, and 55 feet accommodates most coaches comfortably. Four cottages round out the lodging. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and personal mailboxes handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, game room, library, pavilion, sports courts, pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, billiards, horseshoes, corn hole, a playground, and dog park filling the rest. Live music and planned activities run through the season. That amenity set at five sites means residents get resort facilities without resort crowds — the pool and courts are effectively private. Sumter County sits just off I-75 where the central Florida scrub meets the Withlacoochee State Forest's 157,000 acres, the most accessible large wild forest in the corridor between Tampa and Ocala. The Withlacoochee State Trail runs 46 miles for cycling, Dade Battlefield Historic State Park is close, and both Tampa and Orlando are within reasonable driving range. Winter is decisively the season in Florida. January through March fills with snowbirds. Book well ahead.

from $54/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.

The Woods RV Resort

Just north of Tampa in the wooded surroundings of Land O' Lakes, The Woods RV Resort offers a luxury adults-only retreat unlike most of what you'll find in the Florida RV market. This clothing-optional community has built a devoted following among guests who come for the carefully maintained grounds, resort-quality amenities, and the uniquely inclusive social atmosphere that defines life inside the gates. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a returning member of the community, The Woods delivers a Florida resort experience rooted in comfort, connection, and freedom. Amenities at The Woods are extensive and well maintained. A resort-style heated swimming pool serves as the natural gathering place, complemented by a whirlpool spa and scenic walking trails through native Florida foliage. The clubhouse houses a recreation hall, library, and billiards tables, while shuffleboard courts and horseshoes provide outdoor competitive options. A dog-friendly policy ensures pets are genuinely welcomed. Full hookup, big-rig-friendly RV sites are available for short-term visitors and longer-stay residents alike, and the gated entry ensures privacy and security throughout the property. A lake and fishing pier add a quieter dimension for guests who prefer their relaxation at the end of a line. The resort's event calendar is one of its greatest strengths. Year-round programming includes pool parties, themed celebrations, luau gatherings, wine tastings, and golf cart parades that give the social season a rhythm and variety keeping both newcomers and regulars engaged. Live music and entertainment appear regularly, and the sense of community built around these events is a genuine draw for guests equally interested in the social life as the amenities. The clothing-optional environment fosters a particular kind of openness and connection that sets The Woods apart from conventional Florida RV destinations. Land O' Lakes is situated north of Tampa, putting the resort within comfortable reach of a major metropolitan area's full cultural and entertainment options. The Tampa Bay area offers professional sports, world-class museums, and excellent waterfront dining along the bay. Clearwater and St. Pete Beach—consistently rated among the finest Gulf Coast beaches in the country—are accessible for day trips. The Florida landscape surrounding Land O' Lakes includes abundant lakes, wildlife, and the natural diversity that draws visitors to the Sunshine State year-round. The Woods RV Resort is a year-round destination well suited to Florida's snowbird season, with peak occupancy typically running from late fall through early spring when guests from colder climates fill the community. The adults-only, clothing-optional nature of the resort is central to its character and appeal—guests who book here are choosing into a particular shared atmosphere, and that shared understanding is part of what makes the community cohere. If a luxury, lifestyle-oriented RV experience north of Tampa with a uniquely welcoming community culture sounds like the right fit, The Woods is worth the visit. Reserve your site and see why guests return season after season.

from $119/night

Morningside RV Estates

392 RV Sites

Morningside RV Estates in Dade City, Florida, is a gated 55-plus community with 392 full-hookup RV sites, an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a clubhouse, carrying 30 and 50-amp service for rigs to 60 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. At 392 sites this is one of the largest properties in the worklist, with basic and premium back-in categories and personal mailboxes for long-term residents. Three hundred ninety-two back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet, in basic and premium categories. Personal mailboxes, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, and showers support the long-term and seasonal residencies that fill the community, and WiFi reaches the property. A gated entrance controls access. One policy to check before booking: restricted dog breeds are not permitted, including but not limited to Dobermans, Staffordshire Terriers, Huskies, Rottweilers, Chows, Akitas, Presa Canario, German Shepherds, and bulldog breeds. The amenity set is built for an active winter community. An indoor pool covers swimming year-round regardless of weather, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, craft room, and library for the social calendar. Shuffleboard, billiards, horseshoes, volleyball, walking trails, hiking, biking, and a dog park round it out, with planned activities through the season and a golf course nearby. Dade City sits in Pasco County on US-301 between Tampa, 37 miles south, and Ocala, 55 miles north — interior Florida hill country rather than the coastal resort corridor. The Withlacoochee River, Hillsborough River State Park, and the town's antique district are all close. Winter is peak. Book well ahead for January through March.

from $70/night