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Okefenokee Pastimes Cabins and Campground

35 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 16 Tent Sites, 4 Glamping Sites

Okefenokee Pastimes in Folkston, GA, offers 35 full-hookup RV sites, 5 cabins, 16 tent sites, and 4 glamping sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 75 feet. Sites come in three RV categories — back-in, partial pull-through, and full pull-through — plus premium tent sites. All carry water, sewer, and electric. At 75 feet the pull-throughs take long coaches. The property is open all year, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, propane fills, a dump station, a recreation center, and on-site dining. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The standout amenity is a dark sky astronomy field — this corner of Georgia has almost no light pollution, and the campground built for it. A pond, walking trails, sport courts, basketball, pickleball, and a playground fill the rest, with fishing and birding on the property. Folkston sits just outside the main entrance to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge — 400,000 acres of blackwater swamp, one of the largest intact freshwater wetlands in North America. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. New moon weekends draw the astronomy crowd and book early.

from $32/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.

Manatee Springs RV Park

30 RV Sites

Manatee Springs RV Park in Chiefland, FL, offers 30 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 65 feet. Sites come in four categories — small, standard, premium, and pull-through — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi. Two things to know before booking: this is a 55+ community, and RVs must be fully self-contained, because there are no public restrooms or showers on the property. Laundry, propane exchange, and personal mailboxes are available, which tells you how many guests stay the season. The park is open all year and pet friendly, with a dog park. The setting is quiet by design rather than programmed — a place for picnicking, boating on the nearby river, and stargazing, with golf close by. Chiefland sits in Levy County, wrapped in the live oaks and Spanish moss of Old Florida, minutes from Manatee Springs State Park where the spring run meets the Suwannee River. Rates for monthly and seasonal stays are on the booking page. Confirm the 55+ and self-contained requirements before you reserve — both are firm.

from $55/night

Sunset Point at Cedar Key

60 RV Sites

Sunset Point at Cedar Key, Florida, offers 60 full-hookup RV sites on the Gulf waterfront, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Categories are sized by rig length — 25 feet or less, 26 to 30, 31 to 35, and greater than 35 — with two waterfront tiers, a clubhouse, and a community fire pit. Sixty sites span back-in 25 feet or less, back-in 26 to 30 feet, back-in 31 to 35 feet, back-in greater than 35 feet, pull-through, waterfront 35 feet or less, and waterfront greater than 35 feet categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi. Pricing and sizing by rig length is genuinely fair — a small trailer does not pay for space it cannot use, and a 40-foot coach knows exactly where it fits. Specify your RV size when booking so the park can match you to the right spot; sites are designed for rigs up to 40 feet. A laundry, restrooms, showers, and a clubhouse handle the practical side. A community fire pit fills out the grounds, with canoeing, kayaking, pickleball, and boating nearby and a state park close. The dark Gulf sky makes for genuinely good stargazing. Pets are welcome. Cedar Key is one of the Gulf Coast's most authentic, least developed, and most stubbornly independent small towns, set on a cluster of low islands. The sunsets here are so reliably spectacular that watching them is the town's daily event. Winter and spring draw the heaviest demand on the Nature Coast. Reserve well ahead for January through April.

from $61/night