Sun Retreats Ocala Orange Lake
28 RV Sites, 5 Cottages
In Citra, Florida—in Marion County's horse country where the Ocala National Forest's sandhill scrub and cypress dome ecosystem and the thoroughbred horse farms that the limestone-rich Floridan Aquifer's lush pasture grass sustains create the landscape that Marion County has built its dual identity as Florida's horse capital and nature destination around—Sun Retreats Ocala Orange Lake, a Sun Outdoors property, provides RV sites with full hookup service alongside a 9-hole golf course with driving range, putting green, and pro shop, a heated outdoor pool, tennis courts, pickleball, billiards, bocce ball, horseshoes, bike trails, boating and canoeing access, an on-site restaurant, a convenience store, a renovated fitness center, a recreation hall accommodating 250 guests for events, and WiFi, in a resort rated among the Top Nine Resorts in the United States by USA Today and carrying a 5-star Woodall's rating that the Marion County horse country environment and the resort's comprehensive amenity set consistently sustain. Golf, tennis, and an on-site restaurant—in Ocala horse country.
Full hookup RV sites on the Orange Lake corridor provide the accommodations alongside the 9-hole golf course—with driving range, putting green, and pro shop—that makes Sun Retreats Ocala Orange Lake the only Sun Outdoors Florida property where the morning rounds of golf replace the pool lap as the primary before-breakfast activity option. The heated outdoor pool operates year-round in the Marion County climate, the renovated fitness center with cardio and weight training equipment serves the health-focused extended-stay resident, and the tennis courts, pickleball, billiards, bocce ball, and horseshoes create the recreational variety that the resort's consistently high rating reflects in reviewer experience. The on-site restaurant eliminates the daily drive-to-town meal obligation for guests who want the full-service resort experience, and the convenience store handles the daily supply logistics. The 250-person recreation hall's event capability serves the group gatherings and the community events that the resort's active social calendar schedules.
Citra sits in Marion County on US-301 between Ocala and Gainesville, in the agricultural and horse-farm landscape of Central Florida's Thoroughbred Country. The Floridan Aquifer's limestone substrate creates the mineral-rich groundwater that the pasture grass absorbs, producing the calcium-dense forage that horsemen credit with developing the strong bones and the stamina that Marion County's training facilities and Ocala's thoroughbred industry sustain. The Ocala area's horse farms have produced Kentucky Derby winners, Breeders' Cup champions, and the concentration of equine veterinary and training expertise that makes Marion County the equine capital of the world by many industry measures.
The Ocala National Forest, accessible via SR-40 east of Ocala, protects 383,000 acres of sandhill scrub, longleaf pine flatwoods, and the spring-fed rivers and lakes that the Floridan Aquifer's discharge creates at Alexander Springs, Salt Springs, and Juniper Springs—three of the most visited natural spring swimming areas in Florida. Silver Springs State Park, at the headwaters of the Silver River in Silver Springs, protects the glass-bottom boat tours and the crystal-clear spring run whose visibility in the Florida spring system attracted the earliest tourism infrastructure to Marion County in the 1870s.
Sun Retreats Ocala Orange Lake operates year-round in Marion County's subtropical climate, with the November through April snowbird season the peak occupancy period and the summer months serving the golf and spring-swimming community whose warm-weather enthusiasm for the Ocala National Forest's spring runs and the on-site golf course extends beyond the winter tourist calendar. Reserve your site at Sun Retreats Ocala Orange Lake and let the 9-hole golf course, the USA Today top-rated amenities, and the Marion County horse country make the Citra address the resort-quality Florida stay that its 5-star Woodall's rating consistently earns.
from $40/night
