National Park Campgrounds In FL & SC - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Baldy · RV-Dreams Community Member

National Park Campgrounds In FL & SC

Roz · RV-Dreams Family Member

Florida has received the distinction of having the best state parks for a consecutive number of years. You can get all of the information on-line. They are kept spotless, well maintained and staffed with professionals.

We have spent time at a number of these.

rjenkins · RV-Dreams Family Member

Yes there are a number of nice state parks in Florida. Here is the website I use when I plan a trip to one of them, I hope this helps if you hit our state:
http://floridastateparks.org/findapark/stateparksmap.cfm

azrving · RV-Dreams Family Member

If given a choice, I would pick Florida over South Carolina for an extended stay. South Carolina winters tend to be cold and rainy and many of the State Parks close sections of the campground and sometimes the water is turned off to prevent pipes from freezing! I lived and camped there for 40+ years.

I would visit SC in the spring or fall. JMHO
Much more to see and do in Florida too.

Here are some good links to both>>>

http://www.floridasmart.com/sciencenature/naturalflorida/parksstate.htm

http://www.bing.com/search?q=state%20and%20national%20parks%20in%20florida&mkt=en-us&FORM=TOOLBR&DI=6244&CE=14.0&CM=SearchWeb

http://www.bing.com/search?q=state%20and%20national%20parks%20in%20south%20carolina&mkt=en-us&FORM=TOOLBR&DI=6244&CE=14.0&CM=SearchWeb

http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/

http://home.nps.gov/applications/parksearch/state.cfm?st=sc

http://www.nps.gov/index.htm

http://www.us-national-parks.net/state/fl.htm

-- Edited by azrving on Saturday 25th of September 2010 09:00:40 AM

Luvglass · RV-Dreams Family Member

We spent the winter in Florida last year and both the national and state parks are very difficult to get into, because they are very nice and much less expensive than commercial campgrounds.

I'm going to guess that most of them are booked up already.

Good luck,

Baldy · RV-Dreams Community Member

Thanks I guess I will stay south

Postalpair · RV-Dreams Family Member

After living in FL for 30+ years I can honestly say that getting into one of the state parks this time of year for the winter will be a miracle. They book out a year in advance. Hopefully you will be able to find a cancellation....or if you do travel to FL check out the state parks and make reservations for next year. MOST of the parks are really nice, but they will say big rig friendly and they are not even close. They do not have the manpower to trim trees and make larger sites. Just something to think about.
Good luck and safe travels

KarenInTheWoods · RV-Dreams Family Member

Did you mean the National Forest campgrounds in Florida?

We stayed in the Ocala National forest campgrounds just east of Ocala in 09. Fore lake is where we stayed after we drove through two of them in end of Feb/beginning of March and they were half empty. These are rustic campgrounds with no hookups at the sites.

Fore lake did have a shower house with water spigots around the park to fill tanks and a dump station. But the nearby Lake Eaton didn't have a dump station or shower house, just pit toilets. No electric at either.

Fore Lake was $12 a night, Lake Eaton was $8 a night , and down the road a ways was Salt Springs at $22 a night with electric and water.

We found these parks to be roomy, quiet, all natural shrubbery and trees and level sites. A far contrast to the commercial parks we drove through that were packed in like sardines, 10 feet between campers.

The National Forest campgrounds are "Our Kind of Place" .....

Nancy and Bill · RV-Dreams Family Member

We live only a few miles from one of the nicest state parks SC has - Huntington Beach State Park. If you like nature and the beach this is a great park. We go there at least monthly to ride bikes, but they have nature trails and lots of wild life including gators. It does fill up during the summer and the best time to camp here would be the fall or the spring.

Only 10 miles up the road is Myrtle Beach State Park where again the main attraction is the beach. If you like to fish they have a great fishing pier. Again, best time to camp is in the fall or spring. The winters can get raw, generally not freezing, but you always get a breeze off the beach. In the summer you welcome the wind, but it can get cold in the winter.

Good luck & have fun, Nancy & Bill Mills