Camping

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My camping sreadsheet

Note: Only camp in central FL October through April

Reserving Fl State Park Campground

• Login here
• Click into the "Search by City or Park Name" field and select "Search All"
• Enter your Arrival & End date
• Don't select anything for "Select Site Type"
• Click Show Results

to determine if a state park has canoe rentals, ctl-f for "paddling" and then click on "paddling". floridastateparks.org appears to have 2 different pages for "Experiences" and "Amenities"

• canoing - Experience
• fishing - Experience
• playground - Amenity
• biking - Experience
• hiking - They all have hiking

FL Campgrounds

I rated campgrounds 1-5 (1 worst, 5 best) based on canopy trees, trip advisor reviews, google pics, youtube walk-throughs and whether or not tent sites are available

Not in my spreadsheet

• Little Manatee River State Park

  • 1 hr away from clearwater
  • Loop LMRE tent only
  • 215 Lightfoot Road, Wimauma, FL 33598
• Rodman Campground

  • rating: 4
  • 2.75 hrs north, I75
  • no activities
  • lots of tent only, #27, #29-39, excluding 33 & 34
  • site map

Didn't look too bad

• Silver Lake Campground (not fl state)

  • rating: 3
• Big Buck Camp (not fl state)

  • rating: 3
• Wekiwa Springs State Park Campground

  • Only 1 campsite!
• Hog Island Recreation Area (not fl state)

  • Campground & Kayak Launch (maybe not family friendly)
  • rating: 3

• Koreshan State Park

  • rating: 3
  • Canoe and kayak rentals are not available
  • 2:20 south of clearwater
  • Loop North is tent only

    Didn't look that good - rating: 2

• Walk in Water Campground

• Lake Rosalie Park and Campground
• Lake Arbuckle Park and Campground
• Huckleberry Island Campsite
• Magnolia Park Campground
• Kings Landing Campground
• Kelly Park Campground
• Indian Mound Camp Ground
• Big Fork Campsite

Looked bad - rating: 1

• Highlands Hammock State Park Campground (no canopy trees)
• Suwannee River Wilderness Trail, no clue whats going on here + 3 hrs away
• Manatee Hammock Campground
• Jetty Park Campground
• Manatee Cove Family Campground
• Sebastian Inlet State Park Campground
• Savannas Recreation Area

average high/low temperatures and precipitation chances during the day and night for Central Florida