Camping Florida for 1st time

agesilaus wrote:
Hard to say unless you tell us what you are looking for...

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Hello. I've lived in Tallahassee area (often referred to as the Big Bend area) for close to thirty years and prior to that in south Fl.

In my humble opinion, the west coast from Tallahassee northwest to Pensacola and points west, have what I've heard to be, some of the top TEN highest rated beaches in the country. Henderson Beach, Graden, St. Andrews, and others are supposed to be Phenominal!! Recently I stayed in a State Park east of these areas, just past Chattachochee but forgot the name. It wasn't on the gulf but rather the Seminole River I believe, well cared for with sites just feet away from the River.

Unlike Georgia where one has to pay a "use fee" of some sort, Florida does not require additional fees. St. George Island State Park southwest of Panacea, is known for its pristine and natural surroundings. What you'll tend NOT to see up this-a-way, is a concrete jungle of condos and highrises, but rather much more nature, sand dunes and quiet peace. Hope this helps a bit!!

Newbienac
'90 Toyota Dolphin, R22 V6

Hard to say unless you tell us what you are looking for. Florida has outstanding state parks. They are, IMO, probably the best in the country. Parks near the beach are hard to get into, no surprise, so if you want to stay in some of them--make reservations well ahead of time.

There are lots of commercial parks that are usually easy to get into.

I'd divide north Florida into beach country--which means the east coast in the peninsula, and spring country being the interior part of the state. There are a lot of major springs (Manatee, Rainbow, Homosassa and others) most located inside a state park, in Florida. They are very nice places to camp. That part of the west coast doesn't have good beaches but does have good fishing--if you have or rent a boat.

The southern border of north Florida is theme park country which starts in Tampa with Busch Gardens, runs thru Orlando with a lot of parks and sort of dies at Cocoa Beach with the Kennedy Space center.

BK