Ocala National Forest

From the north, get off at 326 and head east until you get to NE 58th Ave, traffic light, and take a right which is called Baseline. Stay on that and Silver Springs SP is about 4 miles on the left. I don't blame anyone for trying to miss the traffic around Ocala, it has become a pain for sure!
jolooote, if you get off 75 in Belleview, 484, head east then you can come up Baseline Road which there is 35, Silver Springs SP will be on your right after about 10 miles. Hope this helps and hope I haven't really confused you! LOL

Thanks and no confusion! Lol

I've been reading about the monkeys in Silver Springs State Park.

Out-of-control population growth....

Carriers of Herpes B.....

Bites and scratches....

Monkey poop everywhere, including on children's playground slides....


Are these things just hyped overreactions from journalists, or is there genuinely a problem with the monkeys?

We're considering taking Silver Springs off our list of desirable campgrounds. We've never been there, so I don't know if this is necessary or not.

-Speak

Speakeasy, I have NEVER seen any of the monkeys in the campground. I have seen them several miles down the river. They are around the main springs I guess because that is where they feed them. We just keep our distance from them anyway. I sure wouldn't cancel my rezzys due to the monkeys.

We've not seen any monkeys in the Silver Springs campground area either. The few we saw near the springs stayed well away from us. I don't know if there was any monkey poop on the children's slides though, my wife said I couldn't go on them... ;)

We’ve been many times and never seen primates. I’ve seen them on the spring run.
Find the boats tied up to the Don’t feed the monkeys sign throwing slices of bread out and there will be Monkees.

Noisey kids on bikes and skateboards are another story.