Silver Springs

We were at Silver Springs State Park the last week of December. Park is perfect for us as the wife's daughter, grandkids, and great-grand twins live in Ocala. Took the glass bottom boat ride for the first time, but not the last..
Park does not have sewer hookups, but a nice dump station. Not a big problem with our little Class A.

I love paddling the Silver River
Check out our web site for directions and description

https://sites.google.com/site/flkeyskayaktrips
It is under the Springs Area

Jack L

The past 2 winters we have spent time at Wilderness RV Resort - a very nice park with excellent facilities. Both years we rented a pontoon boat in the RV park, and motored up the river to Silver Springs. We have never seen so much wildlife in l/2 a day! There are hundreds of monkeys, alligators, deer, lots of birds, turtles, etc. I highly recommend this park and a ride on the river.

We were at Silver Springs last month. No giraffes. Campfires are allowed, although you are not allowed to bring your own firewood nor to scavenge for it.

Sadly, the canoe and kayak rentals have been moved from the old launch area to the headsprings. So now you have to paddle BACK against the flow. It was funner to paddle up to the springs and then just float back.

And please don't feed the monkeys. But if you do, they prefer CheezeIts. ;)

In our 2.5 years of full-time RVing we put Silver River SP in our top 5 parks. Mainly because we had such a great time on the river! The birds, gators (big!), and monkeys were a lot of fun to observe.

Thank you all so much in response to my post. I think for what we are interest in doing the RV park is our best bet. I need a park with a ramp in the park to put my Zodiac in the river. All this info got me excited about revisiting the Springs. Jim

jimwooster wrote:
Thank you all so much in response to my post. I think for what we are interest in doing the RV park is our best bet. I need a park with a ramp in the park to put my Zodiac in the river. All this info got me excited about revisiting the Springs. Jim

Thanks for the update, and enjoy the area.

Try looking at the near by Ocala National forest. Silver springs is not the only natural spring in the area. Look up Juniper spring or Alexander springs. Great swimming and kayaking. They are all in the same area. Silver springs is nice but you'll be surprised at what the national forest has to offer. I always thought that Alexander springs had the best swimming.If you're there for a couple of days you can hit them all.

No hookups tho.

Which park in the Silver Springs area would be the most fun for 7 to 12 year old kids??