ADA compliant sites

I can see how this can be very confusing. At the park reservation site I went through the reservation process for one of the handicapped accessible sites - the ones that are paved - and down at the bottom of the it says:

" * This site is reserved for visitors with disabilities. It can be reserved by visitors without disabilities only if no other site will accommodate the visitor's camping equipment."

Then farther down:

"Notes

This site is designed to meet the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities. If you do not require this type of campsite, please consider reserving an alternate campsite which is suitable for your camping equipment."

Better call before going to get an okay.

campgrounds DO NOT have to provide ADA compliant sites or facilities

"ADA compliant" does not necessarily mean "Handicapped Only". Many businesses, such as restaurants and others, maintain an "ADA compliant" access, restroom facilities and so on, that are of course also open to the general public. If a handicapped placard or plate was a perquisite for reserving and using the site, I'd expect that requirement would be spelled out in the reservation process.

We've stayed in a small WV National Forest CG, where Most of the sites were ADA compliant, but you can still use them.
Have been at others that say they are for the handicapped "unless" no other sites are available.

You should probably contact the park office and make sure that you will be permitted to use the site. I believe that you must have a handicapped placard or license plate to reserve a handicapped site in Florida state parks. If it's not an official handicapped site but is just listed as being ADA compliant then you should be fine.

Since I use a wheelchair we often use handicapped sites and we've asked about the rules at campgrounds across the country. What we've found is there are no across the board rules. Each state and even each park will handle it differently. Many parks will hold the sites until late in the day then, if they have not been taken by a handicapped person, anyone can take them. Other parks will not give them to anyone but a handicapped camper.

RV Parks just like hotels are required to have a certain percentage of sites/rooms ADA compliant. Some RV parks will ask if you have a placard/license to use these sites.

I've seen some parks where the majority of the sites showed as ADA compliant and others where the sites near the restrooms showed as ADA compliant.

Look through the sites to see how many others show ADA compliant. If there are many then I wouldn't worry or contact the park to see what they have to say.