place to stay in florida for a week or two in jan.

We retired FROM Fl. 5 years ago after 18 years there.
You are headed in for peek snowbird season.

The in-laws when they were living, wintered in Crystal River area
form November until April most every year. Fl has a limit on how
long you can stay in one park at one time. So they would stay in
one and basically move across the road, then back again, etc.

Google Crystal River, Fl. It is on the West Coast.
Also before you get there stop at Ceder Key.
Great little town and outstanding food.

Crystal River is still mainly rural, traffic is not bad and
a beautiful area.
I can not remember the name of the parks they used.
We would visit them up there often. The Fl State parks look
very nice too.

Google and call ahead, like I said it is peek snowbird time.

First tell us what you like in a campground and I can help you find something you will really like.

Heres a few to call/try: Jetty Park, Port Canaveral (on ocean and can fish and watch cruise lines come in),
Rock Crusher Canyon (west coast) big wooded park with huge heated pool, x2 Anatasia in St Augustine,
Sebastian Inlet park (right on the inlet! Lots of fishin'), Long Point Campground on A1A south of Melbourne Beach near Sebastian (rural setting). x2 for Topsail...worth a few nights at least....BUT check the weather, it gets cold in the panhandle, we're going to Fort Wilderness at DisneyWorld for the first time in Nov...can't wait for that. Many great reviews on Disney campground.
Check rvparkreviews.com and that should give you ideas of areas you would consider staying.
There are many, many campgrounds down here, come on down..the waters (sometimes) warm.
Safe travels
Andi

If you look at a map, draw a line crossing te state at about Tampa and look for places below that for a better chance of warmth. (No guarantee - we were in Key West one early December day when in the 40s.)

They tend to book up by about six months out on the coasts and in the Keys (State Parks those places book 11 months out). So the inland advice is good.

Still, if you don't mind moving and seeing a bit more of the state, you can probably pick up a few days here and there to put together a great two week itinerary on the coasts. Even state parks in the Keys have their share of last minute cancellations you can grab if you are on site.

Since you're traveling without reservations and going at a time when hardly anyone wants to go where its warm...
Try the interior of Florida away from either coast and away from Orlando. Good luck. My parents found nice RV parks near Brooksville and Spring Hill. Near, but not on the gulf.

If you want warm in January I would go south of Sarasota on the Gulf side. Ft Myers area. If you don't want to be near the beaches, inland rv parks are more reasonable. Be sure to read the reviews on www.rvparkreviews.com before final selection. Many south FL RV parks cater to 55 or older and contain many park models. Agree some FL State Parks are nice but some are more rustic and may not have sewer hookups or 50 amp service. There are 2 Corps of Engineers parks not on the beach but remote FL beautiful locations. They book up quickly. They are Ortona South and W P Franklin. Water and electric only. Dump station on site. Very reasonable rates.

Yes, by all means make reservations in the state parks. They are nobody's "best kept secret".

Make reservations if you can. State parks fill fast but we've found that it's possible to get spaces in county parks and community parks without reservations.

I second what MobileBasset says. Florida state parks are great. We especially like Anastasia near St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S. Anastasia has beautiful beaches and you can visit the very interesting old Spanish fort in St. Augustine, a national monument. The town of St. Augustine is very cool.

If you like to camp in natural settings, all of the Florida State Parks I have been to are great. They let you stay in the same site for 2 weeks. I really enjoy Rainbow Springs (central) and Highlands Hammock (south). I am going for the first time to Topsail and St. George Island in Oct. they are north, on the beach, in the panhandle. Of course more south is more warm. It can get pretty brisk in north Florida in Jan.