Myakka River Stste Park is 10 miles outside of Sarasota Florida, but feels very far removed from the city. The park has three regular campgrounds for tents, campers, and RVs, as well as 6 primitive campsites along 30 miles of hiking trails.

Everyone at the park is extremely helpful and there are plenty of people at the established campsites. There's a campground host at each of the three campgrounds as well. Restrooms are clean and stocked. Overall, it's quiet and scenic.

The primitive campsites are between 2.5 and 14 miles from the trailheads within the park. Each campsite has three campsites at it, each with a fire ring and post to hang up your pack.

Bee Island, Oak Grove, and Honore campsites have working pitcher pumps at them. Water from these pumps will need to be filtered or treated. Prairie and Panther Point Camps aren't guaranteed to have water, so you should bring your own. Mossy Hammock campsite has a broken pitcher pump at it, so you will have to carry in your own water for the duration of your stay.

The primitive campsites are mu favorites, because they're not as crowded as the established campgrounds.