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The Holder Mine Campground campsites are shaded by live oaks and turkey oaks. This campground is open seven days a week and is popular with hunters during archery and small game seasons.
Features
Hiking trails:
Facilities 27 campsites with electricity, water, picnic table and fire ring (2) bathhouses Pavilion Dump station
Note: Pavilion is only available for use for a fee by paid campers.
$9 - $20 / night
Ross Prairie Trailhead and Campground
$22 / night
A free reservation is required and must be displayed.
Santos Trailhead and Campground
$22 / night
Colt Creek State Park
$24 / night
Separate primitive camping areas available for individual and equestrian camping. Backcountry camping available. Campsites for cars and primitive cabins available. Groups can reserve tent site or cabins up to 90 days in advance. Reservation and fee are required and can be made up to 30 days in advance.
SHANGRI-LA LOOP
$18 / night
A free reservation is required and must be displayed.
Thousand Palms Resort is located 89 miles west of Luna Sands Resort in Sumpter County. Whether you enjoy air boat rides through the Florida wetlands, viewing world class wildlife, horseback riding, boating, fishing for largemouth bass, ziplining, Busch Gardens in nearby Tampa, Orlando attractions such as Disney and Universal Studios, attending a pro sporting event such as The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Renting an ATV, eating deep Florida cuisine, getting a massage, or just hanging at the resort pool, Thousand Palms will meet all your vacation needs.
Thousand Palms already has 96 sites and an additional 20 undeveloped acres. Enjoy your camping vacation under the old growth Florida Oak Trees in this unique "Old Florida" atmosphere.
$55 - $65 / night
Legend
We stayed in site 26, which was tucked back and fairly private. We planned on trail riding, but rain changed the plans. We didn’t get to explore much, but will be back. Nice long drive down to the sites. Electric and water were both great, and dump stations easy. Staff was extra friendly.
Scout
Had no problems, calm and cool surroundings.
Ranger
This campground is the perfect size. Our site had shade about 95% of the day! We had the perfect size of an area behind our RV. Loved hearing all of the birds chirping. You can hear traffic since it’s right off of the highway. There are plenty of trees around. The bathroom was very clean. It’s nice and dark at night!! We did the hike to see the historical part of the Island. That was neat to read about. We also took the biking trail to say we went above i75 on the bridge. That was a round trip of 15.5 miles, if anyone is interested. It’s a really nice campground, especially if like doing trails and biking.
Scout
Stayed in spot #8, not as much shade as I had hoped for, would've been better in 10-14. Sites are plenty large and relatively well spaced out. There was a large anthill between the spot and where you park which made packing in and out an adventure (very active colony). Otherwise, the site was level and devoid of rocks & roots. A good night's sleep despite the racoon who pilfered my SunChips during the night.
Traveler
Nice and quiet campground. Also, a nice short trail.
Legend
We have a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and stayed in site 10 for 3 days in late April. The CG is very clean, well maintained. Most of the sites are fairly well spaced, particularly for a private CG. The CG host is very friendly and helpful. The property is expansive. The CG roads are paved and the pads are concrete.
AT&T coverage was ok, with 5 bars of 5G+ service and speeds up to 5 MB/s. Parts of the CG have a few trees, particularly near the entrance where ours was, but most sites deeper in the CG are open. We did have line-of-site to the DISH satellites and did have a clear view north, so Starlink was awesome, with speeds up to 53 MB/s.
Traveler
This is a great spot! There’s two camping areas, one off of North Dee and one off of Hooty Point. It’s primitive/equestrian camping and Hooty Point is far better in my opinion because it has water access for fishing.
I stayed at the North Dee Road site and it was still great despite not having immediate access for fishing. First off, it’s free to reserve, and then the campgrounds comes with a firepit, bench, and non-potable water. This was my test run for starting to camp again and I don’t think I could’ve picked a better place.
GuideOnly here Two days. Nice little quick stop.
LegendSmall spacious park. Restroom clean and showers, laundry $1.50 each. Firewood available to purchase. Lots of walking, biking, and hiking. Beautpark. Great camp hosts and ranger.
GuideFew campsites, quite place to camp. Clean Showers and restaurant. Great, hiking and biking trails nearby.
GuideExcellent free camping nice and quiet.
TravelerStayed here for 5 days. Wonderful camp host. Lot's of room. Just pick a place you want to set up, drive in and park. Nice trails to hike. Clean bathrooms. Lot's of places to park with full-sun for solar. They do have non-potable water. Can't keep hose hooked up to RV but you are allowed to run hose to your fresh water tank and fill if you desire. Use at your own risk. Actual location is just to the east of spot shown on dyrt map.
ScoutVery quiet and spacious. Wildlife in abundance. We were a 45’ motorcoach with a 20’ tow behind. Stayed in spot 3. Will return soon.
LegendSantos is a small but great campground. Sites are roomy. Gravel sites with 50 amp and water. Many trees. Clean restroom and showers. Unbelievable trails for walking and biking!
GuideThis campground is obviously quite new. Spacious and open sites that are very big rig friendly. Pads are L-shaped to accommodate the picnic table, yet because of the spacioiusness there's room to pitch a screen tent in the grass.
The demerits for us were (1) laundry is coin op only (no credit card), surprising for such a new park; and (2) no plastic bag dispenseries for dog clean up. Such amenities are nice for extended stays.
Traveler
ROACHES ROACHES ROACHES (not palmetto bugs german ROACHES)
GuideOnly 14 spaces, so very small, but nice. Lots of space between sites. Lots of Hike, bike horse trails are very nice and easy to navigate. Very clean bathroom/showers. The only negative is that it's not far from the raid, you can hear the traffic and it's somewhat busy.
TravelerSo I will say this site has super clean bathrooms, nice tent campsites and freshly paved roads. The tent sites have hookups and very close to the bathrooms. The only downfall is there isn't a ton to do here so don't expect anything spectacular.
Traveler
We stayed in Cumpressco Campground first, and then Ashley. This campground is free to stay in for 7 days, 6 nights. You can leave for a day and come back but you can only book 30 days per calendar year!
Not many campers on the Cumpressco side but tons on the Ashley. Beware however of mating season for the caterpillars! They were everywhere!! No potable water at either site. Bring your own! There is a Porto at the Cumpressco site and an outhouse on the Ashley campsite.
Other than that, it’s beautiful! lives on site if you ever need him! Super nice guy! See you next year!
RangerI absolutely love this park! There are so many trails and places to ride our bikes. It was really nice just relaxing on the dock to watch the birds in the lake. Bathhouse was always clean. Our site was really nice. We had a really long driveway. Campers around us were very friendly. I would absolutely go back! We loved riding down to see the horses.
TravelerQuiet, clean,
ScoutOnly 14 sites but are spaced far apart and are large.
Guide
Flying Eagle was clean a lot of airboat noise close to town
LegendColt Creek is an awesome park! Huge sites, long driveways, clean and well maintained. Clean restrooms and washers/dryers at $1.50 each. Plenty of hiking, walking, and biking! Rangers are fantastic! 50 amp and water.
TravelerStayed here on my last night of an out and back section hike on the Cross Florida Greenway. I was able to secure a reservation here as I passed through and I scoped out my preferred site for my return trip. The online reservation process was simple as always and it was good to know that my scheduled mileage would be doable. Arrived at 2:30PM, checked in, and pitched my tent. The camp host told me I didn't have to use the humongous RV pad but could camp adjacent to the wooded area at the rear of the site (#3). When I asked about food sources in the vicinity, I was told about the nearby diner that caters to cyclists. Unfortunately, it had closed a half hour before but I picked up a few snacks at the adjacent bike shop. Cooked dinner and took advantage of the shower facilities and had a thoroughly pleasant stay!
Traveler
Big paved spaces with plenty of room. Nice clean bathrooms!
The area in front of the bathroom was a bit sandy, so be sure to bring flip flops so you don’t get the inside of your car all sandy!!
Absolutely no signal on T-Mobile
Scout
Great camping spot in the sun or shade; the host was available when I knocked on his door. The bathrooms needed soap, but they were clean. The only problem for me was a little road noise.
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