RV Camping near Lake Wales, Florida

Camp Mack

70 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 33 Motel Rooms

Camp Mack in Lake Wales, Florida, offers 70 full-hookup back-in RV sites and 41 cabin and motel room units directly on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Premium shaded, premium, and standard back-in categories join a marina, boat ramp, boat rentals, and on-site fishing guides. Seventy back-in sites run in standard, premium, and premium shaded categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet. The premium shaded tier is worth requesting in central Florida. Forty-one cabins and motel rooms round out an unusually deep lodging inventory for a fishing property. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The marina is the anchor, with boat docks, boat rentals, and on-site fishing guides giving launch access to Lake Kissimmee, Lake Hatchineha, Lake Cypress, and Lake Tohopekaliga. An outdoor pool, clubhouse, playground, dog park, golf cart rentals, pond, on-site dining, pickleball, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and swimming fill the rest, with live music through the season and exceptional birding across the marshes. A state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. The upper Kissimmee's shallow, vegetation-rich interconnected lakes are among the most consistently productive trophy largemouth bass fisheries in the world. Winter and spring are peak bass season and draw the heaviest demand. Reserve well ahead for January through April.

from $51/night

Cypress Campground & RV Park

197 RV Sites

Cypress Campground & RV Park in Winter Haven, Florida, offers 197 full-hookup RV sites 2.3 miles from Legoland Florida, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Back-in, deluxe back-in, and premium pull-through categories join a water park, pool, mini-golf, and library behind a gated entrance. One hundred ninety-seven sites run in back-in, deluxe back-in, and premium pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, RV storage, and restrooms handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the warm months, with mini-golf, a clubhouse, craft room, library, and casino besides. Pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, basketball, billiards, horseshoes, and sports courts fill the courts, with a pond, biking, boating, water sports, and a playground across the grounds. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. The position is the proposition. Legoland Florida is 2.3 miles away, with Peppa Pig Theme Park adjacent and the broader Polk County attraction landscape south of Orlando within easy reach — close enough that families can return to the campground midday rather than committing to a full park day. Directions from I-4 eastbound out of Tampa: take Exit 45B toward Orlando, then merge onto the Polk Parkway (SR-570 toll east) via Exit 27 toward Lakeland and Winter Haven. Theme park season and winter drive demand. Reserve well ahead for school holidays.

from $65/night

Oak Harbor RV Park

95 RV Sites

Oak Harbor RV Park near Haines City, Florida, is a 55-plus community offering 37 full-hookup RV sites on a 1,000-acre private lake, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 55 feet. Lakefront, lakeside, and canal categories join a standard full-hookup tier, with boat docks, a boat ramp, fishing pier, and recreation center. Thirty-seven back-in sites span canal full hookup, standard full hookup, lakefront full hookup, and lakeside full hookup categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 55 feet, with picnic tables. Three of four categories touch the water, which tells you what the property is built around. A laundry, restrooms, showers, and a general store handle the practical side. Boat docks, a boat ramp, and a fishing pier open the lake for boating and fishing, with a recreation center, library, sports courts, billiards, shuffleboard, and horseshoes filling the rest. Planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. A thousand-acre private lake is a substantial asset, and the setting stands in deliberate contrast to the manicured resort developments more commonly associated with Central Florida — this is a quieter, more genuinely residential lakeside community. Polk County sits between Tampa and Orlando, which puts both metros and their attractions within an easy drive while keeping costs and crowds down. Winter is decisively the season in Florida's 55-plus communities. January through March fills with snowbirds. Book well ahead for those months, with far easier availability through the summer.

from $41/night

Kissimmee RV Park

176 RV Sites

Kissimmee RV Park in Florida offers 176 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet, behind a gated entrance in Osceola County. Basic, premium, and deluxe categories join an outdoor pool, clubhouse, and recreation center in the heart of the theme park corridor. One hundred seventy-six back-in sites run in basic 30-amp, premium 30-amp, and deluxe 30/50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 40 feet, with picnic tables. Note the 40-foot cap before booking a larger rig. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a clubhouse and recreation center for the social side. Shuffleboard, horseshoes, corn hole, biking, and a pond fill the grounds. A lake, water park, state park, and national park are all nearby. Pets are welcome. The position is the entire proposition. Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Florida, SeaWorld, Legoland, and the Kennedy Space Center are all within straightforward striking distance — the density of world-class attractions per square mile here is matched nowhere else on earth, and Kissimmee sits at the center of it. For families running a multi-park itinerary, a full-hookup base beats hotel-hopping. Winter and spring school holidays drive the sharpest demand in the Orlando corridor, with summer close behind. Reserve well ahead for any school break period, and expect the easiest availability in late summer and early fall.

from $65/night

Joy Bamboo Forest Farm

Joy Bamboo Forest Farm in Sebring, Florida, is a distinctive camping experience in Highlands County surrounded by the lush tropical character of Asper bamboo — a unique Florida farm campground with full-hookup RV sites and the small, intimate atmosphere of a working farm in the Lake Placid and Sebring lake country where the bamboo grove's visual density and its tropical microclimate give the campground an aesthetic identity unlike any other Florida camping destination in the subtropical inland lake region. Sebring's Highlands County position on US-27 south of Lake Wales gives the farm its specific south-central Florida character of an agricultural county known for the Sebring International Raceway, the citrus groves, and the most intact subtropical hardwood hammock landscape in the Florida Highlands' lake district between the Kissimmee Prairie and the Lake Okeechobee watershed. Full-hookup RV sites and small-scale farm campground accommodations in the Asper bamboo grove give Joy Bamboo Forest Farm the distinctive tropical farm camping character of a Highlands County property whose bamboo canopy and the working farm setting give guests the specific natural immersion that the conventional Florida campground's developed landscape does not provide — the bamboo grove's density and the farm's intimate scale give the Sebring campground the curated natural atmosphere of a property that the owner's specific agricultural and horticultural investment in the Asper bamboo has created as a genuinely distinctive camping environment. Pets are welcome. Highlands Hammock State Park, five miles northwest of Sebring on CR-634 in Highlands County, is one of Florida's oldest and most biologically significant state parks — a 9,000-acre old-growth subtropical hardwood hammock, cypress swamp, and pine flatwoods complex that Governor Doyle Carlton dedicated in 1931 as one of Florida's original four state parks. The park's ancient cypress trees (estimated at 1,000 years in the oldest specimens), the 8-mile tram tour through the swamp, and the Spanish moss-draped live oak hammock canopy give Highlands Hammock the specific character of an old-growth Florida swamp forest that the 90 years of state protection have preserved in a landscape where most comparable old-growth hammock has been cleared. Sebring International Raceway, two miles east of downtown Sebring on US-98 in Highlands County, hosts the 12 Hours of Sebring — one of the world's oldest and most prestigious endurance automobile races, held annually in March as the first round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 12 Hours' history since 1952, the challenging airfield course, and the international manufacturer entries from Porsche, Ferrari, Corvette, and Acura give Sebring the specific motorsports heritage of an endurance racing event that only Le Mans exceeds in age and prestige in the global sports car racing calendar. Joy Bamboo Forest Farm serves guests year-round in Highlands County's subtropical Florida climate, where the mild winters from November through March sustain the snowbird and Florida lake country visitor market and the spring and summer months give the bamboo grove's tropical character its most lush and visually dramatic seasonal presence. Lake Placid, 10 miles south of Sebring on US-27 in Highlands County, is the "Caladium Capital of the World" — the source of 95 percent of the caladium bulbs sold in the United States, giving the Peace River watershed's lake community its specific agricultural heritage and the Caladium Festival's late July celebration of the ornamental plant industry. Reserve sites ahead for the 12 Hours of Sebring race week and the winter snowbird season.

Sonrise Palms RV Park

8 RV Sites

Sonrise Palms RV Park in Cocoa, Florida, offers eight overflow pull-through RV sites with 30 and 50-amp water-and-electric service and rigs accepted to 48 feet. An overflow pull-through category joins an outdoor pool, clubhouse, pavilion, community fire pit, and dog park on the Space Coast. Eight sites are overflow pull-through, carrying water and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 48 feet. Two things to plan around: the sites carry water and electric rather than sewer, so manage tank capacity and use the dump station, and the overflow designation means these are the park's flexible inventory — worth confirming exactly what you are getting when you book. A laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Cabins round out the lodging. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a clubhouse, pavilion, community fire pit, and dog park filling the rest. Fishing, swimming, and hiking round it out, and a golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. Brevard County is the Space Coast, and the position is genuinely distinctive. Kennedy Space Center's active launch facilities are close — a launch visible from the campground is a regular occurrence rather than a novelty — with the visitor complex, Port Canaveral's cruise terminals and casino boats, and Cocoa Beach's surf all within a short drive. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge shares land with the space center and is one of the best birding sites in Florida, and the Brevard Zoo and Cocoa Pier round out the options. Launch dates drive the sharpest demand spikes. Check the schedule and reserve well ahead, particularly for January through April.

from $75/night

Morningside RV Estates

392 RV Sites

Morningside RV Estates in Dade City, Florida, is a gated 55-plus community with 392 full-hookup RV sites, an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a clubhouse, carrying 30 and 50-amp service for rigs to 60 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. At 392 sites this is one of the largest properties in the worklist, with basic and premium back-in categories and personal mailboxes for long-term residents. Three hundred ninety-two back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet, in basic and premium categories. Personal mailboxes, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, and showers support the long-term and seasonal residencies that fill the community, and WiFi reaches the property. A gated entrance controls access. One policy to check before booking: restricted dog breeds are not permitted, including but not limited to Dobermans, Staffordshire Terriers, Huskies, Rottweilers, Chows, Akitas, Presa Canario, German Shepherds, and bulldog breeds. The amenity set is built for an active winter community. An indoor pool covers swimming year-round regardless of weather, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, craft room, and library for the social calendar. Shuffleboard, billiards, horseshoes, volleyball, walking trails, hiking, biking, and a dog park round it out, with planned activities through the season and a golf course nearby. Dade City sits in Pasco County on US-301 between Tampa, 37 miles south, and Ocala, 55 miles north — interior Florida hill country rather than the coastal resort corridor. The Withlacoochee River, Hillsborough River State Park, and the town's antique district are all close. Winter is peak. Book well ahead for January through March.

from $70/night

Cape Kennedy RV Resort

127 RV Sites, 7 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites, 2 Cottages, 2 Lodges

Cape Kennedy RV Resort in Mims, Florida, offers 127 RV sites, 11 cabin, cottage, and lodge units, and four tent sites 20 minutes from the Kennedy Space Center, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 130 feet — the largest capacity in this batch. Concrete and grass categories are listed separately, alongside a water park and hot tub. One hundred twenty-seven sites span concrete back-in 50-amp full hookup, concrete pull-through 50-amp full hookup, grass back-in 50-amp full hookup, and grass with concrete patio categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 130 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Publishing the surface by category is genuinely useful in Florida, where concrete holds up through the wet season. Eleven cabins, cottages, and lodges and four tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, firewood, and a gated entrance handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a hot tub, sauna, clubhouse, playground, pavilion, and pond filling the grounds. Fishing, biking, surfing, swimming, and a jumping pillow round it out, with strong birding along the creek. Pets are welcome. Mims sits on the north end of the Space Coast, minutes from Titusville and within reach of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore. Launch dates drive the sharpest demand spikes. Check the schedule and reserve well ahead.

from $42/night

Ridgecrest RV Resort

47 RV Sites

Ridgecrest RV Resort in Leesburg, Florida, is a 55-plus community with 47 back-in RV sites, an outdoor pool, a hot tub, a fitness center, a clubhouse, and a recreation center, sized for rigs to 48 feet. A library, craft room, on-site dining, and a full pickleball and bocce program make this a resort built around an active winter social calendar in central Florida's lake district. Forty-seven standard back-in sites accommodate rigs to 48 feet. RV storage is available for residents who travel between stays, and laundry facilities support extended residencies. WiFi reaches the property, and a general store covers basics. The amenity package is the reason people book. A clubhouse and recreation center anchor community programming, an outdoor pool and hot tub cover daily recreation, and a fitness center serves the active-adult membership year-round. Pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, sports courts, and billiards fill the competitive calendar, while a library and craft room serve quieter hours. An on-site dining room means guests need not drive out for every meal, and a lake on the property supports fishing and boating. Picnicking areas and a playground round it out. Pets are welcome. Leesburg sits in Lake County's rolling lake country, between the Ocala National Forest to the east and the retirement communities of Lake and Sumter Counties to the south. Medical facilities, supermarkets, pharmacies, restaurants, a mall, and a museum are all in the immediate area. Peak season runs through the mild central Florida winter, when snowbird demand fills the resort and the social calendar runs at full strength. Book well ahead for January through March.

from $50/night

Sunshine Village

In the quiet Sumter County countryside near Webster in central Florida, midway between Tampa and Ocala in the lake-dotted landscape north of the Withlacoochee River, Sunshine Village provides a tranquil 55-and-older RV and mobile home resort with 131 sites and the full recreational infrastructure of planned activities, a swimming pool, bocce ball, shuffleboard, horseshoe pits, and bike trails that the active retiree community of central Florida demands. The park's fishing pond, dog park, and on-site RV storage options serve the extended-stay and snowbird guest who makes Sunshine Village a seasonal home base within an hour of Tampa, Orlando, and Ocala's horse country and Silver Springs State Park. One hundred thirty-one sites include 41 full-hookup positions and 4 pull-through configurations, with paved super sites measuring 83 by 43 feet with 72-by-20 concrete pads for the largest rigs and standard grass and paved sites throughout the property. Full hookups include 30-amp and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer service along with cable TV and Wi-Fi for connected campsite comfort. A swimming pool, recreation hall, laundromat, bocce ball courts, shuffleboard, horseshoe pits, pavilion, and planned activities create the community life calendar that distinguishes an active adult resort from a simple site-with-hookups arrangement, and the dog park and bike trails complete the outdoor recreation infrastructure. The on-site fishing pond and the lake-country terrain of Sumter County's interior provide the freshwater fishing character that central Florida's interconnected lake systems supply in abundance year-round. The Withlacoochee State Forest, northwest of Webster, encompasses more than 155,000 acres of the Florida Interior in one of the state's largest forest properties—providing hiking, mountain biking on the Croom trail system, and the natural pine flatwoods and cypress swamp landscape that characterizes central Florida's least-developed interior at its most ecologically intact. The Villages, the massive master-planned active adult community south of Webster in Sumter, Marion, and Lake Counties, represents one of the most significant demographic phenomena in contemporary American geography—a retirement community of more than 130,000 residents with its own commercial districts, entertainment venues, and the golf cart transportation network that has made it the subject of demographic and urban planning study worldwide. The proximity to The Villages creates an active adult amenity ecosystem—restaurants, entertainment, medical facilities, golf courses, and shopping—that Sunshine Village guests can access as readily as the campground's own amenities. Ocala, 30 miles northeast, provides the horse country of Marion County's thoroughbred farms and the Silver Springs glass-bottom boat tours that have operated since the 1870s. Central Florida's subtropical climate supports year-round camping at Sunshine Village, with the snowbird season from October through April representing the peak occupancy period when northern visitors escape to the mild Florida winter that makes Sumter County's sunshine genuinely therapeutic after a Great Lakes or New England November. Summer brings Florida's afternoon thunderstorm pattern and the highest humidity, but the pool, rec hall, and air-conditioned indoor amenities provide the practical relief that keeps the active adult community comfortable through the warm months. The I-75 corridor's proximity makes Sunshine Village a practical base for a regional travel itinerary that covers Sarasota's arts district, Tampa's Ybor City, and the Gulf Coast beaches within comfortable day-trip range.

Holiday RV Park Leesburg

100 RV Sites

Holiday RV Park in Leesburg, Florida, is a 55-plus community offering 81 full-hookup pull-through RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 38 feet, on the Harris Chain of Lakes. A marina, boat docks, outdoor pool, and on-site dining serve an age-qualified lakefront community in Lake County. Eighty-one full-hookup pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 38 feet, with site WiFi. Note the 38-foot cap before booking a larger rig — this suits mid-size coaches rather than the largest. Boat storage and showers handle the practical side, and every site pulling through makes arrival straightforward. The waterfront infrastructure is the draw. A marina and boat docks give direct access to the Harris Chain, with boating, fishing, and paddle boats from the water. An outdoor pool, recreation center, ball field, sports courts, shuffleboard, and a dog park fill the grounds, with on-site dining, hiking, and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Leesburg sits in the heart of Lake County's rolling inland lake district, within the area's established network of retirement and snowbird communities. The Harris Chain of Lakes defines the recreational and social environment for the surrounding community of active adult residents — this is a genuine lake lifestyle rather than a campground near water. Winter is decisively the season in central Florida's retirement corridor. Book well ahead for January through March, when the Harris Chain communities fill.

from $46/night

Buckin’ Bass RV Park

Buckin' Bass RV Park in Okeechobee, FL, offers full-hookup back-in RV sites carrying water, sewer, and electric. Contact the park for site count, amp service, and maximum rig length, since those specifics aren't published here. The park is open all year. Reservations can be made up to 12 months out and require a 50% deposit — worth planning for if you're booking a peak-season stay. Pets are welcome. A boat ramp on the property puts guests directly onto the water, and the name tells you why they come: bass. Boating and fishing are the entire recreation program, and that is the point. Okeechobee sits on the northern shore of Lake Okeechobee — the largest freshwater lake in peninsular Florida and the second-largest entirely within the continental United States, and a fishery the national freshwater community rates among the best anywhere. Rates and deposit terms are on the booking page. Winter bass season books furthest ahead; call to confirm your rig's fit.

from $10/night