The Best in Tent Camping: Florida: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos
- Book Review,
by Johnny Molloy
Review
"Molloy has obviously done his homework and writes knowingly about some of the best campgrounds in the state, from the Panhandle to the Everglades. Entries include directions and other information that should prove useful to families planning a camping vacation."
--The Tampa Tribune-Times
"Take the guess work out of finding your perfect site!"
--Captiva Current
Review
"Molloy has obviously done his homework and writes knowingly about some of the best campgrounds in the state, from the Panhandle to the Everglades. Entries include directions and other information that should prove useful to families planning a camping vacation."
--The Tampa Tribune-Times
"Take the guess work out of finding your perfect site!"
--Captiva Current
Review
"Molloy has obviously done his homework and writes knowingly about some of the best campgrounds in the state, from the Panhandle to the Everglades. Entries include directions and other information that should prove useful to families planning a camping vacation."
--The Tampa Tribune-Times
"Take the guess work out of finding your perfect site!"
--Captiva Current
Book Description
Offering essential details on facilities, reservations, fees, and more as well as accurate, easy-to-read maps, The Best in Tent Camping: Florida will lead you to the 50 best campgrounds in the state.
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The Best in Tent Camping: Florida will guide you to the quietest, most beautiful, most secure, and best managed campgrounds in Florida. Painstakingly selected from more than 1,000 campgrounds in the forest, in the swamps, and on the coast, each campsite is rated for: beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness. Each campground profile provides essential details on facilities, reservations, fees, and restrictions, as well as an accurate, easy-to-read map, making the cam
From the Back Cover
If you subscribe to the opinion that Japanese lanterns, televisions, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, then The Best in Tent Camping: Florida should be your constant outdoor companion.
From the sugar white beaches of the Gulf Coast to the vast mangrove stands of the Everglades, camping in Florida has never been better. The Best in Tent Camping: Florida is a guidebook for tent campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching a tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boombox, or waking up to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs.
Each campground profile gives unbiased and thorough evaluations, taking the guesswork out of finding the perfect site. Essential information provided includes:
* Campground layout map
* Key information such as fees, restrictions, and dates of operation
* Ratings for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, quiet, security, and cleanliness
* Detailed campground description
* Precise driving directions
* Campground locator map
Whether you are a native Floridian in search of new territory or an out-of-state vacationer, The Best in Tent Camping unlocks the secrets to finding and enjoying the best tent-camping experiences in Florida.
About the Author
Johnny Molloy is an outdoor writer based in Johnson City, Tennessee. He has averaged over 100 nights in the wild per year since the early 1980's, backpacking and canoe camping throughout the country. He has written numerous hiking and tent camping guides for the southeastern states, Wisconsin and Colorado.
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Cayo Costa is a barrier island that is accessible only by water. A trip here calls for a little planning, but it's more than worth it. If you like miles of unspoiled beaches, Gulf sunsets, and a tent-only campground, this is the place for you.
Your first step is to get a reservation on the ferryboat Tropic Star. Call (941) 283-0015 to reserve your seat. Then bring everything you will need for your camping trip. There are no stores on the island and no convenient access to one once you are on it. Then, get to the ferry on time and enjoy the 90-minute ride from Pine Island to Cayo Costa.
Once you get there, register for your campsite. Next, a park tram will take you from the bay side of the island to the Gulf side, where the campground is located. It's a little bothersome loading and unloading your gear on the boat and tram, but once you get set up, you'll wonder why you didn't get here sooner.
The tram drops you off at the campground. Resist the urge to run to the white beach and blue water; register for your campsite first. Follow the beachside sandy path running through a stand of Australian pines to a more open area of sea grape and other native plants. A hundred yards of sporadic sea oats divide you from the ocean. Campsites 1 through 3 are in the shade of the pines and look out on the Gulf.
The remaining 27 campsites are sunny overhead but are separated by sea grapes. The skeletons of dead Australian pines above you stand testimony to the park policy of eliminating these exotics. All of these sites feature an ocean view. A spur path goes behind the small dune at campsite 5 and contains campsites 13 through 24. The sites are shielded from the wind, which make them a little buggier yet warm during infrequent cold spells. The beach vegetation, primarily sea grape and palm, provides adequate site privacy.
The other six campsites are on a path of their own, back from the beach beneath some Australian pines with some bigger thickets of sea grape. These sites are very shady, and look out on one another, though some of the sites are tucked away in the thickets of sea grape.
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