Rodman Campground

Was here through some really bad winter weather with much rain followed by freezing temperatures. Sites are flat. Many sites were low and had 6" of standing water at the picnic table and fire ring, but the rig space was high. Sites 59-68 are across the road from the FL Barge Canal. Fishing was excellent at the Rodman Lake Dam. Toilets were well cleaned regularly and laundry worked perfectly.

This is my first time in an RV. And my first campground. So far I’ve been staying at Flying J’s and planet fitness parking lots. If every campground was like this place, I would just do this all the time. This place is beautiful, quiet and isolated. My spot said partial shade, but ended up being completely shaded spot 45. I have Verizon and my phone only has one bar and the Internet won’t work. However, my Verizon Jetpack has four bars of 4G and works flawlessly. I’ve already watched a couple movies and worked from “home.”

We loved this campground! Getting a spot right on the canal made it even better! It was very quiet, with comfortable sites. Felt very safe. They have washers & dryers available, and the cleanest restrooms and showers we have ever seen at a campground! The campground host was very friendly and helpful too. Enjoyed riding our bikes, walking and visiting with people we met. The only downside was the AT&T cell phone reception. Not good at all. We need to work as we travel and had to go park up by the dam to get enough reception to work.

Great park and surrounding area! We stayed for 2 nights at site 62 along the canal. All sites are well spaced and have a great water view. We are class C towing a travel trailer, 44 feet all in and had no issue backing into the site.

Great place for our eBikes, we did the 8 mile round trip to the Buckman Lock. Also nice bike from the canal loop over to the other section by the boat ramp. The primitive / tent site area was beautiful and had great sites also.

There are signs for bears and gators though we did not see any. Lots of birds, fish jumping in the water. Staff was friendly and helpful. Cell service was not great 1-2 bars on AT&T .

This is our second visit to this park. While I enjoyed staying in a site next to the canal better, the newer section was a nice place to stay too. Site 2 is a large, roadside, pull through and although I liked the privacy we got by the site being behind the TT, we had to deal with a lot of headlights coming in the windows at night and noise from the bath house nearby. We had a great time riding our bikes on part of the Florida Trail that runs next to the canal and followed it for 4.5 miles before we ran into a gate. The two lane dump station is at the entrance of the park and it was easy to dump the TT but difficult to use the portable tank because of the large hump in the middle of the lanes. No wifi but we got a decent hotspot signal with Verizon (Download: 13.93 Upload: 19.48 Streaming: 2.6) and great hotspot signal with AT&T (Download: 76.44 Upload: 13.89 Streaming: 3.3). We will return!

This campground is way underrated, and a perfect little tucked away gem. We've been following the Cross Florida Greenway converted from the former barge canal project, so this was an obvious stop for us. We were blown away by this little campground.

This one is along the completed section of the barge canal, and you can get sites looking right on it. We grabbed one, and wow.. they are amazing. Well spaced and amazing views.

There are two different sections, most sites in Phase II are pretty awesome. The waterfront ones being our favorites. There's a berm from the dredging of the canal a few decades ago that divides the waterfront sites from the rest of the campground, giving you lots of privacy in the back. The campground photos don't really give you that impression.

And if you like biking or hiking, there's a trail that takes you to the only lock completed for the old barge canal (go to east of the campground). It follows the canal, so water views & wildlife the entire way. You can also exit the campground and take a right, to get to the dam for amazing sunset views.

Oh, and perfectly usable cell service on Verizon and AT&T for streaming or video conferencing.