Silver Springs State Park

After so many 5 star reviews, perhaps our expectations were too high. It is a lovely park and we did enjoy our time there.. including hitting the trails and the glass bottom boat ride. The campground layout is nice, however not all sites are created equally. When we first booked, we found out afterwards that we had selected a 'Budd... more

We loved Silver Spring State Park from the moment we arrived. Sites are spacious with pretty good privacy, the entire campground is filled with towering trees, and strangely enough, the campground had a wonderful oak/pine smell which we weren't expecting in Florida. We had no sewer at our site, but the bath house had very nice and extr... more

We have a stayed at a handful of campgrounds within the Florida State Park system and Silver Springs is definitely our favorite thus far. The sites offer plenty of separation between campers and the sites on the interior of each ring of campsites usually puts you in the middle of pine trees and plenty of shade too. Our experience is... more

This is a beautiful state park with very large & spacious sites. I wish more campgrounds had such huge sites as these. It's nice to have a site with plenty of privacy and not feel like you are too close to a neighbor. We travel fulltime but are not retired. We work from the road and sometimes need a place to just relax and unwind and g... more

I stayed here in Sept 2016 for 5 nights. There is a lot to like about this little state park. There are hiking trails, canoeing, and glass boat tours. Its proximity to Ocala National Forest also provides other activities if you want to drive about an hour. There are a number of Springs in Ocala National Forest. I didn't spend any time ... more

We stayed here for 3 nights in March 2015. The sites are HUGE - I think the biggest sites I have ever seen in a state park. We were in one of the interior pull through sites, and we could have fit 3 of our RVs in there. The exterior pull throughs and back in sites were also very spacious. You have good separation from your neighbor, an... more