Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

We stayed for one night on our way to St. Pete Beach. After some difficulty finding the campground entrance in the park due to weak signage, it was all great! Some nice trails, playgrounds, cultural village, carillon tower, and very good and reasonably priced firewood available. Nicest part was folk music festival participants playing tunes around their campfire. It's about a 10 minute drive in from I75 thorugh a small town. We will visit here again.

This park is a gem in the Florida state park system. We stayed in late March and the air was full of birdsong. Spotted hawks, cardinals and woodpeckers. Unfortunately, the park's attractions were all closed (museum, craft village, bell tower), but that kept the park quiet except for campers. The grounds and facilities are well kept. There are two separate restroom buildings with showers, with washers and dryers, and handicapped restrooms. Many wide hiking and biking trails. Electric (30amp) and water hook-up with a dump station on the way out. Firewood for sale. Picnic table and fire ring at each site. Excellent cell service as you are not far from civilization. Lake City is about 12 miles south and Live Oak is 12 miles north. There is a canoe launch in the park but we don't have our own so we booked through American Canoe Adventures right outside the park and they drove us to another launch upriver. We would definitely stay in this campground again.

Note: There is some distant highway noise more noticeable at night, and the occasional train late at night, and on Sunday, we heard very loud motorized vehicles that could have been motorcycles or ATVs.

Nice campground with large sites. Unique opportunity to kayak on the river but don’t need to kayak that river again. OTA tv was intermittent and only cbs station (plus all the normal pbs channels) when it came in. Att and visible phones 2 bars and 2 bars of T-Mobile hotspot but all provided acceptable internet tv/movie. Too bad all the other parts of the park were closed and too bad about the questionable history of Stephen Foster. Lastly, nice recycle bins at each dumpster. On the morning we left, we watched staff empty the recycle containers into the dumpster. Would spot here again but only if we really needed to.

Sometimes you can just tell you hit the jackpot: Beautiful setting, large level sites (the pull-through sites are amazing), other campers there to enjoy the culture and history of the place, great hiking/biking trails, and the Sewannee River Wilderness Trail. We stayed 2 nights (one in the Canebreak loop, the other in the Gopher loop but there is no big distinction between either of the 3 loops). There was an assortment of camping units, from trucks/vans to big rigs. The carillon tower is undergoing renovations but we streamed a few Stephen Foster tunes just to get in the mood.

Very impressive sites for a State Park only three miles off of I-75. Interesting park with historic buildings and nicely shaded areas. The camp sites are very large with good water pressure, picnic table, and fire ring. Nice privacy between sites with mature pines and hedges. Price includes campsite, reservation fee, utility fee, vehicle fee and tax. Great travel stop in north Florida close to the interstate, yet no road noise.

Beautiful, historic park with a small, well-maintained campground. We had an easy, pull-through site with a wide space along side that had a table, fire ring and grill. The site was pristine, even raked, before our arrival. As recent camp hosts in another state, we have great respect for the care these camp hosts take in this park and sought them out to thank them for their service.

The price reflects the discount available to Florida's senior residents.

We stayed here while visiting family and friends in Lake City, which is about a 20 minute drive away. The site was very spacious as were the others we looked at. I saw few sites that wouldn't handle a big rig. Lots of shade trees with spanish moss swaying in the breeze. Several hiking trails, a museum, and the carillon tower are worth a visit. Roads are wide and easily navigated, no low hanging branches. The park sits on the banks of the Suwanee River and kayaks/canoes are available. Nice little gift shop on site also. There isn't much in the way of shopping in White Springs except a Dollar General for necessities. Just a few miles from I-75 so would do excellent for an overnight stay. Senior discount unavailable to out-of-state folks, but price was good anyway. Definitely recommend.

This was a beautiful campground! Most of the facilities at the front of the park were closed however we had a great time anyway! The camp hosts (BJ) was super friendly, always around, and provided great tips (like ice cream in town). Plenty nearby to do. We went hiking at a few different places and felt like with more time we could have done more. If you go plan to go to Big Shoals to hike, know the road is dirt (and mud) to the park. Falling creek was a very short hike to a small waterfall. If you're a history buff, the White Sulfer Spring is right outside the entrance to the park but the water was dark and dirty when we went. Lots of springs to swim in near the Suwannee River SP only about 30 minutes away. I highly recommend Madison Blue Spring (just don't bring a pet). Tmobile was almost unusable.