Travelers Campground

So this was the first time I ever went camping as an adult by myself (30yo) bought a 34’ travel trailer 4 days prior to camping here. Luckily I had experience with family but that was well over 15yrs ago. So I had to learn and do everything myself all over again. Luckily the staff here made everything smooth and put me at ease with their amazing customer service. We stayed from Monday - Thursday (10/13/22) and everything on the camp grounds side of things went very smooth.

This place was fantastic! Clean and well maintained. We opted for a bigger back-in spot over the pull thrus. Turned out to be a great decision because it put our 43” fifth wheel in a easier to navigate spot. Don’t know if the pull-thrus would’ve worked for us with the way they’re laid out. Office staff was very friendly, extremely helpful, and accommodating. WiFi is pretty slow and Verizon wasn’t great either. You’ll hear some noise from I-75 but it didn’t bother us much. Kids loved the animals!! Definitely recommend this spot for over overnighters!

We stayed 1 night. Our site was a pull through, so no backing in and out. That was a plus. There is a great dog park with a dog waah, and there are bathrooms and showers a stone’s throw away. Trash bins are also very close by. The best part were the donkeys, pigs, emu, goats and chickens. We happened to have carrots in our RV, and started our morning feeding the donkeys. It was such a great experience. We will DEFINITELY be returning in the future!

Right off the highway, but the turn is a little confusing. On the GPS, it looks like it tells you to do a U turn on the highway and go up the ramp, instead you take the road to Waffle House and go down a road that runs along the highway. Fairly easy in, some big trees/branches that may cause some anxiety on the way to your personal campsite.

We got a pull through site- which is a bit deceiving if you are expecting a typical pull through. They are pull through sites separated by roads in between so there is some zig zagging to get to pull through depending on who is parked when you arrive. If there are too many other RVs parked, you will have to come up the road and 90 degree angle to park at your site, which is fine but can be tight depending on your rig and towing. See campground map for better understanding of this.

Our pad is pretty level and paved, no complaints there. We are on the corner lot with a bush outside the door and the grass area is pretty un-level making the provided 4 foot picnic table/outdoor yard pretty unusable. Our site has 20/30/50 amp hook ups, water, and double sewer.

We are right across from the bathrooms, they are close enough for convenience but not too close if you know what i mean. ;) The bathrooms are outdated but I wouldn't say they were unclean necessarily. We used the bathrooms/showers multiple times while here and the water pressure/temp was just fine.

We have loved the scenery/vibe we have at this camp ground. You are surrounded by trees and feels like you are staying at someones farm in a lot of ways. They have rescue animals (horse, cow, donkeys, goats, pigs, chickens, emus, and macaws) that line the side and back of the campground and we have loved being able to walk down and see/feed the animals.

They have an awesome large dog park that our big dogs have loved.

They have a playground, a little pavilion area, a heated pool and paved roads for bikes/scooters/skateboards.

Laundry was a bit of a frustration as they were having trouble with water pressure so washing was always a guess about how long it would take. It would be great if they added more laundry facilities in the future for the size of the park, 4 machines may not cut it for everyone long term- but we didn't have an issue with availability. Laundry cost was typical at $2.25 wash and $2.00 to dry. The laundry room was a nice space and had a desk with chairs and a large table for folding and some chairs around the perimeter.

The staff is amazing! They are so sweet, accommodating, and friendly (even with kids and pets which you don't always see, esp with big dogs and kids that are old enough to run and play by themselves).

Internet/cell service is spotty. We have Verizon and T-Mobile for cell phones. We could use our cell phones in our camper but it wasn't always great. Phone calls/texts weren't an issue but streaming, videos, uploading, etc. proved to be frustrating at times. (Verizon 14-38.6 mbps, 3-4.3 upload, 47-232 latency but VERY inconsistent) We have T-mobile home internet which had 2 bars (12.1-33.3 mbps, 4-5.5 upload, 52-67 latency but inconsistent) at our site (we were told the site we have is the best for internet/cell access due to lack of thick trees). We have verizon jet pack, ATT and Tmobile sim cards inserted into our pepwave system and internet was still not reliable enough for my husband to work during the day. MIND YOU- my husband needs high speed, reliable internet to work. Generally hes looking for 10 to 25 Mbps download speed range and at least 3 Mbp. Sometimes it was good, the next it was awful- the service wasn't consistent enough to work. *****THANKFULLY the campground offered a paid internet option (they have everything you need to get hooked up) utilizing this we have enjoyed being able to stay here and work with no issues!*****

We did have all amazon packages shipped to office, they would email you upon arrival. Their camp store at the office was pretty good compared to some of the others we've seen- having a lot of the basic necessities for camping, drinks/snacks, etc.

The area is about 30 minutes to Gainesville, FL. It is a pretty small town but there are some things to do. We got covid while we were here so we missed out on a lot of exploring, but some of the things I noticed were: Lowes minutes away, lots of fast food minutes away, cute little downtown strip with resturants etc. within 10 minutes, a skatepark, publix up the street, Aldis 30 minutes away, shopping 20-30 minutes (walmart, target, mall etc.) There are some springs within 15 minutes or so, we did enjoy checking those out and doing some exploring over there. There is an RV store about 10 minutes away but every time we would have used them they couldn't help us with our issue. There is a mobile RV tech who comes regularly to the campground if needed IRV was the name. You can get groceries delivered to your site using Instacart (we did this while we were sick). So overall the area had everything you need, but if you're looking for lots to do etc. you need to plan to drive to Gainesville.

There are a lot of sites! There is RV storage on the property over by the dog park. It appears there is a good amount of long term/residents but for us there is no issues with that. There were a handful of political flags/signs etc. which is a turn off for us- but understandable that each campground has their own rules. They did pack RVs into every ounce of space in some cases but I will say I am grateful when they accommodated us last minute because our reservation in Bradenton got cancelled for January in Florida in December (YES WE WERE STRESSED!!!) With that being said, no one had issues stepping over sewer hoses, opening slides etc. that's not what i mean by packing them in. I mean they would make anything work as a campsite in order to accommodate someones need, in Florida during winter- well if you know you know... They have a lot of land, so they made it work. (also I believe they were forth coming and honest with everyone who booked, I don't want anyone to think that someone showed up to a make shift campsite- gosh written reviews are hard!)

We rated this campground at a 4/5 because it was a beautiful, rustic, functioning, clean, maintained, the friendliest staff, the dog park, and the animals. The reasons it didn't hit 5 stars was because it's not a resort and you should be expecting that when you come in. The bathrooms were not our favorite, more and better functioning laundry would be great, the yard being un-level made us hang indoors more than we prefer. Overall this was a really good campsite and we would definitely stay here again.

Enjoyed our overnight stay here. Easy access from I-75, full hookups And level pull thru places. They have a few rescue animals that you can see and some beautiful parrots in flight cages at the entrance. Friendly staff who take you to your spot with a golf cart. Shady areas, picnic tables and a nice place to walk around. WiFi was weak. Would stay here again. As nice or nicer than KOA’s we have been at. Our price was with a GoodSam discount.

This is a good overnight spot. The price reflected a 10% good Sam discount. Staff is friendly, escorted to the site. Seems as the overnighters are lumped together. Easy pull spots to pull in and out. Freshly paved sites. Very small grassy area and unlevel, nice shade tree on our spot. Lots of cable channels and WiFi if needed. Although cell service is available. Bath houses are clean. Entertaining to see all the farm animals. Horse, donkeys, goats, Cow, emu and parrots.