Four Florida State Parks

Charlie-  Thanks for the review!  We have been to Silver River and agree wholeheartedly.  Did you hike to

Originally posted by hogone Good to hear on Silver Springs, making a pit stop there in November.  Also plan on spending 3 days at Henderson Beach.  Any word on that park.  Looks nice on the web; but one never knows!  hogone

Can't give you much help on Henderson Beach. You know, it's right in my backyard so I've never been there. We drive by it all the time, but have only stopped once. It looks fine from the road and on the Web site. Water and electric hookups. There is some low scrub vegetation, but it's really an open beach park. I'm not a beach person so I haven't look too closely, but if you are looking for a nice beach stay and close to lots of tourist stuff Henderson should be fine.

Years ago (around 1975) we had a big old station wagon.  We went to Anastasia Island (St. Augustine Beach) and were assigned a site right on the beach.  At the time we had 3 young children and a pop-up and ended up stuck in the sand while backing up into our site.  Now, after living in Florida for 11 years, we know the different types of sand and avoid camping where there is "sugar" sand.  I imagine Florida campgrounds have learned from past mistakes and offer beachfront camping only on firmer sand.

Bob