Florida Winter Destinations

[dfgrant]

Recommendations for Florida wintering for 2-3 months

 

[SeilerBird]

Do you want to engage in water activities, photography, hiking, theme parks or what?

 

[Hfx_Cdn]

    Anyplace along the I 4 corridor or south of it.  North of it will be cold for 3 to 4 weeks January to early February.  There are virtually hundreds of 55+ parks available, with the more expensive ones nearer the coast, or near the Theme Parks.

Ed

 

[Rene T]

Recommendations for Florida wintering for 2-3 months

We stay at Sanlan RV Resort in Lakeland FL. Really nice with a ton of activities if you want to participate. So it's not cheap. It all depends what you're looking for.

 

[NY_Dutch]

We stay at the Escapees RV Club owned Sumter Oaks RV Park near Bushnell, FL for 4-5 weeks in the winter at $340/month plus electric. The rest of the time we move from state park to state park every week or two.

 

[legrandnormand]

Do you want to engage in water activities, photography, hiking, theme parks or what?

Hiking in FL ! Are you serious ?  ;D ;D ;D

 

[SeilerBird]

Hiking in FL ! Are you serious ?  ;D ;D ;D

Yes I am serious, I do a lot of hiking in Florida. Some of us like to stay in shape.

 

[Olustee bus]

The Florida Trail runs right near the Osceola campground in Olustee, Florida. I may do that this winter. I live nearby.

 

[Rene T]

Hiking in FL ! Are you serious ?  ;D ;D ;D

Yes, hiking. The campground I go to has over 7 mils of hiking trails. Hiking doesn't necessarily have to be in mountains.

 

[VallAndMo]

Howdy,

Yes I am serious, I do a lot of hiking in Florida. Some of us like to stay in shape.

+1. We did a lot of hiking (with and without geocaching) when we RVed in Florida 2 years ago. Generally enjoyed the experience, the one exception was when we almost stumbled onto an alligator larger and almost as tall as a Harley after a turn in the trail (but fortunately for all involved, the beast showed admirable good thinking and just stood up and ran back into the water ~20ft away faster than we could blink an eye, *without* carrying any of us in its jaws. It was quite a fright, tho...).

Cheers,
--
  Vall & Mo.

 

[jsetti]

We stayed at Hide-A-Way RV in Ruskin last winter.  Cost was about $600 per month plus electric.  It is a 55+ park.  They have a nice pool and lots of activities.  Horseshoes, shuffleboard, aerobics, water aerobics, kayaking, bowling, golf, dances, pot-luck dinners, entertainment, bingo, etc.

It is located on the Little Manatee River south of Tampa on Route 41.  Easy access to Tampa and/or across they Skyway Bridge to St. Petersburg or south to Bradenton and Sarasota for dining and entertainment.  It's also a quick trip into Sun City for meds (Walgreens, CVS, Walmart) and shopping (Publix, Winn-Dixie, Walmart).

There are a lot of really nice full time residents there and many of the "transients" come back every year.  It has a nice "neighborhood" feel for an RV park.

 

[Sailor Bill]

We winter over in Sebring area, Highland Hammock State park is nearby {https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Highlands-Hammock} with plenty of hiking trails. Sebring is a good location to go just about anywhere in Fl. and is a little cheaper than being near the beach areas. As long as you get south of Tampa the weather stays pretty good. 8)

 

[JW of Opechee Shores]

Come on Seiler Bird and Rene, In NH we hike trails: in Florida we do "Walking Trails". Going to Florida and walking is a fun and healthy way to stay active but calling it hiking is a stretch.

 

[legrandnormand]

Come on Seiler Bird and Rene, In NH we hike trails: in Florida we do "Walking Trails". Going to Florida and walking is a fun and healthy way to stay active but calling it hiking is a stretch.

I agree with you, in FL you walk trails but in AZ or UT you do hike trails ! 
In FL you can bike anywhere, but not in AZ or UT, you'll need an electric bike !