The Aruba RV Resort is as appealing inside the park as it is from the road. Many sites are shaded with tropical vegetation, waterway access is a cinch, and the heated pool, café, and tiki bar out front are available to all guests. Full-hookup sites include slabs with picnic tables .
1825 Old Lakeport Rd, Lakeport, FL 33471
Phone: 863-946-1324 Website
Rates: $31-37
On the Brighton Seminole Reservation, the Brighton Seminole Campground and RV Park has its own stocked fish pond and access for anglers and boaters to the Harney Pond Canal. The campground has 70 full hookup RV sites, a wheelchair accessible bathhouse, camp store, and swimming pool, plus a nearby restaurant, golf course, and casino. It's busy during the holidays, so book ahead!
Route 6 Box 770, Okeechobee, FL 34974
Phone: 863-357-6644 Website
Rates: $20 tents, $40 RV sites, with discounts for longer stays
If you’re looking for a getaway where the live oaks droop low and the Spanish moss waves in the breeze along a cypress-lined waterway, then head to Fisheating Creek Resort. Weekdays are certainly the quiet days along this lazy creek, as the campground is popular on weekends. RV sites are clustered around a bathhouse/laundry area, along with a handful of cabins, and the best primitive campsites are along the creek, downstream from the camp store. The livery service runs shuttles and offers canoe rentals, or you can bring your own and put in for a $2 day use fee.
7555 US 27 N, Palmdale, FL 33944
Phone: 863-675-5999 Website
Rates: Primitive tent sites $15, RV site with full hookups $20, cabins $40-65
The Marina RV Resort offers RV and tent camping right along the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail and the Rim Canal, with boating access to both the lake and the Caloosahatchee River. The sites are mostly in the open. There is a nice central area with a pool, horseshoes, and shuffleboard, and the bathhouse is neat and clean.
900 CR 720 NW, Moore Haven, FL 33471
Phone: 863-946-2255
Rates: Full hookups $25, tents $18
The Army Corps of Engineers manages the Ortona Lock Campground, where 51 groomed, grassy RV and tent sites have a view of the Caloosahatchee River and access to several fishing piers along the dam and the spillway, which drops down from above as picturesque rapids flowing over limestone boulders. The campground is off SR 80 between Moore Haven and LaBelle, and provides a dump station for campers. Leashed pets are welcome.
4330 Dalton Lane SW, Moore Haven, FL 33477
Phone: 863-675-8400 Website
Rates: $24 for sites with water and electric
At Sabal Palm RV Resort and Campground, tuck your RV into a pull-through site shaded by live oaks or pitch a tent. Bring your dogs and your horse - they have a 20 acre fenced area for traveling equestrians to use. There are 68 RV sites and 30 tent sites, with wifi throughout the campground. Enjoy fishing in the stocked pond, rent a canoe and get a shuttle to Fisheating Creek, or relax and take in some live bluegrass in the evening. A dog park provides a place for your dogs to roam off-leash.
1947 Main Street, Palmdale, FL 33944
Phone: 863-675-1778 Website
Rates: Tents $15, water & electric $22, full hookups $25; monthly stay $250 plus electric
At The Glades Resort off SR 80, relax in a cabin along the golf course or bring your RV and settle into a shaded lot not far from the Caloosahatchee River at the marina. There are full hookups at your choice of three different campgrounds within this 480-acre complex, with weekly, monthly, and annual rates available. The comfy cabins have both a bed and a futon.
4382 Indian Hills Dr, Moore Haven, FL 33471
Phone: 863-983-8464 Website
Rates: $30-35 for RV sites, $85 for cabins