Be sure to ask at the Ranger station or front gate if there has been rain lately because my experience hiking on the Seminole and Baynard trail was a very wet and soggy experience and my shoes are still drying on our picnic table. I have linked Seminole trail to that link because that was a longer and more challenging hike than the river rapids trail. One resource that I use to investigate trails in Florida is Florida Hikes. I am not going to describe in depth the park trails because there are plenty of resources that have described every twist and turn on the various trails. It was a 2.4 mile hike one way from the campground to the Fort. I enjoyed walking around the fort WHICH IS NOT OPEN except at various times of the year for inside guided tours. You can also extend the river rapids trail by continuing to walk on the unofficial part of the river rapids trail up river, you will end up walking under the bridge of 301 and you will arrive at an entrance to Fort Foster. The River rapids trail has a connector directly from the campgrounds next to the kayak launch which is a picturesque hike along the river and extends the official river rapids trail by another 1/2 mile. Hiking– There are over 13 miles of hiking trails in and adjacent to the park. The park also has dumpsters and recycle bins handy to campers. Children in the camp area had a blast riding their bikes around and around and around and around the loops. There is also a coke machine and washer/dryer which will probably utilize before the end of the week because lack of sewer means we don’t use our RV washer. There are three bath houses- one in each loop and the one in our loop 2 is older but clean and functional with a total of 4 toilets and 4 showers. There is a publix 2 miles like a crow flies but you will be driving or in our case riding our bikes 8-10 miles to get to the nearest grocery store. We got about 18 good channels on our antenna even though our tv said we got 48. ![]() Each site has a picnic table and fire ring BUT many of the campsites on the loop 3 also had a grill and the newer bath house! Our wifi reception with our sprint phones is not that good and without the wifi booster and our verizon jetpacks reception would be a challenge to work remotely. We camped in site 23 (loop2- closest to river access) which was nice size but did not have any foliage to separate us from our neighbor on our awning/front door side. ![]() I feel the loops 1 and 3 had a bit more options on more secluded campsites. Reserve America labels the loops–> Loop 1 is the Hammock Circle sites 82-114 and Loop 2 are the sites at Rivers Edge 1-40 and loop 3 are sites 40-78. ![]() There are two designated camp areas one called Rivers Edge sites 1-78 with two loops and Hammock Circle with one loop. You will have 30/50 amp electricity and water. We saw many trailers and RV’s larger than our 34 foot Class A maneuver the loops. The sites are nice size and most have nice large shade trees. This area is very low lying so it is prone to flooding quite easily and if you look at the campsites in the video you will notice that since there had been storms in the area the week before. The sites here are mostly firm hard packed sand and there are a couple of gravel sites. ![]() There are no cabins here.Ĭampground- The campground loop roads are a packed gravel like surface and are in good shape. Here is the link to the Hillsborough River Park Website You can access the link to Reserve America if you are interested in making a camping reservation for RV, Tent, primative or Group Camping at the park. Here is our YOUTUBE video overview of the park
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