Alexander Springs Recreation Area

We had a great time ! Clean amenities, nice staff, well maintained campsites . The spring is beautiful and super clean, great experience all together!

We had a great time ! Clean amenities, nice staff, well maintained campsites . The spring is beautiful and super clean, great experience all together!

Very poor experience. The guests at other sights were cutting trees, openly doing drugs and drinking alcohol and playing loud music late into the night. Very sad at what this Spring has become on weekends.

Very poor experience. The guests at other sights were cutting trees, openly doing drugs and drinking alcohol and playing loud music late into the night. Very sad at what this Spring has become on weekends.

We stayed for 13 days in our 35ft Class A. Since we were boondocking we were close to the bathrooms which allowed us to shower. Very nice. Loved the Springs …spent a couple of days just reading and enjoying the area. We drove approx an hour to get to Daytona Beach, visited St Augustine, and Cocoa Beach. Nice location for us. Small towns around and beautiful country.

We stayed for 13 days in our 35ft Class A. Since we were boondocking we were close to the bathrooms which allowed us to shower. Very nice. Loved the Springs …spent a couple of days just reading and enjoying the area. We drove approx an hour to get to Daytona Beach, visited St Augustine, and Cocoa Beach. Nice location for us. Small towns around and beautiful country.

I love camping in the Ocala National Forest. During the week it is quiet and usually a great experience. The Alexander Spring Run of about two miles is clear, slow moving and consistently fun with an abundance of wildlife and decent fishing for boaters. The racoons are big and brazen, alligators and armadillos shy. I highly recommend the Paisley Woods MTB trail. I especially like the southern portion as it has less trail sand to bog you down. It's a good workout and on weekdays not overly busy!

I love camping in the Ocala National Forest. During the week it is quiet and usually a great experience. The Alexander Spring Run of about two miles is clear, slow moving and consistently fun with an abundance of wildlife and decent fishing for boaters. The racoons are big and brazen, alligators and armadillos shy. I highly recommend the Paisley Woods MTB trail. I especially like the southern portion as it has less trail sand to bog you down. It's a good workout and on weekdays not overly busy!

We rented a pavilion for the day so we did not have to get to the park so early in the morning. However, only one parking spot was reserved for us. The other people in our party had to get there early to ensure they could get in. It took them 90 minutes to get in after the park opened. Another couple who planned to come didn’t because they didn’t want to wait to get in.

Overall, the park was clean, and we enjoyed our time while we were there. We just didn’t like that with the cost of renting the pavilion that the day use fee wasn’t included (at least for a # of people) and we only had 1 reserved parking space. It defeated the purpose of putting in how many we had in our party when I made the reservation because it didn’t matter.

Ultimately, get there early and don’t pay for the pavilion!!

Alexander Springs is a wonderful place for family camping. The springs and run are amazing. The park is beautiful and superbly maintained. The one thing, however, that is totally out of character is that there's absolutely no recycling. For a National Forest Park to overlook such a basic contribution for environmental protection and sustainability, provides a bad example, especially for children, who visit the park. I hope this changes.