Salt Springs Recreation Area

Salt Springs is a favorite camping destination for our family. The campground is well kept and the restroom facilities are always clean. The staff are friendly and helpful. The campsite infrastructure (water, sewer, electric, paved RV parking, etc.) is in great condition. The springs which are a short walk from the campground are beautiful and a lovely place for a picnic, which we did on this most recent visit. We look forward to future visits for relaxation and enjoyment of nature.

This is the cleanest, most well-maintained campground we've ever stayed in! We've been here twice, and both times it was exceptional. The staff and camp hosts were friendly and helpful. We were able to snorkel in the spring, which was really nice, and the cute little town of Ocala is only 30 minutes away.

Staff was rude and loitering in the bathroom at all hours of the day, making my children and myself very uncomfortable.
They clearly singled my group out mind you my group was special needs children and a dog.
The attendant pressured us to cancel our stay and refused us entry of the park even though we had payed for and reserved camp sights.
The ada sight was not accessible to the spring and the spring is not accessible at all.

The springs were closed because of the hurricane, then we were told we couldn’t use the sewage!

The campground is great, the staff was friendly and helpful.
We were very disappointed that the Salt Springs were closed. We couldn't hike or go kayaking. I get all kinds of emails about upcoming reservations and receipts, rate your experience, etc. When it came to letting us know the condition of the Salt Springs, we got one crumby phone call, and it was unintelligible! We had booked 2 nights because we liked the Spring so much last year. Because we really couldn't do anything on the grounds we decided to just pack up and leave after one night. We hope to be able to use the Springs again some time. If you could give us a raincheck for a future visit that would be nice. In the future when you know that a Recreational Area is really not up to your usual standards I think it is important to send a better message. Thanks for trying, but it wasn't enough.

Park and campground was amazing. Camp stores were sparse and open limited time frame.

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We really enjoyed our 3 nights at Salt Springs. Every site was paved and there were many that offered full or part shade. Facilities were clean and accommodating.
Staff was friendly. We will be back.

The biggest thing to know is if you camp over the weekend, campers are not allowed to park at the springs. And believe me, they’ll know, you can’t . Park police are everywhere, at the springs, the campsites… with so many places struggling with being understaffed… that’s NOT a problem at this campground. It’s quite a long walk from campsites to springs. Someone can drop you off, but of course then that someone either stays back to pick up later and that person makes the walk back to the camping side. Throughout the weekend they want those parking spots open for day users. They’ve already got the campers money, they want all the day users they can fit in that parking lot. When I complained about this I was told it was a curtesy to campers that we were able to go into the springs free and not pay day user fee each day. That they were actually 2 separate parks and if they chose to could make us pay spring entry too. Other than private campgrounds, this was the most expensive we’ve camped at.

We really enjoyed our camping trip to Salt Springs and truly hope they can find another vendor to take over the park or it closes in December 2024. Swimming in the spring was wonderful! The only negatives were not being able to get cold water in the showers…one temperature…hot and we experienced two temporary “brown-outs” with the electric. Otherwise, it was great and we really hope to be able to camp here again.