Juniper Springs Rec Area

Overall, the Juniper Springs campground is well-maintained and sites are of a reasonable size. Unfortunately, during our first night in the campground there were extremely loud people at a nearby site - hooting and hollering until about 3 a.m. No one came to enforce quiet hours. Oddly, the bathhouse had no outlets to plug in a hair dryer, which is a first in all the years I have been camping. (Also, there are no electrical hookups at this campground.) There is no heat at all in the bathhouses in the event of freezing weather. (In contrast, a state park in Georgia placed space heaters in the bathrooms during cold weather.) To make matters worse, the bathhouse fans at Juniper Springs blow cold air down into the shower areas and cannot be turned off. Shower sprays can't be directed, and the slope of the floors causes water to drain improperly - showers soaked everything, including clothing on hooks and shoes placed beyond the edge of the shower area.

While the campgrounds themselves were quite well laid out, the actual park itself is in such dire need of repair and refurbishment, you should really consider either closing down the park entirely and updating everything or at least charge folks a discount for choosing to visit this park. Had I known that basically all of the pathways were going to be closed, in addition to the kayak launch, I wouldn't have chosen to stay here. Plus, the spring itself is barely a spring. Overall, I was quite disappointed with my stay and as an outdoors enthusiast and influencer, I will do my best to broadcast that folks shouldn't visit this park until it has been updated.

Great experience. Clean and quiet campground even when full. Easy access to great hiking in the FL Trail. 5/5 Stars!

Small but absolutely beautiful spring! Nice to swim in. Unfortunately all the walking trails were closed and blocked off.

Always a great place to camp and hang out with family been coming there over 20 years. Only thing this trip was some unruly boys who kept flooding bathroom floors all weekend other than that always clean and peaceful.

Friendly staff, clean, quiet, great access to day hikes and the Florida Trail runs right through the front of the park.
I had a great stay. I was there for 3 nights during the holidays when it was at max capacity and even then everyone was considerate for other campers.
Clean showers and restrooms too.

The facility is not well maintained with the current management concessionaire. The bathrooms are filthy and the one worker we talked to tried to dissuade us from kayaking the Juniper Spring Run based on our age alone. This run is easily accomplished by novice kayakers. It may take a little longer if you are not very experienced, but it is certainly doable. The $10 fee is absurd for your own kayaks. I have never paid so much to launch my own kayak. The whole vibe of the campground is negative. DO NOT signs everywhere. The boardwalks are closed and there is absolutely nothing in the mill house. What a shame to waste such beautiful land and nature. I'm sure this is not what the benefactor envisioned for his land.

Good times

This campsite offers very little privacy but it does offer plenty of shade, a nice large picnic table and fire pit. Good trees for hanging a hammock or setting up a slack line. Close to bathrooms with hot showers also. Just be prepared to bring tarps to create your own privacy.

We stayed at site 60 and they had a massive tree about to fall on the camp site. I tried to move my site and offered to pay money and they still refused, so we got forced into camping on the walk way almost. Claimed it is pet friendly and you arent allowed to bring your animals anywhere besides tied up in your campsite. Will not re visit this specific spring, but I will always travel the ocala forest.