Juniper Springs Rec Area

Allways a delightful outdoor experience with friendly staff and beautiful surroundings.

My girlfriend and I stayed in a tent spot, had great access to restrooms, public areas and more. Spot was clean and well kept and even had the luck of having an armadillo visit us in the night. Great people and great place!

Very quiet nice private pull through spots

Beautiful campground nestled among palmettos. Clean bathrooms with warm water. Nice head springs.

Beautiful location. Most of the trails inside the park were closed for repairs and appeared to have been closed for a long time.

It was disappointing that we were not notified ahead of time that the boat ramp to access the spring run was closed. It would also be nice if some repairs were done to the board walks and picnic shelters. The staff was pleasant

Very friendly and helpful staff. Beautiful campground. Perfect!

The campsite was very nice and clean. The only downside is that it was New Years and the group next to us were noisy. The site is great for families.

Great spot overall. Very friendly staff. Unfortunately the board walk trail is still closed.

We stayed for 4 nights during the 2024 holiday season in the Tent Only area of the campground. While we were directly across from 2 other spots, we were lucky enough that our fellow campers had good taste in music and were relatively quiet. We had a short walk through the woods and over a bridge to the bathrooms. Bathrooms were kept tidy although by end of day Sunday there was no toilet paper left in the women's bathroom. Good thing we had brought our own. Bear box was a must and extremely helpful to store all of our goods in. Picnic tables are the plastic coated metal which are great since they don't get soaked in the rain like a wood table. Though bring a cushion cuz they get a bit hard if you sit for a long period of time (think while playing games).

The biggest issue we had were the aggressive racoons. When checking in, the ranger told us that bears had been active in the area. She said it with a winky type smile so I am pretty sure she was really referring to the trash pandas. They would come right up to us, steal anything that was left out, whether it was food or not, and overall made hanging out after dark difficult. Over the weekend, the campground was full and there were lots of dogs around. The 'coons were nowhere to be found those two nights but on the other, much calmer nights, we had to battle them pretty hard.

The swimming area was gorgeous and provided a cool snorkeling experience. We kayaked down Juniper Run which was an exciting river to paddle full of twists and turns. We even saw a gator and an otter in addition to the numerous birds and turtles. It is much easier in a single kayak. It is a river that requires maneuverability skills so if you are a first time kayaker I would recommend heading over to Silver Springs instead. Important to note: no paddleboards or inflatables of any kind are allowed on the river.

Overall, we really enjoyed our stay there. We already have plans to go back next year!