Juniper Springs Rec Area

Always a good time and relaxing. I have been going to this camp ground since 1998 and it never gets old.

The camping spaces were well spaced apart, very clean campground, bathrooms well kept. The spring itself is gorgeous and well monitored. We look forward to coming back!

Used to camp here regularly when my kids were growing up but had not been in a number of years. Juniper Springs was still the same as I remember. The grounds were well taken care of and the campground was too, bathrooms were spotless and I did walk around all 3 campgrounds and the trails. I was disappointed that the boardwalk trail was closed I think from damage caused by Hurricane Ian and then Nicole last year (2022). I am sure there is a funding shortage for that sort of thing but I hope it can be worked on soon and back open again and we will be back again now we are staying closer to hom.

Beautiful, quiet and clean! The staff were friendly and helpful.

The grounds were amazingly well kept. Clean. The community were all friendly, respectful of the rules and looked after each other. We had a really good time.

It was a nice stay at the campground but facilities at the campground were not open while we stayed there.

It was a beautiful campground. We stayed in the tropical loop which was right in between Juniper Springs(where you can swim) and the Fern Hammock Springs. The trails were nice but the boardwalk needed some work, we couldn't access most of it. There were tons of families with small children. I would come back again, or even just for the day as there are plenty of options nearby.

Overall lovely trip- we did excursions to other areas of the National Forest outside of Juniper Springs each day. We tent camped in the sand loop. The campsite itself was great- fairly private from other sites due to the plants surrounding the site; nice place for setting up a tent; nice picnic table; fire ring with cooking grate was wonderful. The parts we didn't like: right next to the highway, and the road noise kept us up during the night at times; there is no dishwashing sink in this loop, so we had to carry everything to the neighboring loop a couple times a day; the firewood they have for purchase is barely wood- more like bark- which made campfire cooking a challenge, so I would recommend bringing your own wood; our bear box was so difficult to operate, we were barely able to use it (I don't know if ours was just not functioning properly or if they're all that bad; I've used bear boxes in plenty of other places with no issue).

Honestly we were disappointed, the actual spring water itself was beautiful. But the campground seems to not be very dog and bike friendly. Nor bikes or dogs are allowed on any trails or anywhere but in campground itself. The park is fairly small it would have been nice to have areas our little friends (dogs) would also be allowed. Also, the trails were all but one closed which made it even less enjoyable. We had a 4 night stay setup and left after the first night.

The mill has been reopened. The spring is beautiful and serene. Saw otters, turtles and of course the boils