About Big Scrub Campground
Number of accommodations: 46
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Reviews (70)
What Guests Are Saying
Big Scrub Campground offers a peaceful and clean camping experience with friendly and helpful camp hosts. The facilities, including bathrooms and hot showers, are well-maintained, making it a comfortable stop for campers. While the access road is bumpy and some areas show signs of wear, the campground provides a great atmosphere for outdoor activities, especially for families with children.
What Guests Are Saying
Big Scrub Campground offers a peaceful and clean camping experience with friendly and helpful camp hosts. The facilities, including bathrooms and hot showers, are well-maintained, making it a comfortable stop for campers. While the access road is bumpy and some areas show signs of wear, the campground provides a great atmosphere for outdoor activities, especially for families with children.
Review Summary
Thomas W
VerifiedMarch 29, 2024 • Stayed at: 023, Loop: BIG SCRUB
Campgrounds we’re clean and we’ll maintained. This includes the restroom/shower facilities. Hosts were friendly, informative and maintained order among campers.
Victoria C
VerifiedMarch 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: BIG SCRUB
Clean and safe place to camp. Trail entry is on site. Chris the campground host is awesome.
Glenn R
VerifiedFebruary 20, 2024 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: BIG SCRUB
Big Scrub is kind of disappointing for its price. $28 ($20 for site and $8 for uncle Sam for the "convenience" of using the online service) unless you have the special passes and then its closer to $15 which is more fair.
No hookups at all except for 3 spigots randomly in between sites spread across the whole site. Bathrooms are nice. Few sites are level and there is no shade which is crazy for a park in Florida.
Cindy P
VerifiedFebruary 19, 2024 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: BIG SCRUB
Interesting place to stay. Off the beaten path and lots of ATV/UTVs. Decent restrooms and showers. Camp host was very helpful
Judith L
VerifiedFebruary 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: BIG SCRUB
The campground was well maintained. The host I believe his name is Chris and his wife are very friendly and helpful. The ATV trails were fun and well kept.
Peter B
VerifiedJanuary 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: BIG SCRUB
The campground is big - lots of sites. No electric, but Bear Boxes are provided. The previous night at Hopkins Prairie, Mr. Bear visited my site, so I was glad to see a safe place to store my food. The bath rooms were very clean. There was hot water in the shower, BUT, they've set it up so you have to push a button to get the water to run. The problem is, the button is not located next to the water handles, but 2 steps away, so you have to step out of the water to keep it running! Not a fan.
Liza P
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: BIG SCRUB
Pretty good campground for access to the Centennial Trail, considering it doesn’t have water or electric hookups. I didn’t see the shower house so I can’t comment on that. A little noisy on a Saturday night from a group of dirt bikers revving and riding around the campground at night, but no loud music or rowdiness. Only complaint is the difficulty with purchasing a pass for the trail when the cell signal (at least for Verizon) is fairly weak. Recreation.gov application that you have to fill out to get your pass requires a ton of information but doesn’t allow for entering an Access Pass number and calls the Centennial Trail “the Adventure Trail.” Not the campground’s fault, just a really annoying way to start out for a ride.
Marvin P
VerifiedJanuary 19, 2024 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: BIG SCRUB
While lacking a bit in privacy this campground was well maintained, clean and very quiet. Thank you for a peaceful nights sleep! I would stay here again
Travis B
VerifiedJanuary 8, 2024 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: BIG SCRUB
Haven't been in 15 yrs, was sorry to see the camp with 1 tree, pile of trash (picnic tables), one whole section taped off, un kept, looked terrible. No toilet paper in the restrooms. Very sad to see how run down it was.
Danny H
VerifiedJanuary 6, 2024 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: BIG SCRUB
The trails are unsafe with the big machines that use them now. The camp host have done a good job of clearing and dragging them. But someone needs to enforce the size rules for the big machines or make trails one direction only. There were two head on collisions during the time we stayed there.
Location Big Scrub Campground
Address:
11990 Se Nationalforest Rd 588
Umatilla, FL, 32784
United States
From I-75 east, travel on State Route 40 to Forest Road 588. Turn south on 588 and go approximately 8 miles. The campground is on the west side of the road.
Big Scrub Campground is accessible via US Highway 441, which is approximately 15 miles to the west, and Florida State Road 19, which is about 12 miles to the east.
Latitude & Longitude: 29.0503 / -81.7625
Elevation: 43 feet
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
3PM
Check out time
11AM
General
- A copy of the regulations for off-road vehicle use and camping may be obtained from the camp host
- Camping fee covers 2 vehicles maximum
- 14 day stay limit
- No person under 16 shall operate or ride an off-road vehicle without a Department of Transportation approved helmet and eye protection
- Off-road vehicle operators must carry proof of registration/ownership for their vehicle and a have valid sticker; photo identification must be carried at all time for operators 16 and older; children under 16 encouraged to carry identification in case they become separated from supervising guardian; copies of identification are acceptable
- Main entrance gate opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 8:00 p.m.
- If it is your intent to rent an RV or trailer from a third party entity, please note that the USDA Forest Service does not allow RV or trailer rentals to be pre-placed and/or delivered to the recreation area. The Reservation holder must drive the RV or trailer to the recreation area as it is their sole responsibility and alleviates the FS from any liability. Any commercial business that operates on federal land is required to have a special use permit. 36 CFR 261.10 (K)(L)
- Click here for more information about Ocala National Forest
- Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
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