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We are located in a secluded area bordering The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway in Ocala, Florida. The Santos area of the park is home to the Florida National Scenic Hiking Trail, top mountain bike trails, a 16 mile paved trail for road riding, and extensive equestrian trails.
We have full RV hook-ups and furnished daily rental cabins. We're close to businesses that provide kayaking, zip lining, and horse back riding adventures.
Check out a video about our campground here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9KBlEDblg4
Really new park, laid out well, limited restroom/shower facilities. Additional ones under construction. Short distance to bike trails and Santos State Park
Thoroughly enjoyed 3 nights of camping the first weekend of March with 25+ other ladies belonging to Sisters on the Fly. We kayaked over at Silver Springs and spent a lot of time on the bike trails which was easily accessed from WhimCycle. Such a great ride!! Anthony was a great host and we took advantage of the group area to have our dinners and campfire circle. I really liked the outdoor shower, and the bathrooms were always clean and comfortable. The sites against the fence on the left as you enter were very shaded and deep with the picnic table & firepit a good ways away from where my teardrop was on Site #6 with a culvert in between. Other sites were partially shaded or in full sun, and a couple of the girls stayed in cabin 13 which was fabulously appointed. I hope to be back!!
This place is awesome! Everything you need to park and ride your bike for a while! Bathhouse is super clean, campground is quiet and close to amazing riding! Highly recommend!
The WhimCycle Trail campground location is PERFECT for accessing the Santos biking and hiking trails! It was our first visit and we LOVED it! The trails are well maintained, plenty of variety, quiet and we felt immersed in nature.
The campground has very large spaces for RV's. In fact, they are so large that we had to park our small Sprinter van in the grass, off the gravel pad, in order to reach the electric and water. We camped 3 nights on sites #6 and #7 (with our friends in a trailer) on the west side of the loop. We loved the afternoon shade from the giant oak trees and being backed up to the forest allowed some privacy. The single outdoor shower was right behind our sites, which was great, as we did use it. But if someone else would have wanted to use the shower while we were sitting at our campfire, it would have been a bit uncomfortable for both parties! We were disappointed that the “bath house” wasn’t functional yet and we had to use a single port-a-potty. But it was relatively clean and they did provide a hand washing station, which was nice.
Our biggest gripe is that we paid an extra $20 as a “site lock” fee because we wanted to be sure to have an adjacent site with our friends (we made reservations 1 month in advance). As it turned out, the campground was less than 20% occupied the entire 3 days we were there, so the fee was definitely not necessary. I really think that if a campground allows me to choose a site during reservation and I pre-pay in full, then the site should be confirmed without any extra fees.
That being said, we will definitely return to stay at WhimCycle Trail! It was peaceful, beautiful, clean and we had a blast on the biking trails!
For our first-time RV-in, wow, this place was great. From the start, the first contact was via phone, and then as we pulled away and the staff was friendly and knowledgeable. The restrooms were super clean. The campground was well taken care of. No trash from what we saw. And they are quick troubleshooter. We had a minor incident, and in two seconds, decisions were made. We loved it. This place was quite and very beautiful. Can't complain. We are definitely going back and trying out the bike trails.
