Foghorn Outdoors Florida Camping: The Complete Guide to More Than 900 Tent and RV Campgrounds [Paperback]

Marilyn A. Moore (Author)

Book Description

Series: Foghorn Outdoors | Publication Date: October 1, 2003

Meticulously researched and smartly written, Foghorn Outdoors offers some of the best recreation guides around. The books provide exceptionally reliable information on each location and activity, while emphasizing sensible, low-impact enjoyment of the outdoors.--GORP.com YOUR ADVENTURE STARTS HERE Essential guidebooks for everyone who loves the outdoors

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"Meticulously researched and smartly written, Foghorn Outdoors offers some of the best recreation guides around. The books provide exceptionally reliable information on each location and activity, while emphasizing sensible, low-impact enjoyment of the outdoors."

Product Details

• Paperback: 630 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; Third Edition edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566915732
• ISBN-13: 978-1566915731
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,670,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our Favorite Florida Campground Guide!, November 1, 2006

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Dave & Kay Corby "Food & Travel Writers" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Foghorn Outdoors Florida Camping: The Complete Guide to More Than 900 Tent and RV Campgrounds (Paperback)

As indicated by other reviewers, the Foghorn series of campground guides is not without flaws. Even so, we know of no directories which do a better job of addressing campground aesthetics than these wonderful guides. In our experience, the look and feel of a campground is often the single greatest factor influencing the quality of a camping experience . . . and the factor totally ignored by nearly all other campground guides.

There are a number of directories which rate facilities, provide directions, tell you how to make reservations and give you an idea of the cost for a night's stay in a specific campground. This series gives similar basic information and then goes beyond that. The Foghorn guides actually give you a feel of what it is like to stay in a specific campground - a bit of a narrative description and a "scenic beauty rating" for each campground plus information about nearby recreation opportunities. We like that a lot.

Have we found instances where we liked a campground more or less than the book's author? Of course. Tastes differ and things change over time. Even so, we would rather have an admittedly subjective rating of a campground's intangibles than to have nothing to go on but a recitation of facts and figures.

Are the Foghorn Outdoors guides the only ones we use? No. But they are ALWAYS the first place we turn when selecting a destination campground.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great if you're going camping in Florida, August 21, 2009

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J. Crouch (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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I got this book back in 2004, same year I took a vacation in Florida to go camping. Incredibly detailed, lots of great information on just about every campground in Florida. Things to watch out for etc. I went to 4 different campgrounds based on reviews I read in this book and they were all great.
This was written awhile back. Looks like there's a 2007 version. Make sure you get that one or something after that if they've written it!

Be careful camping in Florida. Your stuff will get WET and you will get SANDY. It's not all that fun to be either. Also, all state campgrounds have electricity. BRING A FAN if you're going in the warm months.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource, April 9, 2007

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Carol Zilinsky "Scotty Zilinsky" (Fort Walton Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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Have browsed a number of books that say they cover this information, but none do it as well as this one. Everything you need is there. A wonderful resourse for anyone camping/RVing in Florida.
Scotty