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

~ Marilyn A. Moore (Author) "You're not alone..." (more)
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Product Description

Written by local camping expert Marilyn Moore, this guide is an indispensable tool for planning camping adventures in the Sunshine State. Packed with more than 900 campsites, from primitive bush camps to the most luxurious of RV parks, the third edition of Foghorn Outdoors Florida Camping presents the most up-to-date information on campgrounds in the state. Looking for more than the standard campsite? Try a night in a chickee hut at Kissimmee Billie's Swamp Safari. Or check out the Hidden River Resort and Sunsport Gardens, one of several nudist campgrounds in the state. This illustrated guide contains informative campsite descriptions and ratings, facility and fee information, online resources, detailed maps, and accurate driving directions. Fun for families, retirees, snowbirds, or singles, Foghorn Outdoors Florida Camping offers something for every kind of camper.

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 (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #821,256 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suits out of state visitors and native Floridians alike., June 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Foghorn Outdoors: Florida Camping (Paperback)

Florida Camping is packed full of great directions, reviews, and a 1-10 rating system. It looks condensed, but what you get is factual, to the point, and complete. Whether you are an RV camper or a tent camper, you can find the perfect campground in this book. You'll need to mark the page or lose it forever, there are so many campgrounds listed! Included in the reviews are local trivia, like "a kid was nearly eaten by an alligator here", or "this is the only area that rare white squirrels frequent", to "there's a fantastic bar-b-q place just down the road". Thank you!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4th edition, January 14, 2004

By	Marilyn A. Moore (Miami Springs, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Foghorn Outdoors: Florida Camping (Paperback)

Please be sure to look and ask for the fourth edition of the book, released in fall 2007. The book has been completely updated and revised. Look for the blue cover and the Moon imprint!

All best,
Marilyn A. Moore
author
Florida Camping

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.