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panthy2000
I'm considering Highlands Hammock and Ocala for tent camping for a group of us for my birthday. Assuming we don't want primitive sites, which site #'s are the best for tent camping (privacy/location) for these parks or others in central or south florida?
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If you REALLY want something nice, you might want to consider Fort DeSoto County Park in southern Pinellas County (Tampa Bay area).
Fort DeSoto's North Beach was named the #1 Beach in the U.S. (Hawaii included) in 2005! It sits on the Gulf, at the mouth of Tampa Bay!
You can go to http://www.fortdesoto.com/servlets/Page/camping for more info and to make reservations.
If you REALLY want something nice, you might want to consider Fort DeSoto County Park in southern Pinellas County (Tampa Bay area).
Fort DeSoto's North Beach was named the #1 Beach in the U.S. (Hawaii included) in 2005! It sits on the Gulf, at the mouth of Tampa Bay!
You can go to http://www.fortdesoto.com/servlets/Page/camping for more info and to make reservations.
Do you have firsthand knowledge of Hawaii?
escort500x
My wife and I are tentatively planning a camping trip to Hawaii, (In Feb this year) and would like some firsthand knowledge, instead of some website information.
We were in Wikiki a few years ago and LOVED the climate on the beach side of the island. Never rained and great temps, day and night.
That's what we're hoping for on our camping trip as we're planning to be there two weeks and don't want to spend 24 to 48 hours at a stretch sitting in the tent.
Which of the 20 national parks that you have would offer the same climate and would be near, close, to a major city as well?
Is February a good time to come over? We have seen on the web that'is the 'off season' for tourists.
She was thinking of the island that has the surfboard contests, for lack of a better term. Does that island match Wikiki's climate and have a national park?
Do you know the customary charge for camping in a national park there?
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Yes.
Waikiki is on the southern shore of O'ahu which has beautiful beaches on every side of the island. The only "major city" in the State of Hawai'i is Honolulu...which Waikiki is part of. Unless you're counting some very tiny national historic sites, we don't have 20 national parks here. The only national "park" on O'ahu (the island where Honolulu is) is the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark....definitely no camping there. The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing returns to the North Shore of O'ahu November 12âDecember 20, 2013. (Reef Hawaiian Pro at Hale'iwa, Vans World Cup of Surfing, and the Billabong Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline). Malaekahana State Recreation Area is the closest beach camping along the northeast coast of the island, but that is also at least an hour drive back to Honolulu. Camping fees start at $12 per campsite per night.
You can see big waves (and surfers) on the north shores of all the islands in February. You would probably enjoy traveling around an island camping at different parks every couple nights...with 2 weeks I would pick the Big Island. You can camp at Hawai'i Volcanoes NP as well as multiple state parks around the island. Yes, it is colder up on the volcano but it is so beautiful. And it will be warm again when you travel up the Kona side of the island.
http://www.hawaiistateparks.org/camping/
http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/camp.htm
You cannot camp at Kalaupapa NHP on Moloka'i and you must be part of a scheduled commercial tour. A former leper colony, it is extremely isolated.
Our only other national park is on Maui, Haleakala NP. Again...no major city and you cannot camp on the beach ... camping is definitely a wilderness experience here.
http://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/wilderness-area.htm
Yes.
Waikiki is on the southern shore of O'ahu which has beautiful beaches on every side of the island. The only "major city" in the State of Hawai'i is Honolulu...which Waikiki is part of. Unless you're counting some very tiny national historic sites, we don't have 20 national parks here. The only national "park" on O'ahu (the island where Honolulu is) is the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark....definitely no camping there. The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing returns to the North Shore of O'ahu November 12âDecember 20, 2013. (Reef Hawaiian Pro at Hale'iwa, Vans World Cup of Surfing, and the Billabong Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline). Malaekahana State Recreation Area is the closest beach camping along the northeast coast of the island, but that is also at least an hour drive back to Honolulu. Camping fees start at $12 per campsite per night.
You can see big waves (and surfers) on the north shores of all the islands in February. You would probably enjoy traveling around an island camping at different parks every couple nights...with 2 weeks I would pick the Big Island. You can camp at Hawai'i Volcanoes NP as well as multiple state parks around the island. Yes, it is colder up on the volcano but it is so beautiful. And it will be warm again when you travel up the Kona side of the island.
http://www.hawaiistateparks.org/camping/
http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/camp.htm
You cannot camp at Kalaupapa NHP on Moloka'i and you must be part of a scheduled commercial tour. A former leper colony, it is extremely isolated.
Our only other national park is on Maui, Haleakala NP. Again...no major city and you cannot camp on the beach ... camping is definitely a wilderness experience here.
http://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/wilderness-area.htm
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