This Florida Campground Simply Ranked because the Prime ‘Hidden Gem’ in North America

• The Cove Resort & Pub in Inverness, Florida, ranked as the highest “hidden” gem campground within the nation in a latest examine by Campspot, a reserving platform.
• The campground was as soon as a fish camp and gives easy accessibility to Lake Henderson—and it has a waterfront pub.
• There are RV websites in addition to cabins obtainable to lease.

Whenever you wish to discover peace and quiet within the nice outdoor, a “hidden gem” campground is all the time a very good factor.

Campspot, a campground reserving platform, got down to discover one of the best of those “hidden gem campgrounds” in its Finest Campgrounds in North America checklist. To provide you with the rankings, it reviewed over 3 million knowledge factors, factoring in issues like visitor rankings, reservation knowledge, and park options.

In Campspot’s seek for distinctive, however understated tenting spots The Cove Resort & Pubin Inverness, Florida, rose to the highest of the checklist. Only a few campgrounds have a beloved waterfront pub on their premises—and maybe even fewer are accessible by boat or boast a storied historical past as a fish camp, a spot the place individuals fished, stayed, and cooked their catch. 

The campground has 10 landscaped RV websites set beneath a cover of bushes. Every website is massive and outfitted with facilities—there are electrical and water hookups, septic companies, in addition to WiFi. The Cove has different lodging varieties if you do not have an RV. There are 400-square-foot cabins in addition to a sprawling residence with a shaded entrance porch that sleeps 11 individuals.

Better of all, the RV websites present direct water entry to Lake Henderson, and there are kayaks obtainable for visitors to make use of. The 47-mile-long Withlacoochee Bike Path, one of many longest paved rail-trails in Florida, is lower than three miles from The Cove. Downtown Inverness is only a six-minute drive away.

“The Campspot Awards intention to acknowledge these parks which can be delivering excellent visitor experiences and embodying the spirit of recent tenting,” Erin Stender, CMO of Campspot, mentioned in a press launch obtained by Journey + Leisure. “This 12 months’s winners symbolize the range and depth of tenting in North America in the present day. From peaceable retreats the place you may disconnect to adrenaline-pumping locations good for households, we’re thrilled to showcase parks which can be actually distinctive.”

Following The Cove on the checklist of standout “hidden gems” was Byrd’s Department Campground in Elkin, North Carolina; Doe River Touchdown in Roan Mountain, Tennessee; Foxfire of Murphy RV Park in Murphy, North Carolina; and Stone Home Lodge in Los Ojos, New Mexico.