RV Parks & Resorts Near Orlando, Florida
- Orlando features an assortment of places to see marine animals.shark in deep water, seaworld park, orlando, flori image by Albo from Fotolia.com
Theme parks, such as Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, draw tens of millions of tourists to Orlando each year, according to the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The city also offers a variety of other family-friendly attractions, including a folk art museum, a science center, a Titanic museum and a former Native American settlement. In and near Orlando, people can go on air boat rides, swim with dolphins, play golf, go jet skiing and go on deep sea fishing trips. Many campgrounds in and near Orlando sit close to the city’s education and recreational activities. - The Orlando South East/Lake Whippoorwill KOA is located in Orlando, close to Sea World, Discovery Cove, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
The campground sits on Lake Whippoorwill, where guests can go fishing, swimming, canoeing, boating and kayaking. The resort features a boat launch area, a private dock, and a paddle boat and canoe-rental service. Children’s amenities at the camping facility include an outdoor swimming pool and hot tub, volleyball courts and a playground. The campground also has a meeting room, a dog-walking section, picnic areas and a rec room.
The facility has 130 campsites, where people can go recreational vehicle (RV) or tent camping. The sites have full hookups, meaning they have water, electrical and sewer hookups. They also have picnic tables. Guests can get cable TV and wireless Internet from campsites.
The facility also rents out one-bedroom cabins and cottages.
Orlando South East/Lake Whippoorwill KOA
12345 Narcoossee Road
Orlando, FL 32832
407-277-9565
koa.com - Bill Frederick Park and Pool at Turkey Lake is a city park that sits in Orlando, near Cypress Gardens, Universal Studios, the Florida Mall, Mad Cow Theatre and Wet ‘N Wild water park. The campground features 136 primitive campsites, most of which have no hookups.
At the campground, people can go swimming in an outdoor pool, go fishing from a dock on Turkey Lake, play basketball, tennis, disc golf, cricket, volleyball or horseshoes, or go biking or hiking on nature trails.
The facility is home to a number of education centers, including a children’s farm and an ecology center. Other amenities at the park include a horse facility, a gazebo for banquets and weddings, a meeting room, a row boat rental service and a children’s playground.
Bill Frederick Park and Pool at Turkey Lake
3401 S. Hiawasee Road
Orlando, FL 32835
407-299-5581
cityoforlando.net - Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort sits within the Walt Disney World Resort, in Lake Buena Vista, a city about 20 miles from Orlando. The campground is also near the Winter Park Playhouse, the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts and the Festival Bay Mall at International Drive.
The campground has 799 sites for RV and tent camping, most of which have full hookups, cable TV, picnic tables and grills. Campers can get high-speed Internet access from different parts of the campground.
The camping resort sits on Bay Lake, where people can go fishing, swimming and boating. The facility provides a variety of amenities for families, such as babysitting service, golf-cart rental service, dog-boarding facility, nature trails, buffet restaurant, restaurant with dinner shows, boat-rental service, marina, tennis, volleyball and shuffleboard courts, movie-rental service, bicycle rental service, children’s water play area, outdoor swimming pool with a slide, hot tub, arcade, a ranch, and a children’s playground. The resort offers planned activities, such as wagon rides, movie nights, pony rides and Disney character dinners.
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
4510 N Fort Wilderness Trail
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-939-2267
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com
