Reviews

For E G Simmons County Park: Pretty nice public campground. Nice friendly staff. No issues with other campers. Can get a little busy with kids and such but overall quiet. Spots are spaced out well enough but are very open so not much in the way of natural privacy. Saw rays in the water and many beautiful birds. If you get lucky you can spot manatees and dolphins as well. Along with the other county parks, this is the cheapest campground you'll find in the area. Had an electrical issue that was fixed quickly. Bathrooms in pretty good shape. Very bold raccoons around. One camper said they raccoons took her $150 headphones lol. Anytime we cooked over fire 4-6 would gather and watch from the treeline. Often on top of or stuck in the dumpsters, but they scare off easy enough. More campsites than the other county parks so it's easier to get a spot with little hassle. About 45min to an hour from Tampa or Sarasota. Small beach swimming area but it's more for the kids. The Nociums are bad and hard to repel, but i didn't find it worse than an area with a lot of mosquitos, which are not present in this park at all. I would stay again if in the area. It's a good fallback if Lithia Springs is full.

Posted Jul 09, 2022 by Ian from Tennessee. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For E G Simmons County Park: It’s hard to find anything wrong with this campground. Friendly staff and rangers, large level sites with water and electric, two dump stations, great fishing or kayaking, huge swimming beach, clean restrooms, fees are very reasonable, etc. There is one nasty thing, the No-see-ums!!! Smallest I’ve ever seen with a giant bite and bug sprays don’t seem to stop them. It’s a shame because otherwise it is a perfect park. Looking for a no-see-um tent and effective bug spray, because we don’t want to leave.

Posted Mar 25, 2022 by Bruce C from Michigan. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For E G Simmons County Park: The sites are huge, but not particularly level. Staff needs training. We had a fellow camper threaten us. Spoke with staff later and were informed oh, that’s x, he’s got brain damage, and hes not fully with it. Thanks. Then I had a neighbor pull his 20 foot trailer in and, unable to back it into his 60 by 90 site he decided to set it up mostly on my site. I went to the front desk, who sent out the ‘head ranger”. ‘Head ranger”, lacking the cajones to tell my neighbor to park on his own incredibly spacious site, said it was fine!. i then end up with neighbor’s screaming children and loose dog taking over my entire site for the evening, with neighbor blaring music loud enough to be heard halfway across the campground. . Of, course, the rangers leave at five and have left this debacle to me. Contesting the change with the credit card company.

Posted Feb 14, 2019 by Sunny from Everywhere. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For E G Simmons County Park: Beautiful. Large flat sites. Some with 50 amp. All seem to be $18 @ 55yr, $24 full. Only issue we have is we came for one night to check it out, and are not allowed again until 14 days pass because the computer will not let us return. We should have waited until we had a few days to arrive. Hopefully they fix that system sometime.

Posted Dec 03, 2018 by Joyce from Maine. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For E G Simmons County Park: The park was great....especially if you walk down to the peninsula where the fisherman go. Great views of the city from across the water. We saw a school of dolphins while having our morning coffee. We had to leave our site early due to gnats...they were horrible. If there was a breeze it would not have been an issue. We also noticed a drive-in movie theater on the way out. Bathrooms were clean and sites were spacious. If over age 55 its only $18 a night. $24 if not...not so bad for a nice spot with water/electric.

Posted Nov 25, 2018 by Virgin Vanners from Virgin Islands. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For E G Simmons County Park: What a gorgeous, well maintained park! Large roomy sites, most with water access to the mangrove canals. Clean plentiful bath houses. Now for the bad: the bugs were horrendous! Black flies, mosquitoes, and no See-uhms. It was almost impossible to go outside without being eaten alive. It was a shame, but we had to leave early because of the bugs. I'm sure there must be a season where the bugs aren't so bad but we hit the bad season.

Posted Apr 27, 2017 by RVtraveler from Michigan. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For E G Simmons County Park: This is a very nice park, especially if you enjoy fishing. We camped here for 3 weeks in February 2016 and fished most every day. Lots of shore fishing spots as well as canoe and kayak rentals.

Note that this park does not take reservations,. We had to wait 3 days in the "holding section" ( no power or water) until we could get a site. In 2016 the rules changed with regards to length of stay. You have to pay for either 14 or 28 days at a time, and they have different sites designated for each length of stay. It's a messed up system, but even if you don't stay all the days you pay for, it's still cheap at $18/day senior rate. The website is worthless insofar as information like the aforementioned 14/28 day rule, so I advise calling ahead and asking about such details. They appear to change their rules annually.

Posted Feb 24, 2016 by Jim R from North Dakota. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.