{"id":4479,"date":"2015-12-05T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:16:42","slug":"withlacoochee-state-forest-bike-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=4479","title":{"rendered":"Withlacoochee State Forest & Bike Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

We got here on Thursday morning after filling our Propane tank and grocery shopping. We were worried the place might be full like the state parks but unlike the parks they don\u2019t take reservations, enforce a 14 day limit and give a nice discount for campers over 65 years old.<\/p>\n

What a surprise, all three of their adjacent campgrounds were virtually empty. We recall when we stopped here eight years ago it was full of Quebecers who were staying for the whole winter. We complained that they were not enforcing the 14 day limit to no avail. I guess they decided to enforce it now and even though it was only $15\/night with power and water hookups not many were here to enjoy the warm dry weather.<\/p>\n

We took a short bike ride through the other two campgrounds and only found a total of about 15 campers in the 75 campsites.\"Rob-ShirleySilverLake\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On Friday morning Peggy and I did a 14 mile bike ride on the Withlacoochee State Bike Trail<\/a>, a paved 46 mile 12\u2019 wide bike trail that runs right past our campground.<\/p>\n

When we returned we found Rob & Shirley camped next to us. They live in Martha\u2019s Vineyard in the summer and for the past 3 years have camped all winter with us in Mexico at Xpu-Ha. We had been communicating with them so we knew where we were but had no idea that they were going to come here. However in the morning off they went and we may or may not see them again.<\/p>\n

So we decided to go canoeing today as our campsite is right on Silver Lake which is a wide spot in the Withlacoochee River<\/p>\n


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