{"id":4917,"date":"2016-12-01T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-30T14:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:59:46","slug":"settled-down-at-silver-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=4917","title":{"rendered":"Settled Down at Silver Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After two nights at Manatee Springs State Park we chose to head south to the\u00a0 Withlacoochee State Forest campgrounds.<\/p>\n

US19 is a fast 4 lane divided highway, a much more pleasant drive than I-75. It is a little slow from Crystal River to Homosassa Springs.<\/p>\n

We stopped at a Wal-Mart there and finally caught up with my e-mail and internet.<\/p>\n

There are 3 different campgrounds here on Silver Lake. Two have electric & water hookups for only $15 per night if you are over 65 years old.<\/p>\n

Florida State Parks only give senior discounts to Florida residents, so it is nice getting a discount at a State Forest.\"SilverLake-PeggyTwins\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a view of Silver Lake from our campsite at Cypress Glen campground.\"SilverLake-Campsite47\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Silver Lake camp has 23 electric sites and Cypress Glen camp has 34 sites and is a little further from the noisy I-75.<\/p>\n

We planned to get here mid-week so we could get a good site. We were startled at the entrance station which had signs posted that all their sites were full, or I mis-read the signs, since very few sites were occupied at either campground. We got the site I was hoping for since it is only 100 yards to the canoe launch spot, the picture above.<\/p>\n

After we setup, a cloud came by and dropped a few drops of rain, more light showers may come on Thursday, it sure has been dry and a little warmer than normal so far on the trip.<\/p>\n

Besides paddling, the big attraction for us is the 46 mile long Withlacoochee State Trail<\/a>. It is a beautiful paved trail that is far from any busy roads with lots of wildlife. We are at MP9 right outside the campground and can ride the trail to a shopping center only 5 miles away.<\/p>\n

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After two nights at Manatee Springs State Park we chose to head south to the\u00a0 Withlacoochee State Forest campgrounds. US19 is a fast 4 lane divided highway, a much more pleasant drive than I-75. It is a little slow from Crystal River to Homosassa Springs. We stopped at a Wal-Mart there and finally caught up … Continue reading Settled Down at Silver Lake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1617trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4917"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6875,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions\/6875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}