Encore Sunshine Key RV Resort & Marina

We stayed at Encore Sunshine Key RV Resort & Marina, in Ohio Key, Florida. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A large park in the Florida Keys.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-02-04
Check out: 2024-02-18
14 nights

Weather:

Partly cloudy; rainy in the first couple of days
High temps 66-76°F, lows around 61-74°F
Windy most days, gusts to 32 MPH

Noise:

Significant highway noise
No train noise
Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

#406, front in, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
Very level; used hydraulic leveling
Gravel site about 50 feet long by about 40 feet wide
Picnic table on gravel area
No fire pit
A bunch of small bottlecap-sized garbage on site

Utilities:

50 amp power, inconveniently located on passenger side (when fronted in)
35 PSI water, inconveniently located on passenger side
Loose sewer connection, somewhat conveniently located (2-3 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 40-50 Mbps down, 40-50 Mbps up, 22 ms ping
AT&T: 830 Mbps down, 70 Mbps up, 25 ms ping
Verizon: 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Pool
Swimming beach
Marina with kayak etc rental
Package delivery to office
Garbage dumpsters
Frequent food trucks and other vendors onsite

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Waterfront and road noise

We have a Thousand Trails Adventure membership, but that did not help us get a reservation here at all. Considering how hard it is to get a reservation in the Keys, we bit the bullet and paid retail for a two-week stay in a waterfront site that was the most expensive site we’d ever booked. I should point out that site 406 really shouldn’t be considered a “Premium waterfront” site. There is a peep of the water through the mangroves, but nothing like a panoramic view. However, we enjoyed watching the water and the ibises hunting in the mangroves from our front window, so I’ll let it slide.

While the peek of the water was nice, the constant highway noise was not. No matter where you are in the park, there is a constant hum of the Overseas Highway, although it’s somewhat reduced on the far edge and towards the marina.

The park has definite drainage issues. We arrived after a major thunderstorm swept through the Keys and there was a large lake at the entrance and in several other places around the park, including the road our site was on. They had pumps going to try and divert the worst of it out to sea, but it took days to completely dry up.

They allow motorhomes to front-in at the waterfront sites, which is nice even though the hookups were then on the wrong side of the coach. Luckily, we have pretty long power cables and hoses, so we’re able to reach across the nice wide site.

One downside of the waterfront site is that people think it’s okay to walk through your site on their way to the beach. It is not.

There are lots of activities and a robust social scene if you’re into that. We liked that it was convenient to everything we wanted to do in the Keys, but $300/night would be a dealbreaker if we wanted to visit the Keys again. We camped at Encore Sunshine Key RV Resort & Marina in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

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Our site:

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Griddle

Our power and water hookups were on the passenger side, since we fronted in. Fortunately we have a long power cord and hoses, so it wasn’t a problem (I didn’t even need to use my power extension cord).

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