Rainbow Springs State Park

We stayed at Rainbow Springs State Park in Dunnellon, Florida. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A very nice state park campground.

Dates:

Check in: 2025-01-12
Check out: 2025-01-19
7 nights

Weather:

Partly sunny, some rain
High temps 57-68°F, lows 38-48°F
Little wind, gusts to 21 MPH, sheltered amongst trees

Noise:

No road noise
Occasional distant train horn noise
Little neighbor noise

Site:

#9, back-in, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
Somewhat level site; high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
Gravel driveway about 75 feet long by 15 feet wide
40 feet to neighbors on both sides
Thick trees and bushes between sites, nicely private
Picnic table
Fire pit and charcoal grill
Tall trees
Clean site
Elevation 50 feet, front facing SW

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
40 PSI water, conveniently located
Unthreaded sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

Starlink: 50-140 Mbps down, 15 Mps up, 30-40 ms ping
Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 5-10 Mbps up, 60 ms ping
AT&T: 1-4 Mbps down, 0.01-1 Mbps up, 86 ms ping
T-Mobile: 5 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 750 ms ping, unreliable
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Beautiful state park

We enjoyed our stay here and wish we could’ve stayed longer. The sites were spacious and private, with good hookups. It was quiet most of the week, with just some noise from the weekend crowd. You do have to drive a bit to get to the Rainbow Springs headwaters area, but it’s worth checking out. The river access at the campground is nice enough on its own, with kayak rentals at the main store/ranger station. We camped at Rainbow Springs State Park in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: If you’re new to Florida and looking for manatees, this is not one of those springs. It is an easy daytrip down to Crystal Springs, however, where we saw tons of manatees….

Campground map:

Rainbow Springs