We stayed at Thousand Trails Peace River in Wauchula, Florida. (Campground Reviews listing.)
We had some concerns about staying here, based on reviews, but were pleasantly surprised.
Dates:
- Check in: 2025-03-02
- Check out: 2025-03-09
- 7 nights
Weather:
- Mostly sunny, a little rain
- High temps 68-82°F, lows 43-63°F
- A little wind, gusts to 25 MPH
Noise:
- Negligible road noise
- No train horn noise
- A little neighbor noise
Site:
- #C50, back-in, grass
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
- Very level site, surprisingly; used hydraulic leveling
- Grass site about 55 feet long by 40 feet wide
- Just grass between sites
- Picnic table
- Fire pit
- Tall trees
- Somewhat clean site; a bottle and a few other bits of trash (TT doesn’t clean sites)
- Elevation 40 feet, front facing North
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 45 PSI water, conveniently located
- No sewer connection; pump-out service available (one free per week, $15 for extra)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 10-26 Mbps down, 11-16 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
- T-Mobile: 290 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 25 ms ping
- AT&T: 435 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
- Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
- Campground Wi-Fi: none
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Pool
- River
Our review on Campground Reviews is forthcoming.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site, in the non-sewer section; more spacious and quieter than the sewer section:
Utilities:
A squirrel on our picnic table:
Towards the end of our stay the waste tanks were getting a little full:
We wanted to empty them for our travel day anyway, so we went to the office to schedule the free honeywagon pumpout; they gave us this sign to put in our window:
The pumpout truck; quick and easy:
Aerial views of our site:
And the campground; you can see the more tightly packed sewer sites closer to the road, and much more spacious non-sewer sites closer to the river:
Office:
Playground:
Pool:
Courts:
Walking path by the river:
Bridge, river, kayak:
Kayak on the river:
There are a couple of dump stations, but on the wrong side of the road for non-sewer sites to use when leaving, weirdly (without looping around):
Cabins:
Other sites:
As I said, we were pleasantly surprised. We’d be happy to stay here again.