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:

An interactive map:

Our site:

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).

I flew my drone for some aerial views; this first one is above our site:

Entrance sign:

Direction sign:

Rental golf carts:

Rental Slingshot:

Mail room; quite well organized. People go in to claim their own packages:

They regularly had food vendors onsite:

Birds in front of our site:

Our coach next to a rental tiny home:

More tiny homes:

Rental trailers:

Other sites:

Dog park:

Swimming pool:

Marina:

Fish in the marina:

Sunset Pier, with a swimming area and fishing:

People checking out a grounded boat:

Beach access down from our site:

An old bridge, now a walking path:

The old bridge next to the newer Overseas Highway bridge:

A glimpse of our coach from the water:

A large, nice RV park. It would have been nicer if we could have stayed for free via our Thousand Trails membership, but the premium site was nicer.