We are considering coming down to Florida and was wondering if there was a place to camp with your horses or any horse b & b's or horsetels?

since you mentioned B & B's I'm guessing you need don't have a LQ or RV and need indoor space?

Ocala Nat Forest - Fiddler's Green has cabins, electric sites, stalls, pastures for horses

  Rockin' Horse also has apts, electric sites, paddocks for horses

Withlacoohie State Forest - Citrus forest

www.aokranch.com  - owner is Trina Romeo has 2 bed apt, grassy pastures, Parelli course, etc 

Goethe Forest - Blackprong Equestrian Center very fancy has apts, stalls, pastures, electric sites

nearby Blair's Lair has a house to rent

Spirit of the Suwanne Music Park has cabins, electric sites, stalls or paddocks for horses

Sawtooth Trailhead ride on Inglis Island has a cabin, stalls, paddocks for horses

do a search for these as I don't have all the websites memorized

If you tent camp or have a LQ trailer or whatever...search the Southwest Florida Water Management District. There you will find several places to camp one of which is Green Swamp West. Also the state parks...Alafia River State Park is one of my favorites. There is also Tillis Hill in the Withlacoochee State Forest in the Citrus Tract. There is camping on the Florida Greenways Trails in the Ocala area also. There are LOTS of places to camp in Florida. It all just depends on where you would like to go.

I'm heading up to the BSF in Tn on Sat...hoping for some cooler weather!

Happy Trails, Tammy

Dunoir:  Actually we are getting ready to purchase a trailer with 12ft lq with a slide, so yes we will have LQs.  Just thought a B & B would be nice as well. Maybe mix it up a bit.

Thanks to all for the input.  We are hoping to head down there in February time frame. 

Having a LQ gives you way more options.  Besides the places already mentioned, primitive campsites include Shangri-La trailhead on the Fla Greenways, Lake Louisa State Park, Goethe: Tidewater trailhead, Princess Place off I95 near St. Augustine, McCulley's Farm (Twin River STate Forest), & Lake Panasofkee are all nice.  We're heading out next Fri to camp at Tidewater for 5 days, then to Tillis Hills in the Citrus Withlacoochie Forest for another 5 days.

Florida is chock full of places to ride and camp, but the scenery isn't spectacular like up north and out west - but you can ride year round though the prime camp season is Oct - April. 

There is a nice book out by Corneila Henderson Florida on Horseback volume I covers from Ocala to the Keys and she has volume II coming out in Nov that covers the rest of Fla.  I helped her with the book, 8 of my photos are in it and she thanked me in the dedication so I am partial to it of course, but it's an excellent guide.  check it out on Amazon.com

We have an excellent state park system, 5 water management systems that all have places to ride & camp, private places, state forests, and wildlife management areas - but you gotta check hunt dates for those ones before going. 

 Goethetrail that also responded is the person responsible for all the great trails in the Goethe Forest - we need people like her to help mediate with govt officals.