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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Camping near the beach at Anastasia State Park


Date: 5/17/2012 – 5/20/12
Location: St. Augustine, Fl
GPS Coordinates: 29.8730651, –81.277546

If you are looking for a campground near a uncrowded beach, then Anastasia State Park could be one to try. Although the campground loops are a lengthy walk from the beach, it’s well worth the effort. There’s also a large parking area near the beach access if you want to take the car. This campground has many loops off a main road. Some of the loops are for tents and very small RV’s only. Other can accommodate larger RVs with no problem.
There a few short hiking trails that make their way through the park and there’s plenty of bike trails to explore. My daughter and I did some fishing in the bay. We caught a few small fish , but nothing worth writing home about!  I’m sure it was the lack of fish and not the questionable ability of the “fisherman”.
Here is our review of the campground:
Campground: Anastasia Beach
Campground Website: http://www.floridastateparks.org/anastasia/
Site Number: 62
Price: $26 night
Date visited: 5/17/2012 - 5/20/2012
Rating (1 = low, 5 = high)
Campsite size: 3 (varies by campground loop chosen)
Campsite space between sites: 3 (varies by site)
Campsite privacy between sites: 3 (varies by site)
Campsite level: 4
Campsite parking: dirt
Campfire permitted: yes. Fire ring on each site
Campsite picnic table: Yes
Campground Facilities: 3.5
Campground access to hiking: 2
Campground access to water (kayaking, fishing, swimming, etc): 5
Campground access to biking: 4
Overall Campground rating: 4 Notes: If you like the beach, then this is the place to go

The boardwalk leading over the dunes to the beach
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One view of our camping spot
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The salt marsh between the beach and the campground
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Of course there has to be at least one beach picture!
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Lots of turtles (tortoise?) around
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