Myron B. Hodge city park is a nice little campground on the south side of Sopchoppy on the Sopchoppy River. It features 26 RV sites, about 10 of which are FHU, and many tent sites, a boat ramp, restrooms/showers, a pavilion and a nature trail.

The camping area is a big square field; the FHU sites are on the east side along the fence on the street while the W/E sites are on the opposite side along the river under some trees.  A few tent shelters are also on that side. The FHU sites can accomodate the biggest of rigs as long as you can get lined up and back in; there are a few trees in the field but plenty of room to manuever. All the sites could be felt to be a bit close together with no screening shrubbery during the busy season but when we were there in November there was only two other campers for a couple of days, then only one.

Gazebo by the river!

There is no traffic along the street, hardly any noise.

Plenty of room on each lot!

A couple of historic building are on display and a boardwalk winds along the river across the swamp.

Old School House, etc.

All this for $15 per night as long as you want to stay. You can call the camp caretaker at 850-962-5486 but be aware that he can’t make any outgoing long-distance calls. Turn right on Summer Street of US 319 just heading south out of Sopchoppy, then turn left at the end of the street and watch for the sign on the right.

Old Cabin

Rest area while walking the trail!

Trail on the river!

Myron B. Hodge City Park
220 Park Avenue
Sopchoppy, Fla.

Holiday Campground is a nice small park on the shore of Ochlokonee Bay in Florida, hard by the Ochlokonee Bay bridge. Although you can’t quite put your wheels in the water you can come close.

As you can see, although the waterfront sites are close to water they’re not really close (distance is exagerrated by the lens). That’s good because the sites are really close together since the park was built long before campers became bloated with multiple slides. Where you might put a picnic table or grill beside your camper you now put it  behind your camper in the big expanse of grassy lawn. There’s plenty of room for a fire ring, picnic table, chairs, grill, sat dish etc; it’s much nicer out back on the bay rather than just outside your neighbor’s furnace and water-heater exhausts etc.

I’d much rather have all that space rather than be jammed in next to my neighbor.

As you can see, there are trees. Only the eastern 10 or so waterfront campsites have a prayer to get satellite tv. The other waterfront sites and all the back sites are out of luck. Fortunately, cable tv is provided and included in the camping fee.

Most sites are relatively level, as in you probably won’t fall out the door, but the western six or so sites are fairly grossly unlevel. You’ll probably want to level and stabilize on all sites. Sites are grass/dirt/gravel.

The restrooms and shower are heated (!) and very clean and the clubhouse is clean and smells of fresh paint.

We didn’t use the pool being that it was November, but it was clean and clear.

Staff is friendly and helpful and they keep the park really clean.

Things to do are watch the water slosh, drown some bait and watch the water slosh some more.

Just under the bridge is Angelo’s seafood restaurant (upscale, $$), about 1/10 mile north is a convenience store (beer, gas, diesel), 3/10 mile is Tropical Trader Shrimp Company seafood restaurant (casual, $) and across the highway from Tropical Trader is Two Blondes package store (we met one), so many needs are met right at hand. The nearest real grocery store is five miles north in Panacea.

Mashes Sands beach is a couple of miles east. It’s typical of  a low-energy Apalachee Bay beach; a little sand and lots of mud flats.

We spent a week here at Holiday Campground. Every now and then late in that week we mentioned how we could actually live here for a while. It was that nice.

Holiday Campground
14 Coastal Highway
Ochlockonee Bay, FL. 32346
Voice: (850) 984-5757
Fax: (850) 984-5757
E-mail: pana777@aol.com
http://holidaycampground.com