Reviews

Ramon Rodriguez

Nice State Park with hiking, walking and cycling trails, cheap admission fees. Plenty of native plants and fauna to watch and even a man-made lake to fish if you desire. Ample pavilion areas for family activity and get togethers. Very clean bathrooms as well.

Susan Torregrosa

Glen at the front is friendly and knowledgeable! The facilities are clean. I've enjoyed biking. Our site is nice. It's a little tight. Getting poked by palms to get into our truck or taking the bikes out but other than that, very nice. We have a couple of bird watchers in our group and they've been very happy.

holly nagel

Plenty to do and experience! Camping, glamping sites, swimming, fishing, kayak rentals on site, multiple hiking trails, and a beautiful biking trail! There are easily accessible public restrooms in picnic areas and many benches in along the hiking trails. There is also a play ground. Entrance fee is $5 for cars and pets are allowed on 6ft leash! Fun for all! Ranger station is very helpful and knowledgeable. Only downside was some of yellow trail is blocked off (from the bike trail back to the Lake Osprey).

Jarnette Smith

While visiting the west coast of FL, we stopped here to check it out. The ranger at the entrance building was very informative and there are a few cased displays in the building, should you stop and venture inside. Sadly for us, the nature center was closed. It looked to have displays showing FL history, wildlife, and flora, but that was just looking in from outside. :( There is a covered sitting area where ranger talks may take place. This park has a playground and shaded picnic tables, so if you have time, pack a lunch and enjoy more time there. Signs at the lake posts a swimming area and a sandy lake beach, no lifeguard. The rest of the lake offers views from a dock on the opposite side of the beach, to sit and take it in. The lake is definately stocked with fish! There is a shelled trail that goes around the lake , which we walked, with Florida plant life to enjoy along the way and benches to stop and sit near the lake. The park offers other nature trails, but we did not have the time to explore them.

Marines Rivera

We had site 62 and it was perfect! It was quiet secluded and ample shade. This park was close to paved trails that went on for mile and close to the beaches which made for perfect sunsets. The facilities were great and clean. We had tents and everything was good. We had water, electricity, and even a place to hang our wet clothes. Overall, a 10/10 for us.

Jim Meade

What a great park. Legacy trail runs through, so miles of bikepath to ride on. Many trails for hiking, Wildlife everywhere.

Dennis Dutra

A beautiful place to experience the serenity of "Old Florida". The wildlife is always a pleasure to be able to see and there are some spectacular species indigenous to these ecosystems. I caught a rare glimpse of a Black Crowned Night Heron, also an Anhinga, Osprey, Great American Egret, Great Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, a Cardinal, a Racoon, a Squirrel, Alligator and a Gopher Tortoise all within a few hours of arrival.

Rebecca Heureux

I’ve been going here since I was a kiddo, had my 21st birthday, my son’s 1st birthday here… we’ve camped many, many times as locals and loved every moment of it. We just had my mom’s 59th birthday glamping style and it was phenomenal. My kiddo and I cleaned up a bit of trash and I lucked out and didn’t have any reaction to poison ivy so always eventful, always beautiful 10/10 😂

Brian Bonner

We used to really like Oscar Scherer, but during this last trip we had so many issues. First, someone took out solar lights from our campsite while we were away for the day. Who does this? The posts at each of the campsites need clips to indicate how long someone will be at a campsite. A tag indicating the leave date would at least let folks know the site is occupied. Each of the sites has so much scrap material near them. They could have asked folks to voluntarily clean it up in return for a free day. People could have drug the scrub out to the front of their campsite. The campsites had a LOT of scrub that could have been cleaned up. There was a bunch of nature if you looked beyond the scrub. Notice the salamander and cardinal. As it turned out, the campground had a fire ban. No campfires allowed. It would have been nice to be alerted to this ahead of time. Next on the second day, the water temperature in the showers had been greatly reduced to lukewarm. It turns out someone had complained about being 'scalded'. Don't they know they should test the water temperature before they get underneath it? Even when it was hot it wasn't scalding hot. So the temp was adjusted on many of the showered houses. The new bathhouse which was started in early 2024 was not open. The reason was that there weren't any handicap stall doors. All of the other bathhouses used pieces of plywood -- couldn't plywood be used in the interim? The laundry facilities were missing --- supposedly lost in the hurricane? Eventually some units showed up at the new bathhouse. One big gross out for us was that people were washing their dogs in the laundry tubs. Dogprints in the laundry tub and dog hair left behind. Perhaps a sign to tell people to clean up after themselves. If dog cleaning is allowed, a sign to tell people to clean up afterwards. People drove through the campground very quickly -- the speed limit on the roads were barely visible. The paint had worn off. The roads were in severe disrepair. The site numbers were barely legible too. The roads were rough. We'll have to see about it next year. Hopefully things improve.

Ashley Martinez (ash)

this is a very nice park. I can tell the volunteers and workers do their best to keep this place uptight. the work done after the hurricane is phenomenal and guidance around the park is very helpful. the camp life is very very nice , especially the people. they are friendly for sure! as long as you are careful , this is an amazing park to visit