Port Canaveral, Florida
Camping in Port Canaveral
By Lena Hunt
There are many hotels and resorts that you can stay in before and after your cruise yet a most unique experience, one that really gives you the feel of being a true Floridian is camping. Camping is not only cheaper, it provides for quality time with loved ones and to truly soak in the surroundings of the area.
Port Canaveral Florida
Camping in Port Canaveral
By Lena Hunt
Southern Florida Cruise Port Specialist
Tampa - Miami - Port Canaveral - Ft. Lauderdale
July 11, 2010
Located on 400 Jetty Road in Cape Canaveral, Florida is the Jetty Park Campground. The campground is secure, has 150 campsites, its own 4.5 acre beach, and a fishing pier that is 1200 foot long. The fishing pier has one side that is calm which provides a safe place for children to cool off in and the other side has more waves for those who want to get in some more water action. Not only excellent for the fishing enthusiast, many enjoy walking along the pier as it has a boardwalk. Watching cruise ships come and go and viewing the sun as it rises and sets provide for some of the most Kodak moments.
Whether you prefer to pitch a pup tent and call it home or have the largest RV on this planet, the campsites fits your needs and your style. Near the fishing pier sits the more rugged sites for small tents. These are perfect for those who just want to travel as low maintenance as possible and focus more on their fishing and the sunsets. For people who want to have more creature comforts when they camp, sites will fit large RVs and everything in between these road vehicle traveler's dreams and a small pitch tent. Even Fido is welcome to stay here as long as you obey the rules.
The campground has 24 hour security, picnic tables, electricity, water, sewer, hot showers, grills, picnic tables, a beach snack bar, bait and tackle shop, camp store, dump stations, and more. It is a very quiet setting, one that is full of everything the coast of Florida has to offer as you're near shopping and restaurants but still feel that you are miles away from the hustle and bustle of it all. Camping also allows you to save money as it is more affordable then staying in a hotel or resort so your budget doesn't have to be blown and you can get more vacation bang for the buck.
A variety of campsites are available and 50% of the sites are concrete slabs and the site descriptions are listed below:
Sites 1-82 have 20 and 30 amp electric service Sites 83-120 have 20,30,50 am electric service Sites 1-117 have water and electric Sites 201-217 have no service, only tents Sites 301-324 have water only and located closest to the waterSites 401-423 have no service and is located closest to the waterBefore boarding your cruise ship from Port Canaveral, or even after your cruise, be sure to see Florida in the most natural way possible – camping out! The views of the ships coming in while dolphins play around them in the sunset as well as the family time that you'll never forget cannot be put into words. You just have to experience it.
