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Treehouse at Camp Chowenwaw

Cabin Rentals

Places you can stay in a cabin in Florida, including state parks and county parks as well as developed campgrounds and lodgings with cabins

Cabins at Beaches

These cabins are at oceanfront parks. In some cases, the beach is just a short walk away. At other parks, you’ll need to take a free tram.

Palms along iconic beachfront at Bahia Honda Key

Bahia Honda State Park

Long known for its natural beaches, Bahia Honda State Park continues to heal after the ravages of Hurricane Irma stripped much of its tropical vegetation

View of La Costa Island south tip

Cayo Costa State Park

To spend a day or a weekend on your own deserted island? Heaven. This is one of the tougher and costlier state parks to get to, but well worth it.

Grayton Beach Western Lake view

Grayton Beach State Park

Cradled in a cocoon of coastal dunes, Western Lake shimmers in the sun. At Grayton Beach State Park, it’s the focus of both passive and active recreation

Sunrise at Gulf State Park

Gulf State Park

Stretching west from the tip of Perdido Key, Gulf State Park encompasses more than 6,000 acres of natural habitats on barrier islands between Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Jetty Park Cape Canaveral

Jetty Park

With white sand dunes and a beautiful oceanfront, Jetty Park is the closest beach to Cape Canaveral that stays open during launches at Kennedy Space Center: the viewing’s great daytime or night

St Joseph Peninsula State Park

St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

Protecting fragile coastal habitats on the tip of Cape San Blas as it curves around to shelter St. Joseph Bay, T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park provides a sweep of beachfront on both bay and Gulf to enjoy.

Topsail Hill Beach Preserve State Park

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park

With one of Florida’s most beautiful sweeps of beach, Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is a linear preserve with tall dunes along three miles of shoreline

Cabins at Florida Springs

The following destinations offer cabin stays on the same property where you can swim, snorkel, and sometimes even dive in a spring. Some of these offer diving lessons.

Manatees in clear spring water

Blue Spring State Park

Blue Spring State Park is well acclaimed for being the best place in Florida to see manatees in the wild, and we don’t mean a dozen or two. Think hundreds.

Fanning Springs

Fanning Springs State Park

One of the Suwannee River’s largest swimming holes is the clear, cool reflecting pool of Fanning Springs, located along the edge of its namesake town

Hart Springs

Hart Springs

A beauty spot along the Suwannee River north of Fanning Springs, Hart Springs offers swimming, hiking, camping, and cave diving in a rural setting near Trenton.

Lafayette Blue Springs

Lafayette Blue Springs State Park

Lafayette Blue Springs was an old swimming hole for folks in Mayo and the rural communities west of Live Oak, a hidden beauty spot along the Suwannee River that is now a state park.

Otter Springs

Otter Springs

West of Trenton along the Suwannee River, Otter Springs is a second magnitude spring surrounded by clusters of ancient oaks and towering cypress. It is a Gilchrist County Park.

Glass-bottomed boats at Silver Springs

Silver Springs State Park

One of the world’s largest and deepest springs, Silver Springs pours out more than 550 million gallons of water daily, forming the Silver River

Diver in Vortex Spring

Vortex Spring

While dive training is part of what they do, you don’t have to be a diver to visit Vortex Spring Adventures, where 28 million gallons of water a day create a natural summer-season water park that the family will love

State Park Cabins

Cabins are very popular at Florida State Parks because they cost about the same as a hotel room but have more capacity, ideal for families who want to spend a couple days at a park.

Check ahead regards accessibility. With the exception of the island parks, generally at least one cabin per park is accessible for those in wheelchairs.

Palms along iconic beachfront at Bahia Honda Key

Bahia Honda State Park

Bahia Honda State Park
Manatees in clear spring water

Blue Spring State Park

Blue Spring State Park
View of La Costa Island south tip

Cayo Costa State Park

Cayo Costa State Park
Econfina River State Park

Econfina River State Park

Econfina River State Park
Fanning Springs

Fanning Springs State Park

Fanning Springs State Park
Grayton Beach Western Lake view

Grayton Beach State Park

Grayton Beach State Park
Hontoon Island

Hontoon Island State Park

Hontoon Island State Park
Along the Loxahatchee River

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Lafayette Blue Springs

Lafayette Blue Springs State Park

Lafayette Blue Springs State Park
Rolling hills at Lake Louisa State Park

Lake Louisa State Park

Lake Louisa State Park
Fern grotto inside the Gold Head ravine

Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park

Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park
Myakka Canopy Walk Tower

Myakka River State Park

Myakka River State Park
River sink at O'Leno State Park

O’Leno State Park

O’Leno State Park
Oleta River State Park

Oleta River State Park

Oleta River State Park
Rock Springs Run State Reserve

Rock Springs Run Reserve State Park

Rock Springs Run Reserve State Park
Glass-bottomed boats at Silver Springs

Silver Springs State Park

Silver Springs State Park
St Joseph Peninsula State Park

St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
Stephen Foster Carillion

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Limestone formation along the Suwannee River

Suwannee River State Park

Suwannee River State Park
Holton River Camp beach

Suwannee River Wilderness Trail

Suwannee River Wilderness Trail
Lake Seminole from the day use area

Three Rivers State Park

Three Rivers State Park
Topsail Hill Beach Preserve State Park

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Floodplain forest at Torreya

Torreya State Park

Torreya State Park


Click on each park page for details and reservation links. All Florida State Park reservations are handled by Reserve America, 1-800-326-3521.
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Unique Cabin Stays

Lesser-known and less busy cabin rentals are at county parks, private campgrounds, fish camps, and farms. These are some of the more interesting places to stay in a cabin. We’ve visited all of these to review for our travel guides.

Bill Frederick Park

Bill Frederick Park

Inside the city of Orlando, the urban Bill Frederick Park has a wild side, too, with more than 2 miles of trails to meander through scrub forest and along Turkey Lake.

Billie Swamp Safari

Billie Swamp Safari

With airboat and swamp buggy rides as well as interpretation of native species, Billie Swamp Safari is an attraction providing immersion into the Big Cypress Swamp, ancestral home of the Seminole Tribe since the 1800s..

Treehouse at Camp Chowenwaw

Camp Chowenwaw Park

In a deeply forested area on Black Creek north of Green Cove Springs, Camp Chowenwaw Park provides campers and hikers a unique destination, a former Girl Scout Camp with a rich history.

Coldwater Creek

Coldwater Gardens

A private nature retreat north of Milton, Coldwater Gardens is a study in serenity, melding camping, gardening, and enjoyment of natural habitats along the Coldwater Creek basin.

Sunrise at Gulf State Park

Gulf State Park

Stretching west from the tip of Perdido Key, Gulf State Park encompasses more than 6,000 acres of natural habitats on barrier islands between Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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