Davenport Landing in FL -- Campground & RV Camping

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Davenport Landing in FL

CampgroundOcala NF

8.0 mi from Lake Kerr

8.8 mi off US 17 (straight line)

Maps Reviews 23 ft

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FreeStay limit: 4 days
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkPOOR

Road Access

Moderate
  • Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 2%.
No drinking waterNo toilets

Campground details

5 sitesNo Wi-Fi

Setting

Limited privacy

Three primitive campsites accommodate up to 15 people total along the Ocklawaha River in a floodplain forest. No water or restrooms available; camping is free. The Davenport Landing Trail offers a 0.6-mile interpretive walk (1.2 miles round-trip) to a former steamboat landing with Timucuan middens and Civil War-era gravesite. Canoeing, kayaking, and fishing available.

  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 5-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
  • Sits on broad, near-level ground.
  • Ocklawaha River runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Climate averages

October normals 62–83°F, 3.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 11 of 100.

Tree cover94%30m sat. est.