Stephen Foster Folk Culture Ctr State Park

This state park is not what it used to be. The office has little to offer than a couple of souvenirs. The canoe/kayak launch is in disrepair. It appears very little money is being spent to maintain this campground other than a roof repair to the office. Bathrooms were clean in the campground. The pipe organ was not working when we were there.

You literally have a window of 3 PM to five to get in the gates. Otherwise you are locked out and they don’t answer the phone even though the park is open til 7.. Paid for two nights of reservations. Not a great experience with Florida parks this far but this one is the worst. I drove 6 hours, lost an hour in time zones and was chasing daylight. Had to sleep in a sketchy lot with my dogs. No hosts, no call, no gate code.

We were looking forward to staying here. The plan was to do a little laundry and hike. We arrived on a Tuesday. Our site was large with a picnic table and a fire ring. The picnic table looks as would break if you tried to use it. It looks as if it is partially rotting. Otherwise the site is large, level and nice. We have 30 amp service. The hike wasn’t even pretty. The Gazebo is rundown. I’m so glad we could only get one night here. We have not seen a host or anyone who works here. Try there was a tag on a board at the gate with our name on it. The bathhouse is clean. We were not able to do laundry, Two rusty washers one was out of order and one dryer that looked rusty also. We have 2 bars of AT&T A pamphlet said they sell firewood at the store. We didn’t go to the store. We paid $37.00 had 30 amp Electricity. They need to revive this park.

Fantastic campground. Friendly hosts, well spaced camp sites with native vegetation between shady sites. Will definitely come back.

Excellent state park. All campsites are good We had a back in but even the pull throughs were okay Nice history and trails. All buildings were open to tour. Bathrooms clean.30 AMP and water only here.

Very quiet, nice secluded back in spot. Ground is fine gravel and level. Fire pit, picnic table & grill.

Nice quiet spot. The pandemic has kept much of the park closed. The rest rooms were very clean. Lots of huge live oaks and Spanish moss. Nice secluded campsite.

Just spent 3 days here. Site was super level and volunteers keep the place really clean. Due to the pandemic, the place is kind of a ghost town. Under normal times, I think the place would really be nice. The store, museum and restaurant were all closed. Maybe someday we can see them. The campground is very nice. Very good dump station.

Very nice state park campground, great FL senior rate. Most sites have secluded feeling due to vegetation, but not site 18. This site would actually be a nice site as part of a group with those on other side of "patio." So peaceful here, and quiet! We wonder how crowded it would be with day users in a non-Covid year. Verizon is very weak. Satellite has worked at the couple sites we've tried. We ride around the park a couple to three times to get in more than 10 miles, which can include a little jaunt out past the entrance to see the spring house and ride the sidewalks of the historic downtown area. Also this park is about five minutes or so to Big Shoals State Park, where there are even more trails, including a paved trail that will get one almost 8 miles round trip. The day-use fee for that park is $4 and is not included with the fee here.

This is a wonderful old Florida State Park campground. All campsites are very large, private and LEVEL. All sites have 30 AMPs and water. There is a convenient dump site. Campground hosts were diligent in keeping restrooms clean and the grounds picked up.