Ross Prairie is a small campground is part of the Cross Florida Greenways and Trails Office and managed by them along with the other campsites Santos and Rodman. It sits next to the Ross Prairie State Forest and has lots of hiking, biking, and horseback riding trails. It does have great cell phone and internet reception for Virgin Mobile users. But there is nothing to do here except to walk, bike or ride a horse on the trails. Great bathhouse on the hill in the center of the park. The maintenance supervisor fixed the hot water while we were there and added new clothing hooks. Cleanest bathhouse we have seen so far even the screens on the covered windows were clean.
This place has a dual dump station with potable water as well as non-potable water so you can fill up your fresh water tanks while you are there, should you desire it. They also allow non-campers to use their dumping facilities for only $5. You just need to go to the office and pay the fees or if no one is available just place the money in the envelopes and into the collection pipe. Being us we had to dump every two days. We noticed that there was a leak in the water pipe and the hose for rinsing off your sewer outflow pipe after dumping could use replacement. This place has “hard water” so you may want to consider getting one of those water filter systems that attach to your hose.
Ross Prairie Equestrian Campground
10660 SW Hwy 20
Dunnellon, Florida 34431
(352) 732-2606
$22/night
https://www.floridastateparks.org/trail/Cross-SR-200
http://www.floridaforestservice.com/state_forests/ross_prairie.html
http://myfwc.com/viewing/recreation/wmas/cooperative/ross-prairie
http://omba.org/ross-prairie-campground.html
14 Reservable pull-through RV/Trailer only campsites and 2 Camphost sites. All the sites are long and have 20/30/50 amp electric and water.
***When attempting to make a reservation for this campground you will need to leave off the length of your vehicle. For some reason whoever set it up did not include length as a search parameter. So, you will get nothing is available, which more than likely is not true, or it will not show up as an option if you are searching by all campgrounds available on certain dates.***
Campsites:
Site 1 – Camphost Site/Office Shack
Site 2 – 98′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 3 – 106′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 4 – 103′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 5 – 90′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 6 – Camphost Site
Site 7 – 100′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 8 – 67′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 9 – 61′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 10 – 70′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 11 – 86′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 12 – 61′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 13 – 66′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 14 – 79′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 15 – 56′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
Site 16 – 78′ x 17′ Pull-through 50amp
WHERE TO GET WHAT YOU WANT
GROCERIES
Walmart Super Center (Open 24 Hours)
9570 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Florida 34481
(352) 291-7512
GAS
Murphy USA
9558 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 237-8952
Kwik King Food Store
8955 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 854-6450
SUPPLIES
Walmart Super Center (Open 24 Hours)
9570 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Florida 34481
(352) 291-7512
Camping World formerly Suncoast RV
3550 S Pine Ave
Ocala, Fl 34471
(352) 342-9589
Southern RV Center
4250 S Pine Ave
Ocala, Fl 34471
(352) 368-1058
PROPANE
Amerigas
2130 NW 7th St
Ocala, Fl 34475
(352) 629-7031
Ferrellgas
460 NW 27th Ave
Ocala, Fl 34475
(352) 622-8298
Heritage Propane
526 NW 21st St
Ocala, Fl 34475
(352) 622-8661
U-Haul at Hwy 27 & NW Pine
1011 NW Pine Ave
Ocala, Fl 34475
(352) 732-7085
MEDICAL SERVICES
West Marion Community Hospital
4600 SW 46th Ct
Ocala, Fl 34474
(352) 291-3000
www.ocalahealthsystem.com
MedOne Urgent Care
6160 Florida 200 #119
Ocala, Fl 34476
(352) 694-6331
Solantic Ocala (now called CareSpot)
2415 SW College Rd (AKA Florida Highway 200)
Ocala, Fl 34471
(352) 237-3536
www.carespotocala.com
Quick Primary Care
8550 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 854-9110
www.quickprimarycare.org
Absolute Quick Care Ocala
1665 County Highway 484
Ocala, Fl 34473
(352) 693-5900
www.absolutequickcare.com
LAUNDRY
Magnolia Coin Laundry
923 N Magnolia Ave
Ocala, Fl 34475
(352) 433-2221
Dunnellon Laundramat Inc
20155 E Pennsylvania Ave (aka county rd 484)
Dunnellon, Fl 34432
(352) 489-9247
Spin City Laundry
2611 SW College Rd (aka Hwy 200)
Ocala, Fl 34471
(352) 401-1946
www.spincityocala.com
RESTAURANTS
Subway
9570 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 291-2181
www.subway.com
Five Guys Burgers and Fries
9548 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 291-9280
www.fiveguys.com
McDonald’s
8240 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 854-4005
www.mcdonalds.com
Zaxby’s
13451 SW 17th Ct
Ocala, Fl 34473
(352) 347-5775
www.zaxbys.com
Chick-Fil-A
3100 SW College Rd
Ocala, Fl 34474
(352) 237-1576
www.chick-fil-a.com/paddockmall
Wendy’s
8470 SW Hwy 200
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 237-9416
www.wendys.com
Bob Evans Restaurant
11300 SW 95th Cir
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 291-0140
www.bobevans.com
Stumpknockers Restaurant
13821 SW Hwy 200
Dunnellon, Fl 34432
(352) 854-2288
www.stumpknockers.net
Chili’s Bar & Grill
11290 SW 93rd Court Rd
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 237-0027
www.chilis.com
IHOP Restaurant
11100 SW 93rd Court Rd #1
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 291-9486
www.ihop.com
Beef ‘O’ Bradys
11100 SW 93rd Court Rd #12
Ocala, Fl 34481
(352) 402-0003
www.beefobradys.com
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