ISLAND OAKS RV RESORT, FL
Glen St. Mary, Florida
📅 Date visited: 6/23/2023
⏰ Check-in / Check-out Times: RV check-in is 1 p.m. and Cabin check-in is 3 p.m., check-out for both is 11 a.m.
🌞 Type: RV Resort
📍 Address/Grid Coord: 9664 Nursery Blvd. Glen St. Mary, FL 32040 ***When arriving, make sure you enter from I-10, NOT Nursery Rd from Hwy 90***
🌐 Website/Social Media Link: https://islandoaksrvresort.com/
📞 Phone: 904-420-7822
💲 Pricing Details/Discounts: We reserved through CampSpot and paid $89.88 per night (includes all taxes and fees).
🅿️ Site Used: 46
⌚ Length of Stay: 5 days
⏱️ Max Length of Stay Permitted: Daily, Weekly & Monthly. The resort does have some annual sites. During our visit, it appears that there’s may be several families that have made this their weekend getaway location.
🚘 Vehicle and Rig Specs: Ford F-250, SRW - Palomino Solaire 317BHSK, Length: 35’ Height: 11’, 50amp service
👨👩👧👧 Family Demographics: 2 Adults, 2 Kids (Under 10)
🐶 Pets: We don’t have any, but they are permitted.
📱 Cell Service Used: Spectrum and Verizon, no issues with service.
📶 Other Cell Service Quality: Kids have Gabb watch phones, service was available.
💻 Internet Service Used: Verizon
🛰️ Starlink Accessibility: N/A, did not use at this location
📡 Campground WiFi Quality: Very good where we were at, but on the back side of the resort the fiber was damaged by a guest and their off-road vehicle that caused some issues with internet and the laundry facilities.
🛀 Facilities: The office and store are at the entrance. This is also where guests can pick up a golf cart if rented. Inside the park, there’s some onsite dining options, bars (both indoor and poolside), a poolside store, propane filling station, multiple comfort and laundry stations, dog wash station and a dog park. They also pick-up trash from your site daily.
🏊🏻♂️ Amenities: Definitely a RV Resort! They rent RVs in addition to offering cabins. They have a heated swimming pool that’s open year-round, a hot tub, swimming lake (open May-Labor Day) with inflatable water obstacles, waterborne rentals, a fishing lake, arcade, mini golf, sports courts (pickleball, shuffleboard, volleyball basketball, bocce ball and gaga ball), a kids lounge, a playground and fitness center.
🔢 Total Number of Sites and General Condition: 300+ RV, ~50 cabins
⛺ Tent Camping Permitted: No
♿ Handicap Accessibility: Yes
🔌💧🚽 Electric, Water & Sewer details: Full electric, water and sewer available
👋🏻 Assigned sites or FCFS: Can select when reserving but only guaranteed if you “lock-in” your site by paying the lock fee.
👀 Site selection/location assistance: No
🔒 Gated Access: Yes
🚧 Road Condition: Very good in the park and from I-10 (DO NOT enter the park from Hwy 90 on Nursery Rd. It’s a dirt washboard road)
⛽ Gas: Mobile (1 miles) The closest Open Roads stations are Loves (13 miles) and TA (13.5 miles)
🛒 Grocery: Winn-Dixie (5 miles), Wal-mart (6 miles)
🚩 Local Area Attractions / Amenities: Heritage Park Village (3 miles), Osceola National Forest (18 miles), Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park (41 miles), Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park (51 miles), Ichetucknee Springs State Park (53 miles), Rooterville Animal Sanctuary (55 miles), Sea Serpent Tours (57 miles)
✏️ Additional Notes / Review: This is an RV Resort in all it’s glory! From poolside dining and drink options to almost every type of activity you could imagine at an RV resort. They opened in April of 2022, and were still adding cabins when we stayed. Tons for the family and kids to do onsite. They had a phenomenal activities director that was really engaged. Multiple dining options, but the staff seemed to get stretched thin on the weekend. They did the absolute best they could and were always positive when we interacted with them. There are over 300 RV sites and about 50 cabin sites. It was great throughout the week, but on the weekend, this place got packed! They also offer day passes for individuals not staying at the resort to use the facilities which we found to max out the pool and lake area on the weekend. They also allowed outside golfcarts and ATV’s when we stayed. Unfortunately, the grass areas were a little wet, so the ATV’s seemed to leave their mark. Very large and accommodating site pads. Easy in and out! All-in-all, it was a good stay through the week, but we won’t plan to stay here over in weekends.
