We had just about given up on going back to Grayton Beach State Park. It seemed that too many people had discovered it and it was just about impossible to find an opening there. We were surprised to find online a cancellation and quickly made our reservations.
There are two loops in this campground. One appeared to be older than the other. Our site was in the older loop, which was upgraded a few years ago to full hookups.
Both loops were next to a dune lake and some sites had a water view. Not ours. Our site backed into the woods and had a thick tree limb that was low enough to keep an eye on when parking Rosie, our Airstream trailer’s name. It is always a good idea to inspect your site before parking your RV to avoid hazards that could damage your camper.
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| Rosie in Grayton Beach State Park avoiding the low tree limb |
This is definitely a bicycle park, but not for the trails inside it. The best trails are through the beach communities surrounding the park. You could call them bike friendly communities.
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| Along the bike path in Watercolor, Fla |
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| One of the parks along the bike paths near Grayton Beach State Park |
Speaking about the bike trails, we were surprised to see the number of people using them. I thought that we would not see too many people riding bikes around Grayton Beach during October. I was wrong!
Why were the bike paths, beaches and communities packed with people? We arrived at the peak of Fall Break. That helped explain the large number of families in the area.
We started identifying what we called “bike rage” on the crowded paths. These were people riding too fast and too close to hikers and other bikers. As much as we enjoyed riding our bikes on the paths in the past, it wasn’t as much fun this time.
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| A quick adjustment at the Bike Repair Station |
The real star of this park was the beach. The Gulf was a short bike ride in the park from the campground. As with the surrounding communities, we were amazed at the number of day users coming into the park to use the beach facility.
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| Becky and Suzy on a trail near our campsite |
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| Rosie in the park |
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| Our campsite |
This has been one of our favorite campgrounds for many years. Sadly, this trip was memorable for all the wrong reasons. We will try to avoid camping during school breaks in the future.
Here are some specifics about this campground:
- There were two loops in the campground
- One loop appeared to us to be newer than the other
- Our site was a back in
- Our site had shade
- Most sites had some space on both sides
- Our site was paved with dirt and we needed to use leveling tools to correct a side-to-side lean in Rosie, our Airstream trailer.
- Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service
- Our site had a water connection
- Our site had a sewer connection
- The trash dumpsters were at the entrance of the campground. It was easy to walk there with your trash
- There was a bathhouse in the campground. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we did not check on its condition
- The park did not provide WiFi service
- AT&T provided 2 bars of 4G voice and data service over our campsites
- We were able to watch CBS, NBC and PBS using Rosie’s TV antenna. Digital channels seen were CW, Circle, Dabl, ION and ME-TV
- There were restaurants and shopping nearby
- This was a pet friendly park. The sandspurs were abundant making it difficult to walk dogs without having to stop and pull sandspurs from their paws and coats
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| Selfie at the beach |
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| Shadows as we rode our bikes |
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| Sunrise |
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| The famous Grayton Beach trees |
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| Sunset |
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| Sunrise |
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