Uncle John, and my Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Wayne's house is close to the prairie, so this one was old hat. We paid $18.00 a night to camp there, a little cheaper than most parks. This is because they have "tent only" sites that have approximatly 1 electrical hook-up for every three tent sites. They then split the savings between the RV sites and the tent sites. Also, the RV sites have shrubbery between each one, while the tent sites are easily seen from one to the other. Therefore, I would recommend booking an RV site that has a tent pad (if you have a tent), so you do not have to set your tent up in gravel, but you have more privacy. Those numbers are 1, 3, 8, 11, 15, 19, 20-33, 37, 41, 44-46, 49 and 50.Day entrance to the park is $6.00. There is a nice visitor's center wi
th a video about the park. It went through the changes the park had seen since William Bartram wrote about it in 1774, the first written record. For a short period of time, it was even a lake. A short walk outside the visitor's center is an 50-foot observation deck that looks high above the prairie. There are deer and alligators -- but mostly interestingly, if you are lucky you will see wild horses and buffalo. When it was decided to return Payne's Prairie to its orginal state, they decided to also bring in the animals located on the land that had been hunted to extinction. The horses are desendents of the original Spanish horses and the buffalo were brought in from Oklahoma -- the closet breed to the ones from Florida.
th a video about the park. It went through the changes the park had seen since William Bartram wrote about it in 1774, the first written record. For a short period of time, it was even a lake. A short walk outside the visitor's center is an 50-foot observation deck that looks high above the prairie. There are deer and alligators -- but mostly interestingly, if you are lucky you will see wild horses and buffalo. When it was decided to return Payne's Prairie to its orginal state, they decided to also bring in the animals located on the land that had been hunted to extinction. The horses are desendents of the original Spanish horses and the buffalo were brought in from Oklahoma -- the closet breed to the ones from Florida.Tom and I walked the Jackson's Gap trail, which was about a mile. Nice and shady, there 
was another part of the prairie fenced off to look at, possibly animals graze there as well. Tom and Uncle Wayne walked the La Chua Trail, which is 3 miles long and sounded a little adventurous to me! The trail is raised, and it goes through a marsh with many alligators - Tom said he saw about eight. There is also a sinkhole on site the trail leads to.
was another part of the prairie fenced off to look at, possibly animals graze there as well. Tom and Uncle Wayne walked the La Chua Trail, which is 3 miles long and sounded a little adventurous to me! The trail is raised, and it goes through a marsh with many alligators - Tom said he saw about eight. There is also a sinkhole on site the trail leads to.There is also a canoe launch and playground near the campground. It seemed to me this park was best for its trails. Hopefully we will be able to go back sometime for canoeing. It would be nice to walk in the fall or spring as well, maybe I will have to catch another Gator game!
Til next time,
The camping bug
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