Ross Prairie Preserve State Park 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://floridastateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/ross-prairie/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=FL&parkId=282820 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 Our Pictorial Review of the Campground