Florida’s Most Underrated Campground Kelly Park | Rock Springs | Florida Springs
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- Kelly Park featuring Rock Springs is located just 35 minutes from Orlando in Apopka Florida and is one of the best Florida springs in the state! This is such an underrated campground, Great Spring, wonderful Kayaking, and a Natural Lazy River!
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Florida native here. Shhhhh! We don't tell people about these hidden gems. Lol
No kidding, I am always mixed on doing a video for that reason lol. We have gone there twice on Sun-Tues now, and both times the park was really empty on the Mon & Tues! Thats my new strategy for all of the springs since they all have day use!
Thats what i was thinking as soon as i read the tittle!!! Beautiful place, but it can be hard enough to get in there at times as it is... Send the tourist elsewhere! Lol
@@CampTravelExplore And now your posting the best days!!! Sheesh...
@@jaimesolis8362 oh yeah, last time I was there I think we had to wait several hours in line. I guess we should have gone earlier but it was spur of the moment.
But why you say that 🤦🏻♂️
Thank you...love Florida and the Springs. Great job highlighting the Real Florida
Thank You so much!
If you go on the weekend just for the spring make sure you arrive before it opens or you may get turned away once it gets full.
Good insights, thanks for sharing.
This was one of my favorite places to go as a kid.
Such a great park isn't it, a real hidden gem in Central Florida!
Another Florida native. My grandparents took me every weekend there. I learned to swim there. It was a lot more primitive back then. The hidden springs of Florida are a treasure
Such great memories for you! That's Awesome! Rock Springs is one of the prettiest we have in FL too!
Didn't this use to be called rock springs?
Rock Springs is within Kelly Park
Campsite Videos If I am not mistaken the man that donated the land to the state for the Park was Mr Kelly. Please let me know I am curious. Thanks. Love the channel
Aw I learned how to swim there too! I was 6!
wooow😲 I could spent the rest of my life ther 😀👌👋🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻great video thanks for posting.🙋🏻♂️
Thank You fro the kind feedback!
I was born in 84 in Orlando Florida and raised, I still live here. I go here all the time but I like most other locals don’t call it Kelly park, we know it as Rock Springs as it was its former name. 78 degree water year round and always crystal clear water. You can find lots of shark teeth here because the natural spring keep pushing them up. It’s a great place to hang out at with family and friends. Great place and I really recommend going here.
Yes Rock Springs and it is still a hidden gem compared to other springs!
Floirda native here its not the same my florida will never be the same i miss old florida
Okeechobee native here and I miss old Florida also. Spring hopping all summer was the best.
No doubt i left florida 5 yrs ago to many move ins that now own everything had to much of that over the years so now i bought a ton of land in the mountains no one can build around me
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The kayaking looks amazing! And site 14 looks like perfection.
site 14 is our fav their now! Yes the kayaking was great! Thank You for your comment and support!
Born here 50 years ago, never heard of it.... we were at Silver Glen, Blue, Ponce DeLeon and Alexander on the East coast and 3 Sisters, Rainbow River on west side.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL and Enchanting! 40 miles from Apopka -- DAYTRIP!!!!!! WE ARE SOOO LUCKY! Tx for this = )
Yes if you enjoyed the ones you mentioned, you must check out Rock Springs at Kelly park!
I couldn't agree more with the title of this video, I love Kelly park for it's hands-on, affordable, and stunning beauty! Thanks for making these videos!
Thanks Paul, so glad you enjoyed it and TY for the kind words!!
Ahhh... How we miss Florida 😭. However we've been fortunate to have see alot of other beautiful places on our adventures 🤗. Thanks for sharing 😁
What you all have seen this year is amazing! We will keep Florida ready for your return! :)
@@CampTravelExplore why thank you our good sir 😉
Good info
Rock Springs was the first place I went camping when I was a kid. It's so gorgeous. I live in Apopka but don't get to visit as much since it's so busy. I recommend stopping in at the Publix that is just a few miles from the park and grabbing some pub subs for lunch. Don't forget to bring your own tube or rent one from the shops outside the park!
Rock Springs is my personal favorite, the natural lazy river puts it over the top!
This park/camp ground looks great!! Thank you!!
Hope you get out and enjoy it! TY for watching!
Nice video 👍 we are headed to Kelly Park for the thanksgiving week. We actually reserved site 14. Thx for the preview!!!
Thats great! You will enjoy it, it is our fav site! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks for sharing I'll made sure to put it on my things-to-do list 😎👍
You will love it!
Spent summers with my daddy in Apopka & this was my favorite place he took me swimming & exploring!!!
Great memories!! I only discovered it about three years ago myself, but have been many times now! One of my favs in all of Florida!
I never heard of this park in the 45 years of fl living. Definitely will check out. 1.5 hours away
It is one of our favs in all of Florida! If you can be there during the week, sometimes you almost have the park to yourself!
You are right,that place is awesome !
It's one of our Favs for sure!
My home town! Have been going there since 1983.
Thats so great!
Excellent video @CampsiteVideos! Gorgeous scenery and exceptional videography. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank You @GrandAdventure for your kind feedback!
Very nice! I will look into it.
Thanks
Thank You so much!
Very cool information video for me who has been visiting Florida every year.. informative.. thanks for sharing your video. I will keep this info for my next Xmas visit..
ThankYou so much!
Oh my goodness I didn't realize you could camp here. My son and I visited kelly park last summer for the day and loved it. Thank you for sharing all the info
We love camping there and so much to do!!!
Oh yes! Looking at my calendar now to see when we can go camping here first thing.
You will love it! Did you get to see our "Florida's most underrated Spring" video that just came out? You may enjoy it as well!
Kings Landing is beautiful! I love paddleboarding there.
The Emerald cut is one of the prettiest runs I have seen in the whole state!
Great vid, beautiful place.
Thank You so much! And yes, just beautiful there!
Beautiful campground! We will have to check this one out during our adventures! New subscribers and we are so excited to see more from your channel. We like to show the campgrounds we have visited here in Louisiana in our videos. Thanks for sharing!
Thank You so much! I will check your channel out!
Was my favorite spot growing up
How Fun! Just love the Kayaking there!
I grew up there. I went there recently and you aren’t allowed to go see one of my favorite spots the any longer which where the boils just before you got to the island on the right. Cool drone footage!!
Thanks for watching!
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Thank you for the video! So close to Jacksonville,but never heard of it.I just subscribed and put Kelly Park on our must do 2020 list for my children and I ! Looks beautiful!
I had WAY too much fun in the comments section in trying to find out if the place is pet friendly btw. (Also as in being a Floridian.I guess you will see for yourself.Smh and LMAO)
TY for your feedback, get out there and check this one out, you will love it!
Just got back from Ginnie springs last week. Found this video today planning another trip for Thanksgiving. Thanks to this video I found where I want to go. Hope there’s some availability!
TY for your kind feedback! Hope you get to visit there in the near future!
It is beautiful!!!!!!
Yes it is, TY for watching!
Heading here tomorrow :)
Oh Fun! Hope you enjoy it!! Are you camping there? What site number?
Just found your channel. Excellent camera work, and nice peaceful voice -over. Just planning my first trip from chilly Massachusetts. Thank you for the great info! Well done.
Thank You so much for that kind feedback and welcome to our channel!!
Very fun park.....get there early because space is limited and they only allow a certain number of people in at a time.
Great insight! We love camping there on a Sunday - Monday and have the park to ourselves sometimes.
Was just there a couple of weeks ago, the lazy river is a blast. I had family who flew in from Minnesota and we all went down the river. It does get packed quickly too, the word is out, lol.
Its so great isn't it!!
Like a dream☁️💙
Agreed!
Looks fun. I want to go tubing there!
The Tubing is great there! Thanks for watching and letting us pick your brain from time to time! Love your channel!
I've been there one time, and I really love it. I think that tourist people don't like to travel from the Orlando area to Mandora, but for those who like a peaceful and relaxing places, that may be a good excited adventure.
TY for your insight!
We lived in Florida from 1983 to 1995. We would take our two kid’s to Jonathan Dixon State Park. It is located in Hobe Sound, Fl. We loved going there. We would take a canoe and go down the river to trapper Nelson’s. We would see a lot of gators along the way. Most were under the canoe as we would go over them. We have awesome memories of our canoe trips & camping. Another year and we are moving back to south Florida. Can’t wait, love sunshine year round. Not crazy about shoveling snow. Yuk Yuk!!!!!
TY for this feedback!
Quick correction for anyone trying to look this one up, the park is Jonathan Dickinson. Otherwise i agree completely with everything said above!
Looks inviting. Must pay a visit to this nice place.
Its a must do park!
Another great video. Being a Kelly...This is now on our Bucket List😎 The tubing and kayak looks so cool. Your photography, editing and narration is excellent. Very very nice.
Thank You so much for the kind feedback! Hope you get to check it out! Have you seen our New "Top 10 Springs in Florida" video yet?
New subscriber ✌ Beautiful place!!! Definitely added to my bucket list, thank you for the video ❤
Thank You for your feedback and support!
Well i found you and your videos are great! Was a delight talking to you on your way to the airport. Thanks very much!
Hey Luis!!!! So glad you found us!! We will be posting these Georgia episodes soon, thank you again and welcome to the channel, blessing from Tom & Cindy!
Excellent Video!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank You so much!
Gotta check this place out!! Looks awesome!
You will love it, we go there like twice every year now!
Beautiful 😍
It's still are favorite in Fl.
Good stuff.
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OOH I so want to kayak those waters. Just to be near such water!
awesome park very close to our house, we will have to check it out, love your footage of the park
Yes you will love it! Thank You for watching!
Great video😎😁😀
Thank You so much!
Thanks! This looks like a "must do."
Our Fav in Central Florida!!
Thank you😄
You are welcome, now get out there and check it out :)
Along the Nature Coast is one of my favorite parks to visit is Rainbow Springs State Park just a few miles north of Dunnellen, Fl. A completely spring fed river that is 5.5 miles long before flowing into the Withlachoochee river
Love Rainbow Springs! Have you seen our video on rainbow? great kayaking there!
Haven't seen but this one of your videos. I'll be sure to check it out. As a Landscape/Nature photographer (preferably), though I do other types of photography as well upon requests. But my passion is photography, especially the beauty that can be found throughout nature.
So many great landscapes to shoot at these Florida Springs!
Great spring. We used to go out in the woods and find little boils that you could find sharks teeth in. Small teeth but still cool. 👍this was back before the barred off the cave.
Oh wow! How far did you used to be able to go back in that cave?
@@CampTravelExplore they used to scuba in it til someone died. I never went in it i was just a little kid back then. I guess it was so tight in there that a mans air tank got hung up and he ended up dying. At least the story i heard.
It must be a really tight cave. Also its county owned and not state owned, so the liability must have been to great!
Nice park!
A great time if you can get out there!
Great video. 👍 didn't realize the paddle we did at rock springs was the emerald cut.
Great kayaking there at the emerald cut!!
When we did it the wife flipped 🤣 it got very crowded at some points.. we have that video up on our channel
Oh no, I will have to check that out!! My wife flipped while kayaking on the Weeki Wachee lol
Now I have something to do for winter break😁
Do it! You will love there!
Too cold right now, sweetheart. We've been having consistent cool weather, so you better pick a day that's warm enough.
@@elhajjmalikel6266 Haha I'm aware but then again there's been a couple days where it's been on the warmer side
Ben there very nice spot for sure
Yes its beautiful! TY for watching!
Closed now. Sad. So beautiful. Wekiva springs is nearby with camping.
Yes hopefully this all gets straightened out soon, so sad!
Thanks for sharing,great idea for the next time my kids and I come from the great white north to Florida
You will love checking it out!!
Nice video
Thank You so much!
On point documtary. I live 15 minute's away.
Thanks so much, I love it there, one of my personal favs!
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State of Florida
Thank you.
A few of the other nice springs in central FL are Wekiva, Kelly Park, Alexander, Salt Springs, Silver Springs and Crystal River. You can't swim at Silver but they have the glass bottom boats. Almost forgot Blue Springs where you can see the manatee in January. Wow forgot about Wekiva Falls and DeLeon Springs.
Great insights! We have a review of Alexander & Blue if you want to check them out! Silver & Manatee are on our list for 2020.
I'm going to take myself to enjoy the park
You will so love it!
Thanks
TY as well!
I used to live on the week of a river during the 60s before we were moved by the state state of Florida bought Kelly Park and weak Iowa State Park so the natives can have a place to swim
TY for watching!
Oh yeah I love kelly park We always called rock Springs I absolutely love that place got a find out what they charge for camping
Kelly Park is great, we end up camping there every year!
Sheila More / www.florida.gov ?
Go here almost every saturday with my mom. Please keep this secret, it's already popular enough!
Glad you go often! We have gone the last two times during the week and almost had the park to ourselves. TY for watching!!
Thanks for video! Rock Springs is my favorite. I love your song choice. Do you remember the name of it?
I think the song is called Track. Hope you will check out our Brand New "Top 10 Springs" episode here..th-cam.com/video/xenBkPpv87Q/w-d-xo.html
Kinda sad i wont be doing the tubing run😢 Currently closed so we going to wekiwa on Monday! Feel like im missing out on such a beautiful spring✨
Oh no, but then you can just keep going back! :) its so worth it!!
It's been a while since I've been there. We would snokel from the boil down to the swimming area.
Oh nice!
Robert Schuster what’s the boil?
@@leeyost9917 Where the water comes up out of the rocks. Some springs look like boiling water so they call it a boil.
N yes don’t tell the goods also native to here Ben going there since the 90’s
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Wow thank you so much for sharing this information. I used to come down there all the time with my parents we scuba dive and we've been to Troy Ginnie Springs Royal Ichetucknee River and all those places but now I'm much older and I have a 15 year old daughter and she's not too into scuba diving she just doesn't want any part of it this Kelly Park would be a great place to bring her because she is a water dog and she would absolutely love it and it sounds really reasonable to. I'm wondering if there's a better time to visit I'm sure it's crowded in the summer which is when we would be looking to come anyway thank you so much really really enjoyed your video.
Thank You so much for your kind feedback! We also did a video of just the tube run, did you get to see it? It's called Florida's Natural Lazy River! If you can go on a weekday, you sometimes feel like you have the park to yourself. At least go before the summer break because, yes it gets crowded then. Hope you subscribe to our channel! Thanks again!
@@CampTravelExplore My 15 year old daughter and I sure did subscribe. I did not see the tube run but I am going to go look at it now. We look forward to catching up with your videos and keeping up. Such an awesome channel. Thanks for the advice on when to go. I bet spring break is a hot mess there too. ☺
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Wow. Beautiful. I love the old, unbuiltup Florida. Definitely checking this out when we get down there again. Question though- what about gators? I mean that tubing looks one of those conveyor belt sushi places for gators- they just sit there while the food goes by. LOL. it seems like at springs people aren’t worried about gators- is it water or something? Just sub’d so haven’t checked out a lot of your other vids yet, but if you have not gone to Jon D Mizell Eula Johnson State Park and the Whiskey Creek Hideout I highly recommend it. Awesome place. In Ft Lauderdale.
Welcome to our channel! If you check out our other episodes, you will see we have filmed 15 different springs now and our experience has been that most times you never even see gators at all, but we have never seen one at the spring head or swimming areas at a spring, park rangers have told us it's because the gators tend to stay up river where it it warmer! Just sharing what we have learned! Check out our Top 10 Springs in Florida episode, I think you will enjoy it!!
Gators don't like the cold water.
Nice video, however it would be nice to know the price for a campsite, stay limit, address and more particulars. Thank you
Thank You for your feedback! It always helps helps improve the content!!
Or you could google it yourself, call them maybe. Just sayin.
What time of year do you like going?
My first visit in a few weeks, hoping to be able to get close to the water since the springs are closed, (construction)
Yes give us an update when you go!
@@CampTravelExplore will do
what would be the best to spend the night? hotel or theres a cabin close by?
Kelly Park nickname is Rock Springs from Kelly Park you can go to Wekiva State Park go down a little further down the river you'll end up at Wekiva Island
Rock Sprigs is so beautiful!
what time of year was this filmed? I wonder what the water levels and temperatures will be like in early April...
I think that was August, but the springs stay at around 72 degrees all year!
How do u get back to the start after arriving at end of tubing?
You can walk back. We did a whole video just on the tubing run, you can check it out right here..th-cam.com/video/3pnP1BPFZZg/w-d-xo.html
Hello. A real question are there any alligators or crocodiles it looks beautiful . How deep is the lazy river. Thank you
The depth varies between two feet and up to 4 feet in some parts. We have a video on the lazy river called, "Floridas Natural Lazy river", did you get to see that one? It will give you more perspective as I shot some nice underwater scenes! Our experience is, the gators stay up river where its warmer. I have been to 10 springs in the last year, and that has been the case, the springhead area is just too cold.
How many sites? How much and what amenities? From PA and need a destination come Dec. TIA
There is about 40 sites. No sewer hookups, but they have a dump station. They just renovated the bathhouse! You can only book by phone and 45 days in advance. They allow 14 day stays at a time, hope all this helps :). Thanks for watching, how you subscribe to the channel!
I don’t have a rev and camping is to difficult for me as I have arthritis. So do they charge for you to use the campground for a day just to play in the water or do the tubing? And do they rent the tubes?
They do have a day rate if you are not camping and they rent tubes right outside of the park, you can see that place towards the end in our video. If you are going just for a day, I recommend trying to go on a weekday as it will be less crowded. You will love it!
CampTravelExplore thanks
You are welcome, thanks for watching!
Can you long term stay like for the entire winter months there? Is it affordable?
I believe they have a 14 day stay policy as it is a county park! Nightly rates are comparable to Florida state parks.
I want to move back to Fl. Ive been away to long. NC sucks lol
lol, yes these springs in Florida are Awesome!
I have never seen it that empty
Twice this year we were there on mon-tues, and it was that way! Thats how I hit all the springs now!!
Most of the main areas and trails, including the head of the springs, are closed for construction to repair the seawall, boardwalk, and stairs. Should reopen early this year (2021)
Great updates, thank you!!
Took a trip out here in May 2019. Its beautiful
We will be back 🙂
Yes we will be heading back as well!
Great videos! Do you need a permit to fly the drone on state parks ?
You cannot fly a drone in Florida State Parks as far as I am aware. You can take off outside of a state park and film from the air in some instances and we have been able to do that a bit here and there. This video was a county park and is allowed as long as you don't bother guests.
Lets hope Nestle doesn't buy them up to clear them out.
Im still trying to get up to Ginnie Springs and film there while I can, I am with you!
Kelly Park is a State Park, part of the Wekiva River basin.
Zephyr hills and Perrier own Crystal springs.. My home water..
4th generation Florida native here..
Ain't right
@@kurttanner5855 I don't think deLeon Springs is stat owned either.
Please everyone don’t really come here we locals prefer to keep it a secret thanks you can go to Wekiva though it’s a nice place
Yes go to Wekiwa and leave this to us lol. I hear ya! Thanks for watching!
The park is for everyone..duh.. You don't own it and it wasn't put there just for you...really?
'ah wish'
Now that you have let the cat out of the bag about what us locals know.
I like to drop my canoe in at Kings Landing and go down Rock Springs Run spending a couple of nights camping along the way to the Wekiva River. I get my camping permit at the Wekiwa Springs state park. It's state park land all the way down the Rock Springs Run. I have seen Otters , Wild Turkeys , Deer and even Florida's Black Bears while paddling and camping there.
Wekiwa = Springs ..... Wekiva = River.
Great info TY. Awesome that you've seen black bears there!
So I'm assuming from some of your video.. drones are allowed?
When we checked with the park ranger, she just asked us to take off from a designated area and stay away from guests as much as possible, thats why there is only a few clips that we shot. It is a county park, state parks you cannot fly. Thanks for checking it out also, don't know if they have further restricted it as this was a couple of years back.
How do you keep the alligators out? I heard if there is water in Florida, there will be gators. Just wondering??? Looks amazing and beautiful. Will definitely want to stop there and check it out. Thanks for the video!
Our experience has been that gators stay up river where it's warmer and away from swimmers! Others pipe in every now and then with how they saw one, but we have filmed 15 Springs now in the last 20 months and thats our experince! Hope you go and enjoy them!!
@@CampTravelExplore Thanks for the reply. Where is “up” river so we can avoid that area! LOL!
At Kelly Park, I think the river is fenced off from the spring area actually, so I really don't think its an issue there!
We love this place. We try and go a couple times a year. And what's great about camping there is you can go to the springs after the park closes and have it all to yourselves. It's perfect for my teenage kids (16,18 and a 20Y.O.) because it's big enough they can go off by themselves but not big enough for them to get lost or having to worry about them. Its not like I just let them wander all over but if you've been there you know what I mean. And that double site you mentioned is a pull through site. We always get 18,20 or 22 because its close to the bathroom's for the little ones and the swing set is there also.
Great insights, TY so much!