Campsite at popular county park hits $35
Remember the good ol’ days of camping at a county park for a few dollars a day? Say goodbye to those rates -- at least in the more popular parts of the country.
In Pinellas County, Florida, the overnight camping fee at Fort De Soto Park in Tierra Verde just increased from $25 to $30 for a tent or small RV to $35 for a site suitable for a big RV.
"The new rigs now come complete with satellites and computer hookups and all that, so the campground had to be updated," county park operations manager Leah Hoffman told the St. Petersburg Times.
The park recently spent $50,000 to upgrade electrical facilities and will spend another $95,000. The campground has more than 200 sites that generated about $1.6 million for the county last year. In February, when the snowbird crowd invades Florida in huge numbers, the campground will typically be booked solid.
In Pinellas County, Florida, the overnight camping fee at Fort De Soto Park in Tierra Verde just increased from $25 to $30 for a tent or small RV to $35 for a site suitable for a big RV.
"The new rigs now come complete with satellites and computer hookups and all that, so the campground had to be updated," county park operations manager Leah Hoffman told the St. Petersburg Times.
The park recently spent $50,000 to upgrade electrical facilities and will spend another $95,000. The campground has more than 200 sites that generated about $1.6 million for the county last year. In February, when the snowbird crowd invades Florida in huge numbers, the campground will typically be booked solid.
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