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Title: Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, FL
Post by: djsamuel on June 15, 2015, 09:15:24 AM
We spent 2 nights at the campground in Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring, FL.  If our A/C hadn't failed, the trip would have been perfect; but as it was we still had a great time, although we did sweat a lot.

The campground is very nice, but a bit tight.  We had a decent size site, but some are very small and difficult to back in.  We reserved site 120, which is one of the pull through sites.  I would definitely recommend one in that area.

Here is the campground:



[img style="max-width:100%;" src="http://i.imgur.com/Lge82r5h.jpg"]


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There is a nice museum for the Civilian Conservation Corps which built the park during the depression.  The museum was really interesting and the area around the building nice:


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The trails were not very long, but they were very unique and beautiful.  We walked the loop road, about 3 miles, and took all of the trails off of that road.


(http://i.imgur.com/60nQnVk.jpg)




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The park is a very nice park and well worth a couple of days.  At only $23 a night (over 62 Florida residents $11.50) it is a great value as are the other Florida State Parks.  A person camping near us told us that once you get past mid June, the mosquitoes get awful for the rest of the summer; so plan accordingly.  He said Spring and winter are great times to come.  I would highly recommend this park.

Doug



Title: Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, FL
Post by: kath on June 15, 2015, 11:52:01 AM
Beautiful place!  I may never get to camp in that part of the country, so I especially enjoy seeing your photos.
Title: Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, FL
Post by: gnies on June 15, 2015, 12:25:52 PM
Thank you for sharing!