Winter Looks Better in this Florida Campground
The doldrums of winter look much better while strolling the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Visit Panama City Beach, one of northwest Florida’s premiere destinations.
Panama City Beach and the neighboring town of Panama City are magnets for visitors year-round. They are especially popular during wintertime. RVers often choose Panama City Beach RV Resort when visiting the area.
Visit Panama City Beach RV Resort
With 27 miles of pristine beaches, the shores of the inviting Gulf of Mexico are just a few minutes’ walk from Panama City Beach RV Resort. The resort itself features 69 sites and a host of other amenities. You can expect 50/30/20 amp electrical, sewer, cable, free high-speed wireless Internet, water, showers, a recreation room, laundry facilities, and a seemingly unending beach.
The pet-friendly facility also offers a fitness center, heated swimming pool, and a free breakfast on Saturdays. The resort sites can accommodate any size recreational vehicle from travel trailers to luxury big rigs.
Panama City Beach RV Resort. Photo via RV LIFE Campgrounds
Patches Pub & Grill
Just a few minutes’ walk from Panama City Beach RV Resort is the down-home Patches Pub & Grill. They feature great food and cold libations in a fun atmosphere. The local PC Magazine selected Patches as the area’s best sports bar, and best establishment for offering wings and burgers from 2016-2020! And, you can’t beat the commute home!
Also, fresh, locally caught seafood is featured at many of the local restaurants, with some offering live music and waterfront views.
Things to do in Panama City Beach
With warm beaches and plenty of sunshine year-round, Panama City Beach offers many water sports and other activities. Visitors can fish any time of year, as well as go snorkeling, kayaking, paddle boarding, or enjoy jet skiing, wave runners, and more.
There are also numerous opportunities for exploring Mother Nature up close by taking a dolphin tour, which caters to visitors of all ages. You’ll explore some of the best locations in the Gulf of Mexico, including the Grand Lagoon and St. Andrew Bay where schools of dolphins often congregate.
Another fun activity is a visit to the Russell-Fields Pier, which extends 1,500 feet out into the Gulf of Mexico. For a $3 daily fee, visitors can access the pier.
Panama City Golfing is Terrific, Too
In the greater Panama City Beach area, you don’t have to look very far to find a terrific golf course. In fact, located just four miles from Panama City Beach RV Resort and nestled on an 1,100-acre nature preserve is Bay Point Resort Golf Club. This stunning resort features two quality tracks.
Bay Point Resort Golf Club offers two 18-hole courses; Photo via Bay Point Resort
The Nicklaus Course is the first and only Nicklaus Design course in northwest Florida, while the Meadows Course has plenty of character as well. The 18-hole, par 72 Nicklaus Course stretches to 7,152 yards and features water on every hole.
The 18-hole, par 72 Meadows Course is a challenging 6,913 yards. With numerous strategically placed bunkers and water features, the Meadows Course wends through the mature oaks and pines of the Bay Point Resort community.
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Rick Stedman is an avid golfer, RVer, and writer who lives in Olympia, Washington. Rick writes a golf column, “The RV Golfer,” which is published every month in rvlife.com. He can be reached at rstedman@gmail.com.
I agree with Rick that there are a number of activities available in the area.
The RV park, however, has taken a beating the last few years and is only a shell of its former self. Management and storms have taken a toll on this once great park.
There is little landscaping. The electric boxes have rusted with some about to fall over. There is an overall feeling of neglect throughout the park.
When the biker bars and area drunks are mixed in, this RV park is less than desirable overall.
When in Panama City Beach you need to visit “Dustys Restaurant” for the best offering of oysters and cold beer on the Gulf! Neat little place with awesome servers and oyster shuckers! Parking may be a challenge and pay attention to the neighbors No Parking signs!
I can give you the absolute best advice about Panama City Beach RV Resort and that advice is AVOID PANAMA CITY BEACH RC RESORT! They price it like it is a resort when it is a too small trailer park. 95% of the occupants are rednecks and have no respect for anyone around them. We went thinking it would be a nice park but boy were we disappointed, sites are dangerously small, we nearly hit another coach pulling in and another almost hit our coach if I had not yelled to stop them. They charge anywhere from $100 to $165 a night and it is not worth $100 for a month! We would NOT go to Panama City Beach Trailer Park if they offered us FREE stays there! We always heard that Panama City Beach Florida was commonly called The Redneck Riviera and now we know why its called that and why it is appropriately called that! Any road that goes to or goes near Panama City Beach, we avoid completely and always will…………..