In Florida, January can be a nice month weather wise, or it can be cold. If there are winter frosts and freezes this is usually the month for it. For some reason I chose this month to go camping – at a place without hookups!
I don’t know what I was thinking, but the reservation was made back when it was much hotter and cool to cold sounded great, I guess. We froze during our first night staying at Juniper Springs. Then, I read the sign about generators and we used ours to charge the battery for heat the following night. Temps were in the 30’s overnight!
We camped here for two nights and had sun the day we arrived and rainy drizzle the next day – our only full day. Check out is at 11:00am, so I didn’t do as much as I had hoped.
About Juniper Springs
Juniper Springs Campground and recreation area is located off Route 40 in the Ocala National Forest in northern Florida. The area features a natural spring with swimming hole, mill house with water wheel, historical information, and walking trails. In warmer weather I imagine this place is packed with swimmers and campers. In January there were only a handful of campers. There was no swimming or water adventures – “Paddle Out” area, and all the boardwalks, were closed for repairs.
