“popular spot for birding!”
Faver-Dykes State Park is noted for its pristine condition, this tranquil park borders Pellicer Creek as it winds along Florida's east coast highways down to the Matanzas River. Pellicer Creek is a popular site for birding with more than one hundred bird species seen during spring and fall migrations. Songbirds, including the colorful wood warblers, along with eagles and falcons, return to nest at the park each year. Wading birds, such as egrets, wood storks, white ibis, and herons, feed in the tidal marshes and creeks. This peaceful park is also home to deer, turkeys, hawks, bobcats, and river otters. Fishing, picnicking, and nature walks are popular activities. Pellicer Creek is a designated state canoe trail and visitors can rent canoes at the park. A full-facility campground is available for overnight stays. Located 15 miles south of St. Augustine near the intersection of I-95 and U.S. 1.
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Confirmed by 4 users | Last reported on June 26, 2022We stayed at Faver Dykes for one night because we weren't able to reserve another night at Anastasia State Park.
The park is easy to get to, just off of I-75 however the road within the park is a couple miles of single lane dirt/sand road. It was fairly smooth for us however, I can imagine it may be difficult after a rain. The park is quiet and we didn't meet any other cars on the drive but it could get difficult if two RV's met on the road.
There is a wide creek within the park and canoe rentals are available for a whopping $5/hr or $25/day, looked like a very peaceful paddle.
The park is beautiful, full of pines and palmettos. We also saw some interesting wildlife including an Armadillo which made the pups pretty curious. On the downside for us were the ticks, all over us and the dogs including what appeared to be two deer ticks.
We had initially thought this would be a good place to stay while visiting St. Augustine, especially because Anastasia is so difficult to get into however during our one night stay, the electricity went on and off quite a few times. It was generally a minimal time (5 minutes?) however I wouldn't trust it enough to go off to St. Augustine while leaving our dogs alone for the day as it was pretty hot here even in late March.
The sites were spacious and had good vegetation between sites for privacy. The camp host was helpful and camp was kept clean and was very quiet. Lots of time to spend with each other as there was no usable internet or TV reception!
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 24
Site #16 was private and spacious but I just didn't enjoy this park that much. I think in general I am not in love with Florida state park system. It seems like all the roads are narrow and spaces are tight. Perhaps because most of the parks are older and most people didn't have big trailers or Motorhomes back when the campgrounds were first built. The sites here are fairly private, but the access roads were not very good. No real hiking around the campground.
I rated that I would camp here again because there was no "Maybe." You should never say never, perhaps I would if I wanted to see St Augustine and do other touristy things. But again, just not in love with Florida State Parks.
Verizon very poor.
Nightly Rate: -
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 16
Beautiful natural setting. Quiet, water and 30 amp. Very private. We watched armadillos play from our front porch. Nature trail, amphitheater. Gate that closes the park down at 5pm, call ahead if you are running behind to get the code. Only downside was we stayed here to visit downtown St Augustine and it was a longish drive to the beach and downtown. 20 min or so. It was right off I95 though. Great back up plan if Anastasia SP is booked up.
Nightly Rate: $28.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 18
This campground is well off the paved roads. Each site has water and electric, and there's one dump site for the whole camp. There's a nice nature trail that winds through the area where one can catch glimpses of armadillos, wild pigs, and rare birds. It's quiet for the most part. The roads in were narrow and a little bumpy, but potholes weren't that bad at all. Perhaps they fixed them. Although, I'm sure they're much harder to navigate in the rain.
At night, it's pitch black. You feel like you're much farther from civilization than you really are.
Cell reception was spotty at best.
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 27
Cell Coverage Rating
T-Mobile 4G
The road getting to Faver-Dykes is perhaps the biggest negative for this Florida State Park. Our stay at other State Parks have revealed that this particular park and campground is much more rustic and inconvenient than most others. It's located about 25-30 minutes from the historical downtown of St. Augustine, but if Anastasia is booked up it's a decent second option.
The campground itself is well-kept and the sites are very secluded. There is a long hiking trail that leads down to a river, which we walked a couple of times.
Nearby, there are several smaller beach communities, where we drove to have dinner and walk along the beach. Even though St. Augustine isn't especially close, there are plenty of fun beach towns to checkout.
All-in-all, we enjoyed our site and our stay here.
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 5
Site Number: -
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
This campground is located down some sand/dirt roads in a beautiful and lush forest area with palms, magnolias and pines. Sites are a decent size and have decent privacy from neighbours. There are also a few trails to hike right by the campground with lookouts over the marsh surrounding the creek.
The highlight is the wide Pellicer Creek, an estuary and an aquatic preserve, where you can paddle a good ways from the boat launch in the day use area in either direction. Canoe rentals are very reasonable at $25 for the day. Good wildlife viewing on the creek, including herons, osprey, river otters.
Very affordable for the location - maybe a 20 minute drive to the ocean with St Augustine a little farther up the road.
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 3
Site Number: 18
We were very surprised to learn that there are no paved roads in the state park. Packed sand mostly, but can be thick and soft in some parts. The campground had been closed since last fall as they were replacing their water pump and restrooms/showers. It just reopened on March 1, the day we checked in, and were surprised to be told that they hadn’t got the results back from their water test, and we were supposed to boil water. While we enjoyed walking the trails, we would not come here again as the campground has a lot of soft sand in various locations due to the construction of the restroom. Also, be sure you bring lots of bottled water to drink, wash your dishes, brush your teeth, etc.
Nightly Rate: $23.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 11
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T 4G
Faver-Dykes State Park, St Augustine, Fl. $18 per night with 30A, water and available campground dump station for one night. Primitive roads but not that primitive. Newly renovated bathroom/ showers. Sign by bathroom said boil all water used for consumption. Found out when the State renovates the campground bathrooms they have to test the water afterwards 3 times for Chloroform Bacteria. The water had already been tested twice and passed but the 3rd test they had been waiting a week for the results from a University that does the testing. I figured it is Spring Break and that is why the late results which the host said usually just take one day. We put our hose away and are using our fresh tank water. Ant hill about 15 feet from the RV, sprayed ant killer around the tires and shore line cord. Only one bar of Verizon. 8 MB/s download without Weboost Cell Booster, 3 bars, 23 MB/S download with Weboost, still only 700KBS upload even with Weboost, might try AT&T if I can't upload photos. We camped in a 26 ft., Class C Motorhome.
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 22
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
Our site was spacious and had great vegetation for privacy. The Rangers were helpful and the campground was clean and very quiet. BUT — and this is a HUGE but — our campsite and the park in general was infested with TICKS! One short hike around the campground loop dirt road covered us and our dog! The counts were 6 for my husband, 1 for me and 12 for our dog.
In the morning we all got covered in “Ben’s” Bug spray/wipes before going outside. Our poor dog managed to attract 6 more ticks just laying in our campsite. We packed up and left early.
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 16
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T 4G
Very long drive to a secluded quiet rustic park. Plenty of brush between the sites. Very quiet park. But beware of the ticks. They are everywhere. The ranger knew we were camping with two dogs and two cats and did not warn us about the horrible tick problem. We spent hours picking ticks off the dogs and can only pray the tick preventative works to help kill the rest. Must have gotten over 100 off the dogs (8 lb dogs). I won’t mention how many were on us.
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 3
Site Number: 26
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
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