Sun Outdoors St. Augustine

Beautiful campground just minutes from the beach. Extremely clean and organized. Very well managed, friendly staff and close to everything. Highly recommended

Overall I'd say this park is ok, but it needs some work. There's a lot of potential if the right people were running it.

Pros: Very friendly staff, clean/level sites, nice pool, large laundry, onsite propane sales, nice dog park

Cons: Infrastructure needs some work. In our "loop" I've only found 2 showers, one of which is basically an open stall in the room with no locks and a cheep shower curtain for privacy. Free wifi is not usable and paid service isn't worth the $0.99 per day they charge. The wifi infrastructure is good (full bars) but the underlying service is pretty much worthless. There are two dumpsters on site at opposite ends of the park. If you're in the middle, you've got quite a walk to either of them. Nice laundry facilities but they're at the opposite end of the park from where we are staying so a bit of a hike (we ended up driving over). Also, it's close to a busy highway which could be bothersome for some.

Sites: Odd or quirky is the only word I can come up with to describe them. For example our site runs perpendicular to the road while our neighbor to our right is parallel to the road. We share a front yard and the front of our rig is within a few feet of the back of their rig. Some of the pull throughs run one direction while others run the other direction. I understand buddy sites but there are very few "normal" or non-buddy pull-through sites.

Cell Service: I have a NIMO antenna and a hotspot with Verizon which would only pull in 1-2 bars. Download speeds were decent at 10mps+ but upload speeds are about 1.0-1.5. This is very surprising to me considering how close we are to St. Augustine.

Overall, I guess I expected more. This is my first stay with Sun Outdoor Resorts. After seeing a lot of raving reviews of their properties I had some pretty high expectations. This one definitely didn't set a good first impression.

We stayed at Sun Outdoors in St. Augustine for five days at the beginning of September. This park is clean, quiet, nice amenities, and has decent wifi. We stayed in the Oasis section and the sites are upgraded a bit with pavers rather than a gravel pad. Our only complaint is that the drainage at our site, #138, wasn't great. The entrance to our site always had standing water. This didn't seem to be a common issue across the park, but we did see several other sites that were experiencing the same large puddling problems.

We stayed 2 months, and liked it enough to book again next year. It's close to shopping, attractions, etc. Full hookups, a pool, multiple bath houses and laundry facilities on site. They have events and activities almost daily, and a food truck once a week. There were several upgrades underway while we were there. I take that to mean the mgt is in this for the long run, rather than just as a money mine.

The free wifi was spotty, though. There is a premium wifi service available, but I thought it was expensive. Use your phone for a Hotspot instead.

The price varies according to when you stay and how long. They have a good discount if you book for a calendar month. If you plan to leave a day or 2 short of a full month, check the cost of booking the whole time anyway, and leave a bit early.

Arrival - Great pre-arrival communication. Registration lane was very long and very accommodating. Staff came out to rig on arrival to brief. George, our escort, was very nice and knowledgeable about the local area and what it has to offer.

Tips - Pay attention to that pre arrival email for the correct directions or you'll be doing some wonky u-turns in populated areas via your GPS. While we liked site #30, you might want to look at the sites further back in the park for a little more quiet and less traffic.

Favorites - Close proximity to St. Augustine, site quality and cleanliness, park amenities, hiking trails, flora and fauna, and the park staff.

Negatives - The noise and traffic right off the main drag at the entrance/exit to the park and FL-207; it was very quiet further back in the park by the pond. The price is steep even for Florida in the winter and during spring break/bike week; no price deductions (military or clubs) during this part of the high season. Perhaps that's by design.

We were hesitant about staying at a Sun Outdoors due to past experiences. Greatly surprised. We stayed in the new section, sites have pavers and are level. Nice spacing between sites and appreciate that they were able to keep as many trees as possible. Roads are wide enough to navigate. Power, water and sewer very good. Just a few miles off I-95 and easy access to downtown. We would stay here again. We camped at Sun Outdoors St. Augustine in a Motorhome.

I was debating on writing this review because several of the sites looked quite good. Ours was not.

Our site was broadside to the main road, which is unfortunate but not a deal breaker in itself but did mean that we had very little privacy and had a lot of noise. This site was the most unlevel site we have stayed in. Finally, the power at the pedestal would shut off and come back on randomly, becoming so bad during our final night that after it had done it about 30 times, we disconnected from shore power completely for the rest of our stay.

Nice enough place and certainly a great place to stay while touring St. Augustine. Good Wi-Fi, power and water. I would say 99% of the sites are pretty darn level. There are places to walk your dog, but no dog run. The lower section is best to stay at to have least road noise, but you will still have some and it's pretty much a field . Pretty easy to and from the freeway. Interior roads are not perfect by far, but not bad. I wouldn't call them good bike riding roads. Sites are ok size. We would rate it higher, but there is no separation between sites by shrubs or any vegetation which we like.

This is a quiet campground conveniently located near St. Augustine. The sites are relatively close together, but most are woodsy and flat. We loved #70, right by the pond. The new owners are committed to upgrading the park, and it shows.

As a general rule, we try to avoid commercial campgrounds because they tend to be packed in. This campground is definitely a "parking lot" type facility, but it is one of the nicer ones we've been in. We were upgraded to a premium site because the site we had booked was being redesigned. So we ended up paying around $43 per night for a $60 site. The site was on a concrete pad and the hook ups were good, but we were right on top of our neighbors. If I were to stay again, I would just go for a regular site. The additional money isn't worth it since you don't get all that much extra space.

They are working very hard to upgrade the place and it's really a nice park. They had some live music certain nights while we were there, there's apparently a stop for the hop on/hop off trolley tour, there are some walking trails in the back for walking the dog, the laundry facilities were pristine, and the park is located right down the street from downtown St. Augustine. Everyone we dealt with was very nice and helpful.

If we're back in the area, we'd definitely consider staying there again.