Southern Oaks 55+ RV Resort

We stay here while visiting relatives in The Villages. Rate is PPA discount with 2 week limit. This is a 55+ campground easy to find next to Camping World on Hwy 441. Pull thru sites are for short term visitors, many full time residents, (see photos). All sites are on sandy soil and may require leveling and if staying for a while may require releveling due to sinking into the sand. Also some sites have services on the wrong side which they say they are resolving. I was assigned one site with a telephone pole in the way and service on the wrong side so I moved. Another had the sewer uphill from the site which doesn't work for me. Clean campground, excellent WIFI, cable is digital and may require a cable box which they will lend you for a deposit fee. There are concrete patio pads which will work fine for MH's but not for 5ers or travel trailers (see photos). Picnic table at each site, no shade. There is a swimming pool, bocce ball, horseshoes' and bingo, clubhouse for meeting and get togethers. Will stay here again.

We stayed for two weeks and then extended our stay! Passport America rate is good for one week in November. Everyone was friendly! Nice clubhouse, swimming pool, laundry and showers. The site require some adjustment to become level but we were able to reposition our 42 ft Country Coach so that we could avoid having “things” fly out of the fridge when we opened the door!
Lots of good dog walking area(they also have a fenced area that is also a retention pond to use for a dog “park” area).
WiFi was intermittent but the clubhouse provided a nice spot to plug in and had a consistent signal.
There are concrete “patios” and picnic tables at every site.
There is a Camping World beside the campground.
We will return!

I cannot wait for the next trip! They made check-in super easy and even placed me next to the playground so that I can have easy access to take my son!

The above price reflects using the park's one-week discounted rate and the daily Passport America rate for 10 days.
Overall a good value in the off-season. Good location between Ocala and The Villages. Plenty to do with ample dining and shopping choices.
Easy to get to this park and easy to maneuver through the interior roads. Any sized rig is easily accommodated here. Check-in was smooth and staff was pleasant to deal with. Sites for the RV's are level gravel/dirt mixture with good sized concrete parking for a tow vehicle or toad and a good sized concrete patio with picnic table. There is also a second gravel area at each site where a second vehicle could easily be parked. Good clubhouse facility along with clean and well-maintained bathrooms and showers. There are 2 shuffleboard courts, a bocce court and one pickleball court (which looked brand new). With the heat and humidity and a number of snowbirds having already left when I was here in May, I never saw anyone utilizing any of these courts. I would imaging they are well utilized during the winter season. There is very good wi-fi here and cable TV, both included in the price, which certainly adds to the value one gets here.
The only downside I could see here is the proximity to Highway 441, a typically busy Florida thoroughfare. The road noise is significant at the sites on the east side of the park. The farther west you go into the park, the less noticeable the road noise is.

Wonderful Place! clean, affordable, and most important pleasant and welcoming individuals representing the resort in the office. We have been coming for years and every time we head out we make sure to stop for a few days even if its out of our way :)