Palmetto Ridge Campground — Hotel in Venice

This was a wonderful place with so much to do and lots of wildlife! During our stay we saw possums, raccoons, alligators, bunnies, and squirrels — it was amazing to be surrounded by so much nature.

We stayed in site 49, which was spacious and clean, but unfortunately it was located right across from the dumpster. The garbage was extremely smelly and overflowing, and it looked like it hadn’t been picked up in a while. At night, we saw tons of possums and raccoons raiding it. Right before we left, they finally came to clean it up, after it had already been torn through by animals.

Aside from that, everything else was great. The bathhouses were very nice and well maintained. The canopy walk was super cool and definitely one of a kind! There is currently a fire ban in place, so be sure to check that before your stay. Also, the water isn’t suitable for drinking right now, but the park is providing free water, which was really helpful.

We stayed April 11–13 and were pleasantly surprised — barely any bugs during our visit! Overall, a beautiful park with tons of nature and unique...

the mosquitoes came out and said hi and they were eating Us alive they made us dinner when we woke up in the morning and our tent the tent was stuffed full of mosquitoes 🦟 they were all up in the corners and everything inside of the tent they kept on buzzing in our ears while we were sleeping it was really bad

the restrooms and showers were okay one of the showers is like a pressure washer the one that's closer to the wall they had a boil thing in process so that means you can't drink the shower water

the ground has dirt and rocks and grass and bugs and everything we camped on the gravel in a stabbing Us in the beginning it hurts like the chiggers in the one campground we stayed at before

wildlife is raccoons Sasquatch Bigfoot and bugs mosquitoes

zero internet on your phone and the gas stations 15 minutes away

it was $30 for one night tent camping checkouts at 1:00 p.m. sleeping hours is at 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. early in the morning somebody was watching TV...

Palmetto Ridge Campground is in Myakka River State Park. The roads in the park and campground are paved. The sites are level, gravel and very roomy. Each site has 30/50 amp electrical service, sewer hook-up and a water connection. Please note: There is NO POTABLE RUNNING WATER in the park or campgrounds. You can get gallon bottles of drinking water at the ranger station. This is a ridiculous situation and it has been over a year that water has been undrinkable. Shame on Florida for not fixing this. I deduct 3 stars for this because they still charge $7.00 per night for utilities. I'll not be back to Myakka until they fix the problem. Florida is not taking care of its parks, notable are the swimming pool at Hillsborough River State Park (closed for well over a year), broken bell tower at Stephen Foster SP, the water at Myakka River, pedestrian bridge at Oleno SP among many of the problems and general upkeep...