Destin Army Recreation Area, FL

The Destin Army Recreation Area

Florida 

🏝🏝🏝🏝🏝🏝🏝🏝🏝🏝 

The location and cost of this place are the best features.

 On one side of this park you have awesome views of Choctawhatchee Bay and another 3 miles (approximately) and you are at the beach.  

This campground is a combination of RV sites with a handful of pull thru's but mostly back in sites that can take a little navigation to squeeze in.

The other feature here are the guest houses and "hotel rooms " that are available for rent. 

Most of these have bay views.

For kids there's a splash park and play ground. The swimming 🏊‍♂️ pool is a definite bonus with its shady covered areas to just "be ".

We paid $ 40 per night for our full hookup site.

Prices vary by rank.

 For us, this is on the upper end of what we are used to paying at FamCamps/military installations but fact is, you pay more because you are at a desirable area of Florida. 

Click on the link below for more info about this RV park: 

https://benning.armymwr.com/programs/destin-army-recreation-area

Pros:

- location, location,   

   location 

- clean and well kept 

- swimming pool 

- playground 

- pet friendly 🐕‍🦺

- proximity to entertainment 

- laundry facility

- many dog bag stations 

Cons:

- sites are pretty tight

- no views from sites

- no dog park on premises 

- not allowed to park your rig on premises if you arrive before check-in time (2 pm)

- no recycling 

I had a hard time deciding on whether to give this park a 👍or a 👎because I tend to dislike RV parks that don't offer enough "breathing room " between rigs. 

But in the end

 the pros outweigh the cons and therefore this park makes the list with a 👍.