From a beachfront pad at Ho Hum RV Park, the view is open Gulf and a 250-foot pier reaching out over the water. This is Lanark Village on the Forgotten Coast, just east of Carrabelle on US-98, and the whole idea is to stop driving. The water is an oyster shell's throw from the pad, there's a half-mile of private beach to walk before breakfast, and a family can go the full week without unhooking.
Coastline RV Resort at Eastpoint faces Apalachicola Bay. The bay-view sites look straight across the water, the fishing pier is a morning in itself, and on the night nobody wants to cook, the restaurant is on site.
The days belong to St. George Island and Apalachicola. The island is a barrier strip of white sand and dunes on the open Gulf, and Apalachicola, across the bay, is an oyster town whose working waterfront is the walk. St. George Island State Park has closed its campground for renovations as of October 2026, so the island is a day out with the night back at the pad. The beach stays open for day use until sunset, and watching the sun go down from the island's sand is worth the later drive home.
Booking a Gulf pad at Lanark Village or Eastpoint
Lock the pad before the motorhome. Winter and spring are Florida's RV peak and these parks fill ahead of them, so the site you land, and its row, decides the week. At Ho Hum every site is full hookup with water, sewer and 50/30-amp power, sorted into three tiers: A on the beach, B one row back, C the rest. There's no pool or playground, so plan the kids' days around the beach and the pier.
Coastline has 108 full-hookup sites spread across its East and West parks and takes bookings online. Summer is the quiet season and a hot one, which is when the hookup earns its place, keeping the air running in the rig while everyone is out on the island. For a winter week with more resort around it, the Panama City Beach RV page covers the belt further west along the Gulf.
If the motorhome comes from the Cruise America dealer in Monticello, east of town, the KOA next door makes an easy first night before the coast. Otherwise head down US-98 the same day and sleep with the Gulf in front of you. Wakulla Springs, the Ochlockonee River and the St. Marks lighthouse sit closer to town, and for two people camping state park sites rather than parking a week on the water, the Tallahassee campervan page covers that trip in a smaller rig.
FSU home Saturdays at the Tucker Civic Center lot
On a home football Saturday the Tucker Civic Center lot fills with rigs in staff-directed rows, awnings out and tailgates going, with Doak Campbell Stadium less than a mile away. It's the university's overflow RV lot for game weekends, and for a family that wants the game and their own beds after it, the walk to the gate is the whole commute.
Parking takes a permit from the Civic Center, and rigs roll in from Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, then clear out by Sunday midday. A rig can use at most two spaces long by four wide. The page says nothing about hookups, so arrive with water aboard and the tanks empty.
Home Saturdays run late August through November, and a game weekend pairs well with a few nights on the Gulf before or after. Get the coast pad and the lot permit in hand first, then book the motorhome around them.
